CreativeDominant -> RE: Shooting in California (12/9/2015 3:27:39 PM)
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ORIGINAL: kdsub It is their job... they are trained... you are not... you are a danger to others. You may get your butt shot running around a crime scene with a popgun playing wild west. Butch Actually I am trained and I am not a danger to others. Until the time comes that you aren't. Honestly the majority of people who end up shooting someone also claim to be "responsible gun owners" before said shooting occurs. [8|] Really? In the U.S. for 2010, there were 31,513 deaths from firearms, distributed as follows by mode of death: Suicide 19,308; Homicide 11,015; Accident 600. http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/GUNS/GUNSTAT.html Accidental shooting deaths are most commonly associated with one or more children playing with a gun they found in the home. (Choi, et al, 1994) The person pulling the trigger is a friend, family member, or the victim. (Harruff, 1992) http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/GUNS/GUNSTAT.html So, the rate of homicide by gun outranks both suicide by gun and accidental death by gun. By a very wide margin in the latter case. So, in the case of homicide, do you really think the majority of the people who killed someone else deliberately were responsible gun owners right up to the point they murdered someone? Or perhaps, it's the suicides? No...wait: these people killed themselves so that can't be it. Perhaps you mean the accidental gun deaths? No, that can't be it because the majority of those deaths were caused by children who...by law...can't own a gun. So...would you mind specifying what group you're referring to when you speak all those responsible gun owners?
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