More people are killed in the US by bad drivers every three days, than by rifles during an entire year.
You are more likely to be killed by a hammer than by a rifle, yet mental midgets like Feinstein and Bloomberg are out to ban rifles.
Chicago Has Tough Gun Laws, But Leads Nation in Gun Violence
Despite the city’s efforts to ban semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines, the weapons frequently used in Chicago — which had 506 homicides in 2012 — are handguns, which are rarely purchased through legal channels.
Chicago has tough gun laws, but leads nation in gun violence | Fox News
The presence of legal guns owned by honest citizens is a massive deterrent to crime, but our brainless elected officials are determined to take that away from us.
(Who is electing brainless politicians???)
Gun control is about control, not guns.
Ya only see this on TV when they are in favor of it, when there is a story they are not in favor of, like Climate Gate, they show pretty boy golfer crashes and is a sex addict for a month or Two or Three. If thats the point Will was trying to get at???
Dumb. Very, very dumb.
First of all: proof of your claim about hammers? I know you never link to proof. Here you will have to.
David Appell, asleep at the wheel – as always
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/01/03/fbi-hammers-clubs-kill-more-people-than-rifles-shotguns/
David would be happy to make a multi-billion dollar bureaucracy, create a black market, massively increase crime, and risk civil war to stop three days worth of automobile deaths.
Why didn’t you link to this to support your assertion?
I did earlier in the day, but as usual you were asleep at the wheel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V7zbWNznbs
I saw the news eslewhere and that is because I visit places that are for freedom where you missed it because you visit places that DELIBERATELY overlook the inconvenient stuff that would quickly evaporate your insane fear of guns because they are like you wanting to build a new world order to control every aspect of human life.
What you said earlier. 😆 Bingo!
Why do you think that risks we willingly assume, and can control, are equivalent to risks we can’t control?
We control the risk of crime by owning guns, which deter tens of millions of potential crimes every year.
Bullshit. Prove it. You can’t.
Do my eyes deceive me – or did I just see David Appell say:
“Bullshit. Prove it. You can’t.”
Amazing!
Where is your proof that guns “deter tens of millions of potential crimes every year?”
And again …. No one in their right mind would risk breaking into a house which might have a 12 gauge waiting for them on the other side of the door.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/01/04/ex-burglars-say-newspapers-gun-map-wouldve-made-job-easier-safer/#ixzz2H4eKAdPv
Probably in the same place as “proof of AGW”
Again, where is the proof of your claim that guns “deter tens of millions of potential crimes every year?”
Have you ever had an honest discussion in your life?
Here’s a study on “actuals”
University Study Confirms Private Firearms Stop Crime 2.5 Million Times Each Year
http://rense.com/general76/univ.htm
Assume whatever multiplier you like for “potentials”
Where is the proof of your claim that guns “deter tens of millions of potential crimes every year?”
Ivan: Do you have anything real? Anything legitimate? Who the hell is “rense.com”. Who are they? What university?
Acquire some standards, please.
You need to read at least one line further than the heading.
If you aren’t capable – then I suggest that you get an adult to read it to you.
Have you ever considered that maybe guns are being brought into Chicago from outside the city, bypassing its laws? Is that so hard to understand, and that hence national laws (and even international laws) are necessary?
Colorado just legalized marijuana, because it became obvious that the long term ban was unenforceable and was not working. Lefties like David aren’t very good at rational thinking
This has absolutely nothing to do with Colorado.
Why do you assume that local guns laws can keep out all guns?
Why do you not recognize that guns are a huge deterrent to criminals. Would you break into a house knowing that there might be a 12 gauge waiting for you on the other side of the door?
Prove it.
I’m much more concerned about the criminals we don’t yet know about — the ones who take guns and kill 20 1st graders.
Do you give a damn about them?
About 250,000 children died last year around the world in automobile accidents. Cars must be banned.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/01/04/ex-burglars-say-newspapers-gun-map-wouldve-made-job-easier-safer/#ixzz2H4YsQZaO
Prove it.
Stop obfuscating, for at least once in your life.
Just act, for a few seconds, like you care that a roomful of 6-year olds were slaughtered. Is your heart capable of that?
David, You are a complete flaming world class asshole.
I used to work across the street from Sandy Hook Elementary School and I know people there. Everyone wants to protect children, and that is why I have guns to protect mine.
You frequently come across as being mentally ill, throwing hateful accusations around.
Walter Shaw? Can’t you find a way to blame this on James Hansen??
People want a society where do not have to walk around strapped like this is the Wild West.
In Newtown, did you spend your entire day blogging, like you do now?
Under a fake name?
Why are you afraid to associate your opinion with your name?
What about your opinion are you ashamed of?
You live in a complete fantasy world. Everyone in rural Colorado is armed, and as a result no one is stupid enough to pull a gun out.
You are 100% incapable of ever staying on topic or discussing the topic at hand.
Bullshit. There are plenty of gun deaths in Colorado.
Ever heard of Hunter Thompson?
Denver and Boulder are overwhelmingly Democratic and have a wildly disproportionate number of whack jobs and murderers. Rural Colorado is overwhelmingly Republican and very safe.
Where is the proof of your claim that guns “deter tens of millions of potential crimes every year?”
“Where is the proof of your claim that guns “deter tens of millions of potential crimes every year?”
Does law enforcement in the US carry fire arms or not? There are over 1 million security guards in the US, presumably mostly armed. What are you saying here, there is no evidence that weapons deter criminals?
If you weren’t so dog shit stupid, it would be mildly interesting to engage with you.
Again, where is the proof that guns “deter tens of millions of potential crimes every year?”
Has it ever ocurred to you that Chicago which is a mandated gun free zone make it very attactive for criminals to ply their trade in?
Why they might have even lead the nation in gun related murders for year 2012.
You are a grossly overeducated man.
Ya know that assclown toshinmack, is just sitting back with a smug smurk right now. 😆
This hammer crap is total bullshit.
There are ~ 30,000 gun deaths in the US annually:
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-12-18/american-gun-deaths-to-exceed-traffic-fatalities-by-2015
I personally have had a neighbor point a gun at me — I immediately called the police and he was carted off to jail within minutes, and evicted from his apartment that very evening — and have never felt threatened by a hammer or anything like it.
Lie.
Are you too stupid to understand the difference between a pistol and a rifle? Do you think the FBI is making the numbers up?
I have been hit by cars twice on my bicycle, both times they were at fault. Why weren’t they hauled off to jail?
This isn’t about differentiating between pistols and rifles — it’s about ending gun violence.
Obfuscating about it is sick.
Your complete inability to read, comprehend and stay on topic is epic.
And that’s exactly the way the laws should work. Punishing those that don’t follow them. We can’t allow your fears to punish those that do follow them.
And how did that stop Adam Lanza? Or the Aurora shooter? Or the Tuscon shooter? Or the Clackmas shooter?
You don’t. At least not with gun control.
In case you haven’t noticed, shooters always target gun-free zones.
http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/legislation/2nd-amendment-preservation-act/
“This legislative package is a state-level response to constitutional violations of the 2nd Amendment by the federal government.”
Australia is an island. Guns are illegal. After they were made illegal all kinds of crime went up. Crime is up in Chicago because guns are illegal and the current police tactics instituted by the current government are not as effective in controlling the gang violence.
Of the almost thirty thousand gun deaths that occurred last year the majority of them were suicides.
Guns are not violent. They have no emotions.
Obviously guns are inanimate objects. So what? Do you even care that little kids got slaughtered, or do you just want to play word games?
Appell, you are a complete nutcase. You believe that anyone who disagrees with you is a monster. You need to seek psychological help.
Can’t you even admit that, maybe, you are concerned that a roomful of 1st graders were gunned down, and you’d like that not to happen again. No?
Everyone wants to protect children, particularly from hateful people like you. You seem mentally unstable.
Where is your proof that guns “deter tens of millions of potential crimes every year?”
Over 1 million children a year die under the age of 5 of diseases that could easily be eradicated if even a tiny amount of the money spent on global warming was directed to that cause. Unsurprisingly, Appeal could not care less as those deaths are not on his ideological list of causes. He is one sick little puppy.
Shorter Will Nitschke: Because children die of terrible diseases, who gives a fuck if a roomful of 1st graders gets shot up in Connecticut?
Everyone wants to protect children. That is why we need to quit advertising schools as gun free-zones. It invites psychos like Lanza to kill people.
America’s worst school massacre occurred in 1927 and did not involve any guns.
Your belief that people who disagree with you are monsters, indicates severe mental problems on your part.
Millions of children die each year. Why not focus on causes that can save the most lives instead of putting ideology ahead of reality?
I’m asking again: Where is the proof of your claim that guns “deter tens of millions of potential crimes every year?”
Do you suffer from OCD, David?
Prove that CO2 causes bad weather.
Why not focus on both?
You made a claim. Please, simply provide proof: Where is the proof of your claim that guns “deter tens of millions of potential crimes every year?”
Prove that CO2 causes bad weather. You have devoted your life to something which can’t be proven and isn’t true.
“Chicago Has Tough Gun Laws, But Leads Nation in Gun Violence”
Here’s my stooopid question of the day: What about Washington DC? They also have draconian Gun Control and a high rate of violent crime. Everyone wants know: Which of these two cities is more worthy of the prestigious Darwin Award?
Why do you assume that no guns get into DC just because it has a law? The rest of the country has no such law….
Some of the safest states in the union are the ones that allow concealed gun in the public.While the worst states are the ones with gun bans in effect.
When are you going to pay attention to the facts?
Proof?
Hi David. You wrote:
“Why do you assume that no guns get into DC just because it has a law?”
I’ve made no such assumption. You really need to work on your reading comprehension skills.
He answered his own question with his comment, didn’t he. 😆
“Inmates using newspaper’s gun owner map to threaten guards, sheriff says”:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/01/04/law-enforcement-latest-critics-on-public-display-gun-owner-data-officers/#ixzz2H4sTBynB
WOW, Toshinmack how is Peter Pan doing where you are at.
“David Appell says:
January 5, 2013 at 4:38 am
And how did that stop Adam Lanza? Or the Aurora shooter? Or the Tuscon shooter? Or the Clackmas shooter?”
He did you notice that all of them are crazy people?
They were only deemed crazy after they killed large numbers of people — which proves my point exactly.
It’s the changling toshinmack!
On Christmas Day in China, a crazy person drove a car full of explosives into a middle school bus stop full of kids. Someone who wants to kill is going to find a way.
Trying to take guns away from people who use them to protect their families is unbelievably stupid.
LOL,
they were already crazy BEFORE it happened but made known to the world after they did them.
Lanza’s mother about to commit the loser to a mental institution and probably the reason why he then shot his mom to death and then being a cowardly pile of shit take it out on the innocent afterwards.
How can you as a PHD holder be that dense?
Yet aqain — Where is the proof of your claim that guns “deter tens of millions of potential crimes every year?”
Is it more than 20 dead 1st graders?
Whats with the change?
Thanks for proving the point: people get guns in America who shouldn’t have them.
Who will get one next?
Had it not been for idiot liberals like yourself calling for gun free zones, those children might have been protected.
Lanza shot himself in the head as soon as a policeman showed up. Your belief system has blood on its hands.
😆 now that is pathetic.
Had the pilots been armed on 9/11, the World Trade Center would still be standing. Idiot liberals like yourself have blood on your hands.
You have no idea what Lanza did.
Where is the proof of your claim that guns “deter tens of millions of potential crimes every year?”
He is spamming his blog here, 😆 Pathetic. 😆
Had the pilots been armed on 9/11, it’s more likely their gun would have been used in their home on a family member.
Where is the proof of your claim that guns “deter tens of millions of potential crimes every year?”
You seem to know as much about guns as you do about climate. i.e. nothing.
Toshinmack just because you lefties don’t trust yourselves with a firearm, doesn’t mean you have to project it on everyone else, and where is your proof?
Yeah I forgot! 😆
Not true. You’re pulling your facts out of thin air – real PC sophistry. Most of these mass murderers have a history and people knew they were potentially dangerous.
And, since you asked, here’s my reference:
C. E. Cramer. Madness, Deinstitutionalization & Murder
You can find it at
http://www.fed-soc.org/publications/detail/madness-deinstitutionalization-murder
“David Appell says:
January 5, 2013 at 5:16 am
Shorter Will Nitschke: Because children die of terrible diseases, who gives a fuck if a roomful of 1st graders gets shot up in Connecticut?”
Leftist emotionalism in vivid display and it is not pretty because they fail to look at the whole picture and just go into convulsions for gun control as a reaction.
This is a sign of brain problems.
“David Appell says:
January 5, 2013 at 6:44 am
Proof?”
Wow you really are that ignorant?
This link should help you figure it out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rtc.gif
Yeah, he is in Peter Pan World. 😆
Interesting piece here
http://suyts.wordpress.com/2013/01/05/woman-hiding-in-attic-shoots-intruder-five-times-to-protect-her-children/
What would have happened if she were not armed?