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Obama on "Gun Control" The latest:

http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/...irst-round?lite

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-calls-push-gun-control-only-beginning_720556.html

And there are "gun owners" on this forum that still maintain we have nothing to be concerned with.
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Judge Jeanine Pirro at the NRA convention in Houston. 15 minutes long and well worth listening to.
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Tucked away on A8 of the WSJ, in a blurb next to a picture of the Dalai Lama rubbing noses with MD Gov. O'Malley(?), was the following:

"The rates of gun violence and gun deaths in the U.S. are off sharply from their high levels of the mid-1990s, a new study shows. The Pew Research Center found that since a peak in 1993, the rate of people murdered by a firearm had dropped by nearly half, from 7 deaths per 100,000 people to 3.6 deaths in 2010. The rate at which people were victims of nonfatal gun violence fell 75% from 1993 to 2011."

So after the AWB ended, and during a period of increased firearms sales, deaths and injuries from firearms has fallen. Perhaps someone can explain why this is not being more widely reported? Oh right, it conflicts with the media message about rampant gun violence.


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Originally Posted By: Doverham
Tucked away on A8 of the WSJ, in a blurb next to a picture of the Dalai Lama rubbing noses with MD Gov. O'Malley(?), was the following:

"The rates of gun violence and gun deaths in the U.S. are off sharply from their high levels of the mid-1990s, a new study shows. The Pew Research Center found that since a peak in 1993, the rate of people murdered by a firearm had dropped by nearly half, from 7 deaths per 100,000 people to 3.6 deaths in 2010. The rate at which people were victims of nonfatal gun violence fell 75% from 1993 to 2011."

So after the AWB ended, and during a period of increased firearms sales, deaths and injuries from firearms has fallen. Perhaps someone can explain why this is not being more widely reported? Oh right, it conflicts with the media message about rampant gun violence.




Hamilton, the detailed article is on the FRONT PAGE of the Daily Mail-UK-OnLine........Unfortunately when one wants ACCURATE and up to date headline information on THE U.S.A. with it's retarded opinionated liberal media, it is usually necessary to look at media outlets from other countries........

Here's the link for the complete story with graphs etc.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...strictions.html




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The two best things, right now, is to send a donation to the NRA-ILA. 100% of it goes to protecting the 2nd & you do not need to be an NRA member to do that. And secondly, to call the congress and leave a message with your representatives, both house & senate, letting them know your views on the subject and that you ARE paying attention w/both your vote & financial support to those ends. Now is clearly not the time to sit down.

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Thanks for that link Doug - interesting that it is an AP story but is only get attention in the UK


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My impression is that the media has embarked now on a mission to discredit the NRA with the charge that it only represents the gun manufacture industry. I don't know how the NRA is funded, but I'll bet the figures would show that it is mainly dependent upon it's millions of individual members like me, rather than the gun industry. Anyone know the facts on this?...Geo

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Here's an interesting study detailing some previous thoughts.

http://www.nij.gov/topics/crime/gun-violence/

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This study may have been posted before in this topic. If so, my apology. It is quite convincing in my opinion: "More guns = LESS violent crime, not MORE."

http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Vol30_No2_KatesMauseronline.pdf


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With respect to the gun homicide statistics discussed above, I pulled together some other statistics. No death rate is "acceptable," but it is interesting to compare how American society seems more tolerant of some causes of death than others:

443,000 deaths annually from tobacco (including second hand smoke) [CDC 2000-2004]

49,400 deaths annually from second-hand tobacco smoke [CDC 2000-2004]

35,900 traffic fatalities in 2009 (all causes) [US Census Bureau]

10,590 traffic fatalities in 2009 from speeding [US Census Bureau]

12,700 traffic fatalities in 2009 involving alcohol [US Census Bureau]

5,400 traffic fatalities in 2009 from distracted driving [US Census Bureau - and note that this figure is likely seriously under-reported]

41,500 poisoning fatalities in 2009 [CDC]

1,800 teen suicides annually by suffocation [CDC - annual average]

700 children on average drown every year, most in swimming pools [CDC 2005-2009]

1,211,500 abortions in the US in 2008 [CDC]

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