Colorado, gun control and the 2nd Amendment

[DJG]

I don't think there is, but a comparison was made with driving licences. I don't think we should accept foreign driving licences because we don't accept foreign gun licences. The principle is the same.

Ah right I get it.

 

[DB008]

Florida shooting claims eight lives in Bell, Gilchrist County

A MAN murdered six of his grandchildren, his adult daughter and himself in another mass shooting in the US.

Gilchrist County Sheriff Robert Schultz identified the man as 51-year-old Don C Spirit. He said the children ranged in age from 3 months to 10 years old.

Sheriff Schultz said police received a call at about 4pm local time (7am AEST) and found the bodies of 27-year-old

Sarah Spirit and the children at the home in Bell, west of Gainesville in North Florida.

http://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/florida-shooting-claims-eight-lives-in-bell-gilchrist-county/story-fnh81jut-1227063776445

 

[DB008]

Shooting at Marysville Pilchuck High School north of Seattle, Washington State leaves two dead

A STUDENT who killed a young girl and shot four others before turning the gun on himself was a popular kid who was recently crowned homecoming prince.

As America was reeling over the latest school shooting, details are beginning to emerge of the gunmen, now formally identified as Jaylen Fryberg.

Social media posts paint a picture of a well-liked teenage athlete, familiar with hunting and firearms.

http://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/shooting-at-marysville-pilchuck-high-school-north-of-seattle-washington-state-leaves-two-dead/story-fnh81jut-1227101798432

 

[sydboy007]

http://www.vox.com/2014/11/26/7292963/gun-control-police-shootings

The death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, reveals many things about America. One of them that has not yet received adequate attention is that there is a strong case for a form of gun control that is much stricter than anything that's remotely plausible in the context of American politics.

This is true if you think Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson should have been found guilty of a crime. But in many ways it's even more true if you think he's innocent of any wrongdoing. A system in which legal police shootings of unarmed civilians are a common occurrence is a system that has some serious flaws.

In this case, the drawback is a straightforward consequence of America's approach to firearms. A well-armed citizenry required an even-better-armed constabulary. Widespread gun ownership creates a systematic climate of fear on the part of the police. The result is a quantity of police shootings that, regardless of the facts of any particular case, is just staggeringly high. Young black men, in particular, are paying the price for America's gun culture.

 

[CanOz]

Many of us are lucky enough to have the obvious choice when it comes to our own solution to the guns laws.....don't live there.

You reap what you sow.

CanOz

 

[DB008]

Police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, say a 3-year-old shot his father and a pregnant woman.

Police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, say a 3-year-old shot his father and a pregnant woman. The child and adults were in a hotel room, when the boy took the gun from the woman's purse and fired a shot that hit both. Both suffered injuries that weren't life threatening.

https://www.inside.com/newmexico/u53dd/Police-in-Albuquerque-New-Mexico-say-a-3-year-ol

 

[sydboy007]

very interesting article

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/04/true-cost-of-gun-violence-in-america

Jennifer Longdon was one of at least 750,000 Americans injured by gunshots over the last decade, and she was lucky not to be one of the more than 320,000 killed. Each year more than 11,000 people are murdered with a firearm, and more than 20,000 others commit suicide using one.

Our investigation also begins to illuminate the economic toll for individual states. Louisiana has the highest gun homicide rate in the nation, with costs per capita of more than $1,300. Wyoming has a small population but the highest overall rate of gun deaths””including the nation's highest suicide rate””with costs working out to about $1,400 per resident. Among the four most populous states, the costs per capita in the gun rights strongholds of Florida and Texas outpace those in more strictly regulated California and New York. Hawaii and Massachusetts, with their relatively low gun ownership rates and tight gun laws, have the lowest gun death rates, and costs per capita roughly a fifth as much as those of the states that pay the most.

 

[DB008]

Safety first....

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[DB008]

South Carolina ‘mass shooting’ at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church​

THE city of Charleston is in a state of shock after a white gunman shot nine people dead at a church in a tragedy which has been dubbed “a hate crime”.

The Charleston police department made the announcement late today that a shooting had occurred at around 9pm at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, on 110 Calhoun St. Police Chief Gregory Mullen confirmed the deaths of nine victims and said one person remains in hospital.

“I do believe this is a hate crime,” he said.

“There were eight deceased individuals inside of the church. Two individuals were transported to (the hospital). One of them has died. At this point, we have nine victims in this hideous crime that has been committed.”

Local Reverend Al Sharpton has confirmed that the church’s pastor Reverend Pinckney is among the dead.

The church is one of America’s oldest and most prominent African-American churches, authorities told NBC News.

http://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/south-carolina-mass-shooting-at-emanuel-african-methodist-episcopal-church/story-fnh81jut-1227403911783​

 

[SirRumpole]

South Carolina ‘mass shooting’ at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church​

http://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/south-carolina-mass-shooting-at-emanuel-african-methodist-episcopal-church/story-fnh81jut-1227403911783​

Can't say much. The yanks have their 'freedoms' and obviously think they are worth the price otherwise they would do something about it.

 

[bellenuit]

Can't say much. The yanks have their 'freedoms' and obviously think they are worth the price otherwise they would do something about it.

According to CNN, Dylann Roof's dad bought him a 45-caliber gun for his 21st birthday, which was on April 3.

 

[MrBurns]

The Yanks just don't understand that without gun control this will just keep happening. We need to tighten controls here, it's got a bit slack lately.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-19/victoria-police-officers-finding-guns-every-two-days/6557858

 

[SirRumpole]

Guns need ammunition, so if you can't take the guns, then reduce the supply of ammunition, or put on a tax that takes the price to $100 per bullet.

 

[Atari rose]

Bit of a shame they bring in Gun control again so quickly. Very divisive issue and one that politicians seem to roll out consistently.

Kid was a good shot with a hand gun, statistics prove its very hard to kill 9 people running like hell.

More disturbing was the fact it was in a church- hope the kid likes hell, if there is a God thats where he will go.

 

[Atari rose]

Guns need ammunition, so if you can't take the guns, then reduce the supply of ammunition, or put on a tax that takes the price to $100 per bullet.

most ridiculous statement on this site.

 

[Value Collector]

- hope the kid likes hell, if there is a God thats where he will go.

Not necessarily, if the god that exists is a different one to the one those people believed in eg the Muslim god, then the gun man will end up in heaven and the victims are currently burning in the fire.

 

[Value Collector]

most ridiculous statement on this site.

It's not really that ridiculous, many of my friends own guns for recreational use, However I have never been interested in recreational shooting because I don't want to pay $20 - $30 for each magazine I empty, Being ex army Rounds are something I couldn't bring myself to pay for.

But I am a big fan of restrictions of firearms, especially for people living in cities, Rural landowners are a different story.

 

[Value Collector]

This comedian nails the gun debate.

 

[tech/a]

This comedian nails the gun debate.

Great clip love it!

 

[CanOz]

Ditto! Loved it...shared it with my gun toting buddies from the US.