Why all these shootings?

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  • VINNY GOOMBA
    VINNY GOOMBA Posts: 1,826
    Alex Jones and Glenn Beck may have a hand in this? Fear? Paranoia? Commy, look at the last 5 threads you've started. Some of them might inspire FEAR if any thought or speculation were to follow reading them:

    China can sink our most massive carriers without a problem. Thermite was found in the WTC rubble. People are getting shot all over the place. Peaceful protesters are getting assaulted by riot police. Operation Northwoods - False Flag Terror that was to be perpetrated by the U.S. Government to escalate a full scale conflict with Cuba / Russia, etc...

    Now, are you trying to incite fear, or trying to raise awareness to some fucked up shit here?
  • VINNY GOOMBA
    VINNY GOOMBA Posts: 1,826
    DOUBLER.
  • Commy
    Commy Posts: 4,984
    VINNY GOOMBA wrote:
    Alex Jones and Glenn Beck may have a hand in this? Fear? Paranoia? Commy, look at the last 5 threads you've started. Some of them might inspire FEAR if any thought or speculation were to follow reading them:

    China can sink our most massive carriers without a problem. Thermite was found in the WTC rubble. People are getting shot all over the place. Peaceful protesters are getting assaulted by riot police. Operation Northwoods - False Flag Terror that was to be perpetrated by the U.S. Government to escalate a full scale conflict with Cuba / Russia, etc...

    Now, are you trying to incite fear, or trying to raise awareness to some fucked up shit here?
    good point.
  • JD Sal
    JD Sal Posts: 790
    Guns are too readily available. I'm not for a ban on guns, but I do think we need much stricter gun laws. The facts speak for themselves.

    In 2004, handguns murdered:

    5 people in New Zealand
    37 people in Sweden
    56 people in Australia
    184 people in Canada
    19 people in Japan
    73 people in the UK
    11,344 people in the United States
    - Provided by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence

    Crime Statistics > Murders (per capita) by country:
    # 24 - United States: 0.042802 per 1,000 people
    # 43 - Australia: 0.0150324 per 1,000 people
    # 44 - Canada: 0.0149063 per 1,000 people
    # 46 - United Kingdom: 0.0140633 per 1,000 people
    # 51 - Netherlands: 0.0111538 per 1,000 people
    # 52 - New Zealand: 0.0111524 per 1,000 people
    # 60 - Japan: 0.00499933 per 1,000 people

    FACT: In 2005, there were 1,019 gun deaths in the state of Illinois. That's almost 175% more than the total number of gun deaths in New Zealand, Sweden, Australia, Canada, Japan, and the UK combined.
    - Numbers obtained from CDC National Center for Health Statistics mortality report online, 2008.

    FACT: Every two years more Americans die from firearm injuries than the total number of American soldiers killed during the 8-year Vietnam War. In 2003, the total number of people killed by guns in the United States was 30,136.
    - Based on data from CDC National Center for Health Statistics WISQARS online data collection system, 2006.

    FACT: A gun in the home increases the risk of homicide of a household member by 3 times and the risk of suicide by 5 times compared to homes where no gun is present.
    -Kellerman AL, Rivara FP, Somes G, et al. "Suicide in the Home in Relation to Gun Ownership." NEJM. 1992; 327(7):467-472)
    "If no one sees you, you're not here at all"
  • callen
    callen Posts: 6,388
    JD Sal wrote:
    FACT: A gun in the home increases the risk of homicide of a household member by 3 times and the risk of suicide by 5 times compared to homes where no gun is present.
    -Kellerman AL, Rivara FP, Somes G, et al. "Suicide in the Home in Relation to Gun Ownership." NEJM. 1992; 327(7):467-472)

    Yes Yes Yes...eventually those that suck up fear will weed themselves from population....there is hope. :lol:
    10-18-2000 Houston, 04-06-2003 Houston, 6-25-2003 Toronto, 10-8-2004 Kissimmee, 9-4-2005 Calgary, 12-3-05 Sao Paulo, 7-2-2006 Denver, 7-22-06 Gorge, 7-23-2006 Gorge, 9-13-2006 Bern, 6-22-2008 DC, 6-24-2008 MSG, 6-25-2008 MSG
  • JD Sal
    JD Sal Posts: 790
    And sadly, here we go again...

    2 killed in Michigan community college shooting

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090410/ap_ ... ege_gunman

    By DAVID RUNK, Associated Press Writer David Runk, Associated Press Writer – 18 mins ago
    DEARBORN, Mich. – Police say two people have been killed in what they believe was a murder-suicide at a community college in Dearborn.

    Deputy Police Chief Gregg Brighton says Henry Ford Community College was locked down in the early afternoon Friday shortly after a 911 caller reported shots were fired.

    Responding officers set up a perimeter around the fine arts building and heard a gunshot as they entered.

    Brighton says police discovered the bodies of a man and a woman in a room. He says he didn't think it was being used at the time.

    The lockdown has been lifted.

    Brighton says a shotgun was used in the killings.
    "If no one sees you, you're not here at all"
  • OffHeGoes29
    OffHeGoes29 Posts: 1,240
    JD Sal wrote:
    Guns are too readily available. I'm not for a ban on guns, but I do think we need much stricter gun laws. The facts speak for themselves.

    In 2004, handguns murdered:

    5 people in New Zealand
    37 people in Sweden
    56 people in Australia
    184 people in Canada
    19 people in Japan
    73 people in the UK
    11,344 people in the United States
    - Provided by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence

    Crime Statistics > Murders (per capita) by country:
    # 24 - United States: 0.042802 per 1,000 people
    # 43 - Australia: 0.0150324 per 1,000 people
    # 44 - Canada: 0.0149063 per 1,000 people
    # 46 - United Kingdom: 0.0140633 per 1,000 people
    # 51 - Netherlands: 0.0111538 per 1,000 people
    # 52 - New Zealand: 0.0111524 per 1,000 people
    # 60 - Japan: 0.00499933 per 1,000 people

    FACT: In 2005, there were 1,019 gun deaths in the state of Illinois. That's almost 175% more than the total number of gun deaths in New Zealand, Sweden, Australia, Canada, Japan, and the UK combined.
    - Numbers obtained from CDC National Center for Health Statistics mortality report online, 2008.

    FACT: Every two years more Americans die from firearm injuries than the total number of American soldiers killed during the 8-year Vietnam War. In 2003, the total number of people killed by guns in the United States was 30,136.
    - Based on data from CDC National Center for Health Statistics WISQARS online data collection system, 2006.

    FACT: A gun in the home increases the risk of homicide of a household member by 3 times and the risk of suicide by 5 times compared to homes where no gun is present.
    -Kellerman AL, Rivara FP, Somes G, et al. "Suicide in the Home in Relation to Gun Ownership." NEJM. 1992; 327(7):467-472)

    Does this list include every country in the world, our just the lawful ones?
    BRING BACK THE WHALE
  • blondieblue227
    blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    Experts: Loss, revenge often drive mass murders
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090406/ap_ ... otings_why

    "They always think someone else is to blame. 'My boss doesn't give me the right kinds of assignments. My co-workers don't do enough to help me succeed. My wife doesn't understand me at all, doesn't treat me with respect.'"

    an example of what was said before, these people can't make it in society. they blame everybody else.

    Teach your kids to be accountable.
    *~Pearl Jam will be blasted from speakers until morale improves~*

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