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Fact Finder wrote:“There is a gun for almost every American.”
verslibre wrote:Fact Finder wrote:“There is a gun for almost every American.”
Bullshit.
http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/united-states
How Many Guns Are in the United States?
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) reported in a national survey that in 1994, 44 million people, approximately 35% of households, owned 192 million firearms, 65 million of which were handguns(25). Seventy-four percent of those individuals were reported to own more than one firearm(26).
According to the ATF, by the end of 1996 approximately 242 million firearms were available for sale to or were possessed by civilians in the United States(27). That total includes roughly 72 million handguns (mostly pistols, revolvers, and derringers), 76 million rifles, and 64 million shotguns(28). By 2000, the number of firearms had increased to approximately 259 million: 92 million handguns, 92 million rifles, and 75 million shotguns(29). By 2007, the number of firearms had increased to approximately 294 million: 106 million handguns, 105 million rifles, and 83 million shotguns(30)….
By … 2009, the estimated total number of firearms available to civilians in the United States had increased to approximately 310 million: 114 million handguns, 110 million rifles, and 86 million shotguns(36). Per capita, the civilian gun stock has roughly doubled since 1968, from one gun per every two persons to one gun per person…
Sources cited:
25) Jens Ludwig and Phillip J. Cook, Guns in America: National Survey on Private Ownership and Use of Firearms, NCJ 165476, May 1999, http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/165476.pdf.
26) Ibid.
27) U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Commerce in Firearms in the United States, February 2000, pp. A3-A5.
28) Ibid., pp. A3-A5.
29) U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Firearms Commerce in the United States 2001/2002, ATF P 9000.4, April 2002, pp. E1-E3.
30) U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Annual Firearm Manufacturing and Export Reports for 2002 through 2007, along with firearms import data provided by the ATF Firearms and Explosives Import Branch.
36) U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Firearms Commerce in the United States 2011, August 2011, pp. 11, 13, and 15.
Australia’s former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer is urging tourists to boycott the U.S. in the wake of the shooting.
“Tourists thinking of going to the USA should think twice,” Fischer said.
“This is the bitter harvest and legacy of the policies of the NRA that even blocked background checks for people buying guns at gunshows.
“People should take this into account before going to the United States.
“I am deeply angry about this because of the callous attitude of the three teenagers (but) it’s a sign of the proliferation of guns on the ground in the USA.
StoneCold wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfHUnE5UMns#t=0m40s
Liam wrote:I got 2. lol
Fact Finder wrote:Australia’s former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer is urging tourists to boycott the U.S. in the wake of the shooting.
“There is a gun for almost every American.”
RPM wrote:This is sickening. because they were bored. THIS COUNTRY is so good hiding the consequences of stupidity and
lack of empathy idiot teenagers think its all a damn video game. start showing live executions (not with a needle either)
let them see what happens when you kill people "because you feel like it" condolences to the poor family......
Voyager wrote:Fact Finder wrote:Australia’s former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer is urging tourists to boycott the U.S. in the wake of the shooting.
“There is a gun for almost every American.”
1. I think boycotting a country due to a freak act of a psychopath who brainwashed two of his friends to join in on a killing is a bit of a stretch, don't ya think? Not to take away from the pain of Australians and this guy's family and friends, but it's not much different than the American girl who got raped and killed in Aruba by the psycho Joran Van Der Scum.
2. The number of gun owners in the USA has drastically increased in the past few years due to over-reactive Obama-hating radical-Ted-Nugent types who think that adding more guns and gun owners in the USA is the solution to our crime problems. The sad result has been an epidemic of little kids killing babies and adults by accident. But I don't think it contributed to this particular crime one way or another.
jaxmanjoe wrote:RPM wrote:This is sickening. because they were bored. THIS COUNTRY is so good hiding the consequences of stupidity and
lack of empathy idiot teenagers think its all a damn video game. start showing live executions (not with a needle either)
let them see what happens when you kill people "because you feel like it" condolences to the poor family......
...because the death penalty is such an effective deterrent...
The Sushi Hunter wrote:Voyager wrote:Fact Finder wrote:Australia’s former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer is urging tourists to boycott the U.S. in the wake of the shooting.
“There is a gun for almost every American.”
1. I think boycotting a country due to a freak act of a psychopath who brainwashed two of his friends to join in on a killing is a bit of a stretch, don't ya think? Not to take away from the pain of Australians and this guy's family and friends, but it's not much different than the American girl who got raped and killed in Aruba by the psycho Joran Van Der Scum.
2. The number of gun owners in the USA has drastically increased in the past few years due to over-reactive Obama-hating radical-Ted-Nugent types who think that adding more guns and gun owners in the USA is the solution to our crime problems. The sad result has been an epidemic of little kids killing babies and adults by accident. But I don't think it contributed to this particular crime one way or another.
Brainwashed? So how did you come to this conclusion? All three of them are equally responsible. One drove the car in a way that aided the operation, the other in the front passenger side seat provided look-out detail, and the one in the back seat pulled the trigger......all involved equally "for the fun of it".
The Sushi Hunter wrote:Too many excuses. It's always easier just to blame someone or something else. Every one of those boys had a choice before jumping in the car and gunning this guy down. And each one of them made the decision to get in the car and gun him down. Stop making excuses for these guys! This is why America is in the state that it is in. Too many excuses!
slucero wrote:watching his son and daughter in law go to prison has cost Jesse a lot of his mojo...
I almost feel sorry for him...
... almost..
hoagiepete wrote:Where are Sharpton, Jackson and the other activists, as well as the CNN's on this one?
jaxmanjoe wrote:RPM wrote:This is sickening. because they were bored. THIS COUNTRY is so good hiding the consequences of stupidity and
lack of empathy idiot teenagers think its all a damn video game. start showing live executions (not with a needle either)
let them see what happens when you kill people "because you feel like it" condolences to the poor family......
...because the death penalty is such an effective deterrent...
steveo777 wrote:This just happened in my hometown. A couple black teenagers beat an 88 year old WWII vet and he has died. I guess this is the new outlet for black boredom.
http://www.khq.com/story/23225525/88-ye ... a-has-died
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