The NRA breaks its silence

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

That's just it John, they won't do it. Most not even for a buy back program.

Dave, I mean the nuts that shoot kids, not target shooters.

Pete

They don't always BUY them anyways, Pete.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Dave, I mean the nuts that shoot kids, not target shooters.

Pete

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

They don't always BUY them anyways, Pete.

More importantly, though these mass shootings always get a lot of media coverage and though they really hit us hard, the account for a tiny portion of the total number of people murdered by firearms in the US. Out of a total of a little less than 17,000 homicides, about 11,000 people are murdered with guns in the US every year.

That's 30 people, or another Sandy Hook, murdered with a gun every single day.

John

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Boreas

More importantly, though these mass shootings always get a lot of media coverage and though they really hit us hard, the account for a tiny portion of the total number of people murdered by firearms in the US. Out of a total of a little less than 17,000 homicides, about 11,000 people are murdered with guns in the US every year.

That's 30 people, or another Sandy Hook, murdered with a gun every single day.

John

Just think, John. If everyone was packin', then everytime some loon pops off it turns into an O-K Corral mele' wherein half of the shooters even realize who started shooting first. They just start shooting at everyone they see shooting at whomever they see shooting.

Great plan. Makes me feel all snuggly safe.

Regards,
Dave

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Boreas

More importantly, though these mass shootings always get a lot of media coverage and though they really hit us hard, the account for a tiny portion of the total number of people murdered by firearms in the US. Out of a total of a little less than 17,000 homicides, about 11,000 people are murdered with guns in the US every year.

That's 30 people, or another Sandy Hook, murdered with a gun every single day.

John

Yeah, well I see it's worse in Syria and Columbia. So, there....we're NOT the worst, neener, neener, neener!

Regards,
Dave

[merrylander]

Surely Bushmaster/Freedom must have some record of the owners if only for their warranty program.

[piece-itpete]

Originally Posted by Boreas

More importantly, though these mass shootings always get a lot of media coverage and though they really hit us hard, the account for a tiny portion of the total number of people murdered by firearms in the US. Out of a total of a little less than 17,000 homicides, about 11,000 people are murdered with guns in the US every year.

That's 30 people, or another Sandy Hook, murdered with a gun every single day.

John

Hey maybe we can find some common ground. That study of Ohio crime put an amazing 90% of all gun crimes in urban areas. I didn't realise it was that high.

In NYC since they instituted the pat down law in the early 90s gun crime has dropped significantly. Maybe that should be used in other urban districts.

The skeptic in me says yeah right, in 5 years the cops/courts'll have it over every square inch of the country. But I'm tempted to back the idea for cities.

Pete

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Hey maybe we can find some common ground. That study of Ohio crime put an amazing 90% of all gun crimes in urban areas. I didn't realise it was that high.

In NYC since they instituted the pat down law in the early 90s gun crime has dropped significantly. Maybe that should be used in other urban districts.

The skeptic in me says yeah right, in 5 years the cops/courts'll have it over every square inch of the country. But I'm tempted to back the idea for cities.

Pete

Why amazing? Urban areas are where 80% of us, as well as nearly all the poor, live.

John

[piece-itpete]

Good point. Pat down?

Pete

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Good point. Pat down?

Pete

Constitution?

If we're going to dump an amendment, I'd rather it be the 2nd than the 4th.

John

[piece-itpete]

I've getting an evil grin somewhere about this

Pete