Mass Shootings Fuel Fear, Account for Fraction of Murders

[healthmyths]

Mass U.S. shootings such as the bloody rampage at the Washington Navy Yard spur safety concerns and garner intense media attention while statistically accounting for few of the total murders reported nationwide.

In the 30 years through March,
78 public mass shootings occurred in the U.S. -- incidents in which four or more people were killed at random by a gunman murdering indiscriminately, according to a report issued that month by the Congressional Research Service.

These crimes don’t include gang-related killings or domestic disputes where a person slays relatives or other people linked to the murderer.

The mass slaughters listed in the report caused the deaths of 547 people.
Over the same three decades through 2012,
that’s less than a tenth of 1 percent of the 559,347 people the Federal Bureau of Investigation estimates were murdered in America.
“It is a very, very small percentage,” said James Alan Fox, who teaches criminology at Boston’s Northeastern University and co-authored a book about mass shootings called “Extreme Killing,” published in 2011.
Mass Shootings Fuel Fear, Account for Fraction of Murders - Bloomberg

NOW I'm Shouting!!!
EXCEPTIONAL EVENTS RARE AS THEY ARE SELL NEWSPAPERS/ADVERTISING!!!

Never mind the reality this occurred 78 times an average of 7 people!
Less the 3 times a year for the past 30 years 21 people!

AND EVERYONE is excited !

 

[Christ_Patriot]

Any loss of life is a tragedy but it is very true that the newspapers and television have much to gain with excessive coverage.

 

[theHawk]

Well the alternative is to highlight the groups of people responsible for so much crime....blacks and latinos. That doesn't fit "the agenda" of progressives though. So ignore the real problem and only highlight stories that fit the progressive agenda.

 

[healthmyths]

What the problem is the mass of people read/watch these EXCEPTIONS and think this happens all the time and millions of people are dying AND so they say BAN ALL GUNS!

40,000 people die in car accidents... ban cars!
Each year about 443,000 people in the United States die from illnesses related to tobacco use! Ban smoking!

 

[Christ_Patriot]

What the problem is the mass of people read/watch these EXCEPTIONS and think this happens all the time and millions of people are dying AND so they say BAN ALL GUNS!

40,000 people die in car accidents... ban cars!
Each year about 443,000 people in the United States die from illnesses related to tobacco use! Ban smoking!

We pray for all of these lost souls, whether they die by their own hand or the hand of others. But the continuing efforts of the left to focus on guns alone detracts from the many ways we could be healing the harm that comes from other sources, so true.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

The op has a good point. Recently saw a documentary about keeping people afraid of various things in our society. Everything from mass shootings to identity theft. Almost all of Fox's MUSLIM/ARAB controlled programming is nothing but "sky is falling" bullshit.

Fact is, an average of 33 people die from guns every single day in the US.

How many die every day from guns in Australia?

Not for banning but am definitely in favor of keeping guns away from terrorists, illegals, criminals, crazies and our laws do not do that. Some fool will bring up cars now and say we should ban them yadda yadda but they conveniently ignore the FACT that various laws concerning the operation of cars has cut death rate enormously.

Car makers fought against such things as seat belts. Should we have just thrown up our hands and said there's nothing we can do to stop all car-related deaths, so let's do nothing?

Where we should start is that every gun and ever single round should be traceable to the person to bought it.

Next, insurance or proof you can pay the damages caused by YOUR gun and YOUR ammo.

Have a nice day.

 

[Pete7469]

Liberalism is advanced by emotional reactionary bed wetters. They'll use this to promote gun control again. All the facts that are contrary to their monolouges will be ignored.

As if there aren't laws against murder.

As if this wasn't in a restricted access area.

As if there weren't prohibitions on having a weapon there.

Even if the bed wetters all got their wish from a fuckin genie or something, and made all the guns on earth vanish, all the ammo disappear, and all the gun companies bankrupt. People will still kill each other. There are places in Pakistan where people litterally hand craft full auto AK's with almost primitive tools, so the world would be flush with guns again anyway. Someone bent on killing a bunch of people will find a way. The only way you can prevent becoming a victim of a criminally insane sociopath is by being armed.

Since many bed wetters are themselves criminally insane sociopaths, they're committed to making sure people can't fight back.

 

[blastoff]

A low information voter/poster is the type of mental bozo that would assert Fox's programming is controlled by Muslims.

From Nuddy and others the bullshit just keeps flowing.

Okay, back to work you clowns. It's time for one of you to start another thread about Rush's demise or something as equally absurd.

 

[Pete7469]

A low information voter/poster is the type of mental bozo that would assert Fox's programming is controlled by Muslims.

From Nuddy and others the bullshit just keeps flowing.

Okay, back to work you clowns. It's time for one of you to start another thread about Rush's demise or something as equally absurd.

I appreciate that you didn't quote that bed wetter's post.

I'm sure it was asinine enough to be painful, they always are.

 

[Edgetho]

The op has a good point. Recently saw a documentary about keeping people afraid of various things in our society. Everything from mass shootings to identity theft. Almost all of Fox's MUSLIM/ARAB controlled programming is nothing but "sky is falling" bullshit.

Fact is, an average of 33 people die from guns every single day in the US.

How many die every day from guns in Australia?

Not for banning but am definitely in favor of keeping guns away from terrorists, illegals, criminals, crazies and our laws do not do that. Some fool will bring up cars now and say we should ban them yadda yadda but they conveniently ignore the FACT that various laws concerning the operation of cars has cut death rate enormously.

Car makers fought against such things as seat belts. Should we have just thrown up our hands and said there's nothing we can do to stop all car-related deaths, so let's do nothing?

Where we should start is that every gun and ever single round should be traceable to the person to bought it.

Next, insurance or proof you can pay the damages caused by YOUR gun and YOUR ammo.

Have a nice day.

How many of those people are killed by Legal People LEGALLY CARRYING their Guns?

How many?

How many?

How many?

How many?

How many of the victims were killed by people ILLEGALLY carrying ILLEGAL guns and ILLEGALLY murdering people.

The problem isn't LEGAL PEOPLE LEGALLY CARRYING LEGAL GUNS, the problem is criminals.

And douchebag ignorant fucks want to take LEGAL GUNS from LEGAL PEOPLE while you got NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT CRIMINALS!!!!!

Here's a thought.... Enforce current laws and see how much the gun murders drop.

I'd say by about 95%

 

[Luddly Neddite]

A low information voter/poster is the type of mental bozo that would assert Fox's programming is controlled by Muslims.

From Nuddy and others the bullshit just keeps flowing.

Okay, back to work you clowns. It's time for one of you to start another thread about Rush's demise or something as equally absurd.

Muslim Arab Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is in charge of programming of fox "news".

Sorry but its fact.

Also fact is that rw's don't care. They just keep believing the shit fox feeds them.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

A low information voter/poster is the type of mental bozo that would assert Fox's programming is controlled by Muslims.

From Nuddy and others the bullshit just keeps flowing.

Okay, back to work you clowns. It's time for one of you to start another thread about Rush's demise or something as equally absurd.

I appreciate that you didn't quote that bed wetter's post.

I'm sure it was asinine enough to be painful, they always are.

...

http://www.usmessageboard.com/media/313382-fox-controlled-by-muslim-arab-prince.html#post7845249



...

 

[healthmyths]

The op has a good point. Recently saw a documentary about keeping people afraid of various things in our society. Everything from mass shootings to identity theft. Almost all of Fox's MUSLIM/ARAB controlled programming is nothing but "sky is falling" bullshit.

Fact is, an average of 33 people die from guns every single day in the US.

How many die every day from guns in Australia?

Not for banning but am definitely in favor of keeping guns away from terrorists, illegals, criminals, crazies and our laws do not do that. Some fool will bring up cars now and say we should ban them yadda yadda but they conveniently ignore the FACT that various laws concerning the operation of cars has cut death rate enormously.

Car makers fought against such things as seat belts. Should we have just thrown up our hands and said there's nothing we can do to stop all car-related deaths, so let's do nothing?

Where we should start is that every gun and ever single round should be traceable to the person to bought it.

Next, insurance or proof you can pay the damages caused by YOUR gun and YOUR ammo.

Have a nice day.

You are aware the Naval Yard as was Sandy Hook " Gun Free zones"?



And of course that good old standby "Outlaw guns and only outlaws have the guns"

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Actually, no it was not "gun free". There were both military and civilian armed guards on duty.

I posted extensively in this thread -

http://www.usmessageboard.com/current-events/313216-gunman-at-dc-navy-yard-shoots-at-least-7-a.html

I'm not willing to waste time repeating what I've already said.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

The op has a good point. Recently saw a documentary about keeping people afraid of various things in our society. Everything from mass shootings to identity theft. Almost all of Fox's MUSLIM/ARAB controlled programming is nothing but "sky is falling" bullshit.

Fact is, an average of 33 people die from guns every single day in the US.

How many die every day from guns in Australia?

Not for banning but am definitely in favor of keeping guns away from terrorists, illegals, criminals, crazies and our laws do not do that. Some fool will bring up cars now and say we should ban them yadda yadda but they conveniently ignore the FACT that various laws concerning the operation of cars has cut death rate enormously.

Car makers fought against such things as seat belts. Should we have just thrown up our hands and said there's nothing we can do to stop all car-related deaths, so let's do nothing?

Where we should start is that every gun and ever single round should be traceable to the person to bought it.

Next, insurance or proof you can pay the damages caused by YOUR gun and YOUR ammo.

Have a nice day.

Oh whatthefuckever... have you ever made sense, even once?

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Actually, no it was not "gun free". There were both military and civilian armed guards on duty.

I posted extensively in this thread -

http://www.usmessageboard.com/current-events/313216-gunman-at-dc-navy-yard-shoots-at-least-7-a.html

I'm not willing to waste time repeating what I've already said.

Everything you post is a waste of time nuttly bedwet.

 

[peach174]

A low information voter/poster is the type of mental bozo that would assert Fox's programming is controlled by Muslims.

From Nuddy and others the bullshit just keeps flowing.

Okay, back to work you clowns. It's time for one of you to start another thread about Rush's demise or something as equally absurd.

Muslim Arab Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is in charge of programming of fox "news".

Sorry but its fact.

Also fact is that rw's don't care. They just keep believing the shit fox feeds them.

Sorry but someone who owns only 7 % stock in any business does not run anything.
Roger Ailes runs the programming at Fox News.
Roger Ailes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Spoonman]

What the problem is the mass of people read/watch these EXCEPTIONS and think this happens all the time and millions of people are dying AND so they say BAN ALL GUNS!

40,000 people die in car accidents... ban cars!
Each year about 443,000 people in the United States die from illnesses related to tobacco use! Ban smoking!

more people die form presecription medicines. more people die from surgical errors, more people die from misdiagnosis and treatment

 

[FA_Q2]

The op has a good point. Recently saw a documentary about keeping people afraid of various things in our society. Everything from mass shootings to identity theft. Almost all of Fox's MUSLIM/ARAB controlled programming is nothing but "sky is falling" bullshit.

Fact is, an average of 33 people die from guns every single day in the US.

How many die every day from guns in Australia?

Not for banning but am definitely in favor of keeping guns away from terrorists, illegals, criminals, crazies and our laws do not do that. Some fool will bring up cars now and say we should ban them yadda yadda but they conveniently ignore the FACT that various laws concerning the operation of cars has cut death rate enormously.

Car makers fought against such things as seat belts. Should we have just thrown up our hands and said there's nothing we can do to stop all car-related deaths, so let's do nothing?

Where we should start is that every gun and ever single round should be traceable to the person to bought it.

Next, insurance or proof you can pay the damages caused by YOUR gun and YOUR ammo.

Have a nice day.

Facts are clear – homicide rates are not affected by gun ownership. I notice that you referred to (again) rates about ‘gun’ deaths as though that is somehow different to being bludgeoned to death or stabbed to death. The reality is that there is nothing different and any real comparison can only be done by comparing straight homicide (or crime) rates before and after gun control has been passed. I have explained this to you, shown you the numbers on Australia, Canada and Britton. Given you local evidence in several states and several cities yet here you are repeating the same bullshit misinformation as always.


If you had any interest in facts and truth you would cease stating the same tired falsehoods over and over again.

 

[blastoff]

A low information voter/poster is the type of mental bozo that would assert Fox's programming is controlled by Muslims.

From Nuddy and others the bullshit just keeps flowing.

Okay, back to work you clowns. It's time for one of you to start another thread about Rush's demise or something as equally absurd.

Muslim Arab Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is in charge of programming of fox "news".

Sorry but its fact.

Also fact is that rw's don't care. They just keep believing the shit fox feeds them.

Sorry but someone who owns only 7 % stock in any business does not run anything.
Roger Ailes runs the programming at Fox News.
Roger Ailes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nice try but you're dealing with someone more dense than a brick wall.