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  • Re: Gun Control

    From Gallup: The percentage of Americans who believe having a gun in the house makes it a safer place to be has nearly doubled since 2000. Majorities of both men (67%) and women (58%) believe having a gun improves home safety.
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    • Re: Gun Control

      It actually makes it more unsafe due to people fucking up, but that's the risks and choices to be considered. We should be allowed that ability to choose.
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      • Re: Gun Control

        Rush to confiscate http://www.examiner.com/article/acti...o-confiscation
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        • Re: Gun Control

          Well, this is some good news!

          By the mid-1970s, the NRA felt that a non-profit lobbying division was necessary in order to provide political defense of what they viewed as an increased assault on the Second Amendment. This new political focus of the organization also coincided with an increase in violent crimes in the 1970s.
          The news was filled with reports of rapes, robberies and serial killers. The crime statistics continued to rise in the 1980s amid the backdrop of stories about the crack epidemic in the inner city and the related crimes. People were scared and they bought a lot of guns.
          By the late 1980s, almost 50 percent of all households had at least one handgun. Three million guns were entering into circulation every year. This trend continued until 1993, which started seeing a decline in gun sales, as well as the number of households owning a gun.
          Interestingly enough, this coincided with a decline in violent crime.
          Violent crime has been on a steady decline since the 1990s. The reasons why are varied and often speculative. In spite of the local news’ tendency to lead with the scariest stories, America has become less violent. There are also fewer gun owners. That’s because fear is the primary motivator for gun sales.
          The most recent FBI crime statistics show that violent crime is at its lowest levels since the 1970s. Based on reports from more than 18,000 law enforcement agencies around the country, in 2013 all crimes, including murder, rape and robbery, declined significantly since the previous year. The murder rate is at its lowest since 1968.
          This is not good news for the NRA.
          Along with the decline in violent crime, gun sales have been on a downward spiral. The NRA has turned its focus from education and training, to largely representing the interests of gun manufacturers. Earlier this year, several gun manufacturers announced a dramatic drop in sales. The fears of Democrats acting on gun control proved to be unfounded, with legislation blocked consistently at the national level. There has been some movement at the state level, largely through various restrictions on high capacity firearms often used in the mass shootings of the past several years.
          All of this has led to less interest in buying guns for the vast majority of Americans.
          The market for manufacturers – and the NRA – has gotten much, much smaller. Today, there are nearly 300 million guns in circulation in America. Most of them remain in the hands of hunters, collectors and the most fearful. These people represent only 34 percent of the estimated 318 million people residing in the country.


          Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/bad-news...#ixzz3J9gzeYq8


          STRICT GUN CONTROL NOW!
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          • Re: Gun Control

            Originally posted by matapule View Post
            These people represent only 34 percent of the estimated 318 million people residing in the country.
            Eliminate the young and the old and the mentally or physically infirm and that 34% suddenly becomes a pretty sizeable chunk of the population, well over half the country.
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            • Re: Gun Control

              Originally posted by Ron Whitfield View Post
              Eliminate the young and the old and the mentally or physically infirm and that 34% suddenly becomes a pretty sizeable chunk of the population, well over half the country.
              Plus, we already have all the guns we need. Why buy more if everyone already has enough?

              Wikipedia estimates 90% per capita, other sites claim up to 101% per capita.
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              • Re: Gun Control

                Let's get this straight:

                You are NOT in danger because of my guns or my rights.

                IF you are in danger it is because of an evil or insane person.

                How would YOU stop that person?
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                • Re: Gun Control

                  Well, here is a damning report from those left-leaning, commie researchers at Stanford and Johns Hopkins Universities.

                  "The new findings suggest that right-to-carry laws are "associated with substantially higher rates" of aggravated assault, rape and robbery, Stanford law professor John J. Donohue III, one of the study’s three authors, explained in a press release on Friday............Among violent crimes, the most significant increase came in aggravated assault, which may have risen by nearly 33 percent, according to the report. The researchers also found that from 1999 to 2010, murder rates rose in eight states that adopted right-to-carry laws...........Based on the new research, Webster concluded that "right-to-carry laws increase firearm-related assaults" -- though he noted that "the exact magnitude of that effect is uncertain."

                  Read the whole article here.

                  Why can't we get some honest "research" from that domestic terrorist organization, the NRA, which is nothing more than a lobbying group for the gun manufacturers of America?

                  STRICT GUN CONTROL NOW!


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                  • Re: Gun Control

                    Originally posted by Kaonohi View Post
                    Plus, we already have all the guns we need. Why buy more if everyone already has enough?
                    Well, I don't have all the guns I need, maybe I'll get one some day.

                    Originally posted by matapule View Post
                    Well, here is a damning report
                    Still ignoring the facts that a temporary increase of assaults and murders will occur UNTIL some hard heads get the message, then the decrease begins and drops lower than in decades when everybody starts playing nicer, and smarter?
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                    • Re: Gun Control

                      Originally posted by matapule View Post
                      Well, here is a damning report from those left-leaning, commie researchers at Stanford and Johns Hopkins Universities.

                      "The new findings suggest that right-to-carry laws are "associated with substantially higher rates" of aggravated assault, rape and robbery, Stanford law professor John J. Donohue III, one of the study’s three authors, explained in a press release on Friday............Among violent crimes, the most significant increase came in aggravated assault, which may have risen by nearly 33 percent, according to the report. The researchers also found that from 1999 to 2010, murder rates rose in eight states that adopted right-to-carry laws...........Based on the new research, Webster concluded that "right-to-carry laws increase firearm-related assaults" -- though he noted that "the exact magnitude of that effect is uncertain."

                      Read the whole article here.
                      The FBI disagrees:

                      "Overview
                      In 2013, an estimated 1,163,146 violent crimes occurred nationwide, a decrease of 4.4 percent from the 2012 estimate.
                      When considering 5- and 10-year trends, the 2013 estimated violent crime total was 12.3 percent below the 2009 level and 14.5 percent below the 2004 level. (See Tables 1 and 1A.)
                      There were an estimated 367.9 violent crimes per 100,000 inhabitants in 2013, a rate that declined 5.1 percent when compared with the 2012 estimated rate. (See Tables 1 and 1A.)
                      Aggravated assaults accounted for 62.3 percent of violent crimes reported to law enforcement in 2013. Robbery offenses accounted for 29.7 percent of violent crime offenses; rape (legacy definition) accounted for 6.9 percent; and murder accounted for 1.2 percent. (Based on Table 1.)
                      Information collected regarding types of weapons used in violent crime showed that firearms were used in 69.0 percent of the nation’s murders, 40.0 percent of robberies, and 21.6 percent of aggravated assaults. (Weapons data are not collected for rape.) (See Expanded Homicide Data Table 7, Robbery Table 3, and the Aggravated Assault Table.)"

                      The whole report is here, the downward trend of the graph is amazing!

                      The FBI isn't biased; they tell it like it is.

                      Matapule selects his "facts" like food from his biased buffet, and lies about the NRA, ignorantly labeling it a "domestic terrorist organization."
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                      • Re: Gun Control

                        WORLD HISTORY OF GUN CONTROL.

                        1911 Turkey established gun control. From 1915-1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

                        1929 The Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, approximately 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

                        1935 China established gun control. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

                        1938 Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, 6 to 7 million Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, the mentally ill, and 12 million Christians who were unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

                        1956 Cambodia established gun control. From 1975 to 1977, one million "educated" people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

                        1964 Guatemala established gun control. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

                        1970 Uganda established gun control. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

                        IN EVERY CASE, GUN CONTROL PRECEEDED MASS KILLINGS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE. ARE YOU SEEING THE PATTERN AMERICA?
                        Last edited by Kaonohi; December 16, 2014, 10:03 AM.
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                        • Re: Gun Control

                          In the words of Condoleezza Rice when faced with facts regarding 9-11 in Congressional hearings a year later, "Oh, that's so old".
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                          • Re: Gun Control

                            http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-w...usaolp00000592

                            But, Do you know who are the good guys and who are the bad guys?

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                            • Re: Gun Control

                              19 gunned down in Tunisia today, being the latest example of unarmed / unprotected innocents being murdered.
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                              • Re: Gun Control

                                http://www.edition.cnn.com/2015/04/1...fle/index.html

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