Beserk gunman of the week strikes gun hugging Mecca: Kennesaw, Ga.
http://www.11alive.com/news/local/st...139611&catid=8
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...6/ai_15729634/
Beserk gunman of the week strikes gun hugging Mecca: Kennesaw, Ga.
http://www.11alive.com/news/local/st...139611&catid=8
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...6/ai_15729634/
Last edited by barnesfoto; January-13-10 at 02:18 AM.
So how come all the other gun owners didn't blow him away?Beserk gunman of the week strikes gun hugging Mecca: Kennesaw, Ga.
http://www.11alive.com/news/local/st...139611&catid=8
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...6/ai_15729634/
An exception. One idiot does something stupid, and this is conclusive evidence to form an opinion?
From the article above, here is the norm:
"Crime just isn't much of a problem in "Gun Town U.S.A." According to state figures, Kennesaw's per-capita crime rate has remained essentially static [[and low) since 1983 [[since they mandated everyone own a firearm). The most recent homicide, in 1989, was committed with a knife. The last gun homicide, in 1986, involved two young men from out of state who were staying at a local motel. "A little alcohol," Chief Wilson recalls, "had something to do with it. They were daring one another to shoot each other, so one of them did." Aside from that incident, Wilson says, there have been no problems with "anybody shooting anybody," even by accident"
Yup. And I'm certain a median household income exceeding $60,000 has nothing to do with the low crime rate in Kennesaw.
Please note the referenced article is from 1994. Below is from Wiki.
"10 best towns for families"
The city of Kennesaw was selected by Family Circle magazine as one of the nation's "10 best towns for families". The article appears in the magazine's August 2007 edition. The publication announced the results of its search to identify the best communities across the country that combine big-city opportunities with suburban charm, a blend of affordable housing, good jobs, top-rated public schools [[part of the Cobb County School District), wide-open spaces, and a lot less stress.
Quote: "And I'm certain a median household income exceeding $60,000 has nothing to do with the low crime rate"
Clutching straws. The allegation is that this happened because of gun ownership. This is just some disgruntled loser Ahole, that would have harmed his ex-coworkers in some way, whether he owned a gun or not. Ran them over in the parking lot? you name it.
I'm quite certain, the knowledge to a potential assailant, that the home they are about to illegally enter, is occupied by a person equipped with a firearm is a deterrent. Would be for me.
There is nothing "clutching at straws" about it. I agree that something like this could have happened anywhere. But pro-gun nut-jobs always propose that the prevalence of guns will prevent incidents like this from happening. It didn't. Where was the Kennesaw militia when lives needed to be saved?
Yet, you casually dismiss the long-established linkage between increased socioeconomic standing and lower rates of crime. On what basis?
More guns for everyone! We'll be just like Yemen!!!
Last edited by ghettopalmetto; January-13-10 at 11:12 AM.
Gun-related crimes have doubled in Great Britain since they banned them.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...-a-decade.html
And in the linked article, there's this nugget:Gun-related crimes have doubled in Great Britain since they banned them.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...-a-decade.html
"Some 1,760 gun related injuries or deaths were provisionally recorded for 2008/09, compared with 864 in 1998/99. "
Do you REALLY want to invite this comparison?
Yes. You do understand what you quoted don't you? Since guns were banned, gun deaths have increased. Hence, banning guns does not reduce gun crimes.
You are basing a conclusion on one incident. You should compare gun crime trends in areas where ownership was restricted with areas where gun ownership was expanded. Gun-related "crime rates have dropped 31 percent in the United States since 1991, even as right-to-carry laws have been enacted in states around the country." [[source: http://www.mnrepublic.com/index.php/...bal-gun-debate)But pro-gun nut-jobs always propose that the prevalence of guns will prevent incidents like this from happening. It didn't.
"If having guns is outlawed, only the outlaws will have guns."
Furthermore, I love how people try to discredit sources, yet don't provide their own source to refute it.
Wow, a report from a right wing web sight, no bias here folks.Gun-related crimes have doubled in Great Britain since they banned them.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...-a-decade.html
Besides, your drinking the kool-aid of the radical right wing fringe if you think Obama is out to steal your guns.
At least the bias is upfront in most conservative articles on the subject.
Right wing web site aside, and the dismissal of it therein, it is not just the "right-wing" that is concerned about this current admins contempt for gun ownership.... Nice if it could all be summed up as more "right wing" kook-dom and paranoia. Afterall, and ironically if there is a gun grab where will they be coming to collect the guns first? The urban heavily deep dish "Democrat" leaning areas. They would be first, yet they think its just those NRA types yacking about it. LOL!
Oh, BTW I am not a republican, tea-bagger [[the assumption being that all tea-baggers or republicans) or right-winger. Just an a independent thinker look critically at both sides of the policy makers [[dem and repub).
Last edited by Zacha341; January-14-10 at 07:11 PM.
This is all academic.
The is explicit recognition and acknowledgment by SCOTUS that an individuals right to keep and bear arms [[not a 'militia's right) is specifically noted in the Federal Constitution.
So unless you amend the Constitution, or get SCOTUS to reverse itself, it's an academic discussion
This is a study comparing the percentage of gun ownership by state with the homicide rate. The extremes are Wyoming with a 57% gun ownership rate and .0425% homicide rate and Washington,D.C. with a 4% gun ownership and a .08% homicide rate. It must be something about cultural differences between Washington, D.C. and South Dakota that has more to do with homicide than the number of guns. The article also mentions that Switzerland has the highest gun poccession rate in Europe but low murder rates.
Gun Crime - A State by State Statistical Approach
NRA scores again. If it was up to the NRA, we'd all be dead except for the radicals.
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