Another day, another mass shooting
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Too damned often we are advised that a mass killing has occurred. Rarely is it that a brick, a bucket, peanut butter, or lawn furniture is what was used. Hang in there, I think there may be a pattern. On the news (15 minutes ago) it was said that US population is 4.43 % of the worlds population. Pretty small. The amount of guns owned by Americans ? 42%. Americans own 42% of the worlds guns in private hands. If the NRA knew they would be saying that with some effort we could get that up to 60%. Sad and scary. I did a Google search of who was committing our mass murders. I found it interesting. http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/27/us/mass-shootings/ http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/07/mass-shootings-map http://www.politicalresearch.org/2014/06/19/mass-shooters-have-a-gender-and-a-race/#sthash.C2Nc0pzX.dpbs = = = = Growing up, there was 1 mass killing every 20 or 30 years. It's gender based as well. Women aren't the killers. Almost entirely males doing the killings. Thoughts, comments, solutions ????
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TJ Wrote:Too damned often we are advised that a mass killing has occurred. Rarely is it that a brick, a bucket, peanut butter, or lawn furniture is what was used. Hang in there, I think there may be a pattern. On the news (15 minutes ago) it was said that US population is 4.43 % of the worlds population. Pretty small. The amount of guns owned by Americans ? 42%. Americans own 42% of the worlds guns in private hands. If the NRA knew they would be saying that with some effort we could get that up to 60%. Sad and scary. I did a Google search of who was committing our mass murders. I found it interesting. http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/27/us/mass-shootings/ http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/07/mass-shootings-map http://www.politicalresearch.org/2014/06/19/mass-shooters-have-a-gender-and-a-race/#sthash.C2Nc0pzX.dpbs = = = = Growing up, there was 1 mass killing every 20 or 30 years. It's gender based as well. Women aren't the killers. Almost entirely males doing the killings. Thoughts, comments, solutions ???? Tony , ask the NRA and Bobby Jindal.
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There was also another mass killing in Oklahoma, yesterday 5 members of a family were Stabbed to death by the two sons, killed were their parents, siblings, aged 5,7,12, the 13 year old is the hospital, I say lets ban all knives capable of delivering multiple stab wounds, the amount of guns owned by US citizens pales in comparison to knives,
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pr Wrote: Yes, let's just let every nitwit in the country own as many guns as they can beg borrow or steal. It's their right (so the NRA loves to tell them). After all, a country can't be truly safe unless we have a citizenry armed to the teeth with the biggest, baddest concealed weapons money can buy. Bad people with guns? Not to worry, all dem good guys with guns will take 'em down before they can say "stick 'em up"! I agree , let every nitwit own a knife, or a club, or rope, even an axe, these are all objects, plus many more, that have been used in murders. So if it's nitwits doing the crime, you must then agree that it's the person wielding the instrument of crime that is accountable for the crime and not the weapon.
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johnnycee Wrote: There was also another mass killing in Oklahoma, yesterday 5 members of a family were Stabbed to death by the two sons, killed were their parents, siblings, aged 5,7,12, the 13 year old is the hospital, I say lets ban all knives capable of delivering multiple stab wounds, the amount of guns owned by US citizens pales in comparison to knives, A typical "gun" owners answer. Lets also ban all cars because more people get killed with that "tool" than guns. Anyway the killing by guns and any other means will continue; why? because of the "mental" state in this country. People who do need help don't get it. look at for instance the VA disaster. Mental help here is often done away with "just take a pill" without real mental psychiatric treatment . Way too few specialists on the huge number of patients.
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Dutch Wrote:johnnycee Wrote: There was also another mass killing in Oklahoma, yesterday 5 members of a family were Stabbed to death by the two sons, killed were their parents, siblings, aged 5,7,12, the 13 year old is the hospital, I say lets ban all knives capable of delivering multiple stab wounds, the amount of guns owned by US citizens pales in comparison to knives, A typical "gun" owners answer. Lets also ban all cars because more people get killed with that "tool" than guns. Anyway the killing by guns and any other means will continue; why? because of the "mental" state in this country. People who do need help don't get it. look at for instance the VA disaster. Mental help here is often done away with "just take a pill" without real mental psychiatric treatment . Way too few specialists on the huge number of patients. Now your talking Dutch, I don't know what a typical gun owners answer is but I guess your answer must be a typical anti- gun person's response.
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johnnycee Wrote: There was also another mass killing in Oklahoma, yesterday 5 members of a family were Stabbed to death by the two sons, killed were their parents, siblings, aged 5,7,12, the 13 year old is the hospital, I say lets ban all knives capable of delivering multiple stab wounds, the amount of guns owned by US citizens pales in comparison to knives, We can always, and I mean ALWAYS, count on you to bring a red herring into any discussion about mass shootings.
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