Time for bow and arrow control

[Stryder50]

EXCERPT:
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Firearm injuries are a serious public health problem. In 2019, there were 39,707 firearm-related deaths in the United States – that’s about 109 people dying from a firearm-related injury each day. Six out of every 10 deaths were firearm suicides and more than 3 out of every 10 were firearm homicides.


More people suffer nonfatal firearm-related injuries than die. Seven out of every 10 medically treated firearm injuries are from firearm-related assaults, and 2 out of every 10 are unintentional firearm injuries. There are few intentionally self-inflicted firearm-related injuries seen in hospital emergency departments. Most people who use a firearm in a suicide attempt, die from their injury.


Firearm injuries affect people in all stages of life. Firearm-related injuries are among the 5 leading causes of death for people ages 1-64 in the United States.


Some groups have higher rates of firearm injury than others. Males account for 86% of all victims of firearm death and 87% of nonfatal firearm injuries. Rates of firearm violence also vary by age and race/ethnicity. Firearm homicide rates are highest among teens and young adults 15-34 years of age, and among Black, American Indian/Alaskan Native, and Hispanic populations. Firearm suicide rates are highest among adults 75 years of age and older and among American Indian/Alaskan Native and non-Hispanic white populations.
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Fast Facts: Firearm Violence and Injury Prevention |Violence Prevention|Injury Center|CDC

What is a firearm injury? Learn fast facts of firearm violence from the CDC Injury Center.

www.cdc.gov

Red highlight by me.

The USA has a greater racial and ethnic diversity than most all nations on Earth. It is this diversity which is a contributing factor to the social friction (source of crime and violence) one finds in the USA.
Note I said, "contributing", as there are other factors that apply as well.

 

[Stryder50]

Guns Prevent Thousands of Crimes Every Day, Research Shows​

How many lives are actually saved by gun ownership?
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Gun Effectiveness​

I checked online and found some fascinating numbers. A good website with footnotes and references to authoritative sources is GunFacts.info. There I learned the following:

• Guns prevent an estimated 2.5 million crimes a year, or 6,849 every day. Most often, the gun is never fired, and no blood (including the criminal’s) is shed.
• Every year, 400,000 life-threatening violent crimes are prevented using firearms.
• 60 percent of convicted felons admitted that they avoided committing crimes when they knew the victim was armed. Forty percent of convicted felons admitted that they avoided committing crimes when they thought the victim might be armed.
• Felons report that they avoid entering houses where people are at home because they fear being shot.
• Fewer than 1 percent of firearms are used in the commission of a crime.

If you doubt the objectivity of the site above, it’s worth pointing out that the Center for Disease Control, in a report ordered by President Obama in 2012 following the Sandy Hook Massacre, estimated that the number of crimes prevented by guns could be even higher—as many as 3 million annually, or some 8,200 every day.


Another excellent source of information on this topic (and many more current issues) is the Gun Control page at JustFacts.org. (Full disclosure: I serve on the board of directors of JustFacts because I believe in the organization’s objectiveness, accuracy, and integrity.)

Defensive Gun Use​

In “Defensive Gun Use is More Than Shooting Bad Guys,” James Agresti, founder and president of JustFacts, provided overwhelming evidence from multiple sources showing that defensive gun use is more common and effective than anti-gun fanatics like The New York Times suggest or will admit. Agresti says that “people who use a gun for defense rarely harm (much less kill) criminals. This is because criminals often back off when they discover their targets are armed.”


John Lott, author of the book, “More Guns, Less Crime,” is president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, another outstanding source for info on this subject. He writes:

By 66 percent to 32 percent, economists and criminologists answer that gun-free zones are “more likely to attract criminals than they are to deter them.” A 60 percent to 40 percent margin thinks that guns in the home do not increase suicides. And a 62 percent to 35 percent spread says that guns are used in self-defense to stop crime more often than in the commission of crime.

This may explain why even The New York Times hasn’t yet put a billboard up by its offices that screams, “This is a Gun-Free Zone. There are No Guns Here.”
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Guns Prevent Thousands of Crimes Every Day, Research Shows | Lawrence W. Reed

The Center for Disease Control, in a report ordered by President Obama in 2012 following the Sandy Hook Massacre, estimated that the number of crimes prevented by guns could be as high as 3 million annually, or some 8,200 every day. And there is plenty more evidence showing that guns keep...

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[Stryder50]

I would like to see a law where everyone whom advocates for NO personal ownership of firearms/guns was required to wear a 3 inch wide yellow armband on each arm so if they should every be the victim of a violent crime, or shooting, I will know they do not want me to use my concealed carry firearm to defend them.

Perhaps we need to cull the herd of these idiots whom think guns/firearms are the main source of violence and assaults?

 

[Stryder50]

Not random annnnddd.........it's a radical muslim

5 killed, 2 injured attack in Norway, suspect named in terrorist attack

A man killed five people and injured two others Wednesday in the Norwegian town of Kongsberg, authorities said.

www.wsoctv.com

Irony is that many call Fundamental(literal) Islam "Radical".
Per not only the Koran, but also the Haddith and Surra (other Islamic scriptures/dogmas) the more non-Islamic believers=Infidels one kills, the higher the Level and rewards a Muslim will receive in Allah's Paradise (Heaven after life). Hence this Jihadist thinks he will be gaining in his afterlife for what he did.

This concept is the key factor driving of Islamic Jihad and War Upon the West(Non-Muslims). Killing non-Muslims/Infidels will get one greater rewards and status in the AfterLife of Muslim theology.

 

[Mac-7]

If only he had access to a rifle. Then he could have mowed down 69 people like white supremacist Anders Behring Breivik.

Yeah right

Only 5 people killed without using a firearm is just peanuts, right?

 

[frigidweirdo]

What policies? I'm not arguing that the US is dangerous. You are.

The gun policies that allow easy access to guns, the policies that led to inner city ghettos, the policies that lead to all this crime.

This is a complex issue. Sometimes it's even a mindset.

 

[frigidweirdo]

Then, why are you insisting that guns be highly regulated and banned?

Because countries similar to the US are much safer when people don't have easy access to guns.

 

[2aguy]

You want to discuss statistics huh?

You'd rather take your chances being armed. That's fine. You stay in American. Meanwhile the Norwegians will see one death for every ten deaths the US has. Literally, for those five people killed, the US will have seen fifty people die.

I didn't say gun ownership causes people to commit murder.

However easy access to guns does empower people. The US has, for a long time, developed a more aggressive lifestyle, and with that people are more likely to resort to killing.

Comparing Norway to the U.S is just stupid. They have almost zero issues woth migrant crime …. Yet …..but Right next door Sweden has become a shooting gallery and their immigrant gangs like to throw grenades at each other…..so sell the lie that gun control works to joe biden voters

 

[2aguy]

Because countries similar to the US are much safer when people don't have easy access to guns.

Those countries are now seeing increased gun crime as their illegal drug trade gangs become more and more violent. But in Europe the criminals prefer fully automatic military rifles and grenades….voth are illegal in Europe… but the criminals get them easily.

 

[Wild Bill Kelsoe]

Because countries similar to the US are much safer when people don't have easy access to guns.

Safer? You know a British MP got knifed in a church today. Right? When's the last time a member of Congress was murdered? Leo Ryan, in 1978? That didn't even happen in the US. So, I guess the winner is RFK, in 1968.

 

[Wild Bill Kelsoe]

The gun policies that allow easy access to guns, the policies that led to inner city ghettos, the policies that lead to all this crime.

This is a complex issue. Sometimes it's even a mindset.

Policies don't create crime. A crime is a conscious decision, made by the person committing the crime.

 

[g5000]

Yeah right

Only 5 people killed without using a firearm is just peanuts, right?

Compared to what the white supremacist did with a rifle, it's a huge improvement.

 

[frigidweirdo]

Safer? You know a British MP got knifed in a church today. Right? When's the last time a member of Congress was murdered? Leo Ryan, in 1978? That didn't even happen in the US. So, I guess the winner is RFK, in 1968.

And yet the UK is much safer anyway.

Your argument is like "It's raining here, therefore it always rains here".

The US has a murder rate like 5 times higher than the UK's murder rate. That's a fact that matters. How many Congressmen and women have to have armed protection? Hardly any do in the UK.

 

[frigidweirdo]

Policies don't create crime. A crime is a conscious decision, made by the person committing the crime.

They actually do. Just because a crime is a conscious decision, doesn't mean policies don't lead to increase or decreases in crime.

Crime in London - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Let's take London's crime rate. London held the Olympics in 2012. One thing they did was to increase money being spent on sport.

In 2003 the murder rate was a high 3.0 per 100,000 people.

By 2012 it was 1.3

Since then the Tories have taken money from the police, have reduced funding for sport and education, and what happened? Crime has risen again.

Crime is at different levels in different places and different times, because of policies made.

You get millions of people making decisions, you expect to see similar statistics. So why do more people make murderous decisions in the US than the UK? Why did more people do it in London in 2003 than in 2012?

 

[2aguy]

Because countries similar to the US are much safer when people don't have easy access to guns.

They arent similar moron……Britain currently has an out of wedlock birth rate of 48%. In the U.S. African American community the out of wedlock birth rate is about 75%………it is young black males in democrat party controlled cities leading the gun crime and murder wave…..young black males are about 7% of the population….and commit well over 50% of the murders in this country, with the bulk of murder victims being other young black males.

Get back to us when Europe has those stats.

Normal Americans from unbroken homes are not shooting people….even with 600 million guns in private hands and over 21.4 million Americans carrying guns in public for self defense.

What you shitheads never understand is that European countries were destroyed by World War 2…….their cultural decline was put on hold because of the war….our cultural decline, led by democrat party policies that led to the 75% out of wedlock birth rates for black Americans began in the 1960s. That is when our violent crime first spiked…dipshit.

Our entire history we had access to lots and lots of guns….yet the violent crime only spiked after the breakdown of the two parent home.


Now, dumbass..European social welfare states have wrecked their families to the point their young males are turning to gangs and crime….and they are starting to shoot each other more and more…no matter what their gun control laws say.

Also, idiot….they have imported millions of immigrants from 3rd world war zones where they do not value western culture, western norms, and they do not fear western cops. They are the ones importing more and more guns to protect their illegal drug turf..

These criminals……no matter what gun control laws they have….prefer fully automatic military weapons and grenades ……..they tend not to use them as often…..yet…..but they have them and use them……

Look at Sweden….Sweden of all places…………AK-47s and grenades…….to the point Denmark closed its border with Sweden to keep the violence out of Denmark

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/world/europe/denmark-border-sweden.html…..

You and the other anti-gun asshats don’t understand human history or human nature….that makes you irresponsible and dangerous….just look at the American cities you completely control.

 

[2aguy]

Compared to what the white supremacist did with a rifle, it's a huge improvement.

You mean the Muslim at the Pulse Night club? Or the Asian guy at Virginia Tech?

Or the Muslim with the rental Truck….in Nice, France who killed more people with a rental truck than any mass shooter in the U.S. with a gun? 86 people killed with a rental truck……so, we should ban rental trucks….right?

 

[2aguy]

And yet the UK is much safer anyway.

Your argument is like "It's raining here, therefore it always rains here".

The US has a murder rate like 5 times higher than the UK's murder rate. That's a fact that matters. How many Congressmen and women have to have armed protection? Hardly any do in the UK.

Moron….Britain had a lower murder rate when they were allowed to have guns……..gun access had nothing to do with their murder rate.

You are so fucking blinded by your fixation on guns you can’t see truth,facts or reality…and that is why you and the other idiots running democrat party cities have turned them into hell holes.

 

[Mac-7]

Compared to what the white supremacist did with a rifle, it's a huge improvement.

Yes, I suppose so

But in France a couple of years ago a muslim terrorist killed dozens of people with a truck

Which means it doesnt take a gun to be a mass murderer

 

[Circe]

Since the US is so dangerous, you make a great argument in favor of gun ownership.

Darn right! And that's the answer everyone sensible is taking from these Muslim crime events. And the crazies. We have to be able to defend ourselves, so we're buying guns and ammo.

 

[2aguy]

Yes, I suppose so

But in France a couple of years ago a muslim terrorist killed dozens of people with a truck

Which means it doesnt take a gun to be a mass murderer

87 people in about 5 minutes of driving...more people killed with that truck than any mass public shooter in the U.S. with a gun......

And yet the anti-gun extremists do not call for banning rental Trucks...