Gun Control

**MR Bill** · 01-31-2013

Love that one Shadow. And that sign is not a joke either. I have seen some big a$$ freaking bears from up north. You whole head would fit in it's mouth . Easy.

Xerox tech shooting up the place. ?? Hell man, it's a Xerox. He had good reason. LOL.

OK gang. Have a great day.

**kyrenecopy** · 01-31-2013

Originally Posted by SalesServiceGuy

I stand corrected, according to Wikipedia

"In 2009, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 66.9% of all homicides in the United States were perpetrated using a firearm.^[5] There were 52,447 deliberate and 23,237 accidental non-fatal gunshot injuries in the United States during 2000.^[6] Two-thirds of all gun-related deaths in the United States are suicides. Of the 30,470 firearm-related deaths in the United States in 2010, 19,392 (63.6%) were suicide deaths, and 11,078 (36.4%) homicide deaths.^{"

..... the last bear attack in Nova Scotia was in 1979 and it was non fatal.}

And of course everyone belives Wikipedia, right? Can't be any bogus information on that website....................

**DWise** · 01-31-2013

Found an interesting article regarding "Gun Control" today...

The following link is a letter that was written by members of the SOF community on their concerns for America and the Second Amendment. This letter was signed by over 1100 Active and Retired members of the SOF community.

Well worth a read, no matter what side of the "barrel" you are on.

A Letter From The Special Forces Community Concerning The Second Amendment - Articles - Articles - News - Awesome Shit My Drill Sergeant Said

Also, there is video of the "battle" that they discuss in the link, "Battle of Athens (TN)...
Battle-of-Athens

**HenryT2** · 01-31-2013

Originally Posted by just a tech

To me, banning types of guns due to public shootings is like trying to ban No.2 pencils due to mispelled words !!

Just a Tech..

SEE !!!!!

It is now confirmed !!!!!

Pens and pencils missspelll words !!!!

**SalesServiceGuy** · 02-01-2013

Mr Bill, the CBC (Canada's national broadcast corporation) reported data from Statistics Canada in 2011 that the total number of homicides across the country as a result of firearms was 170 for the year, a decline of 6% to the lowest rate in almost 50 years.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/...-statscan.html

Although your 27% figure sounds ominous, the USA with roughly 10 times the population of Canada, has approx 65 times the homicide rate due to firearms (11,000/170).

**MR Bill** · 02-01-2013

All I saw was that murder rates went up 7 %. 27 % of the murders were from guns and 35% were from blades. Easy. Not messing with stats at all. Didn't give totals of how many. Just %.

**Shadow** · 02-01-2013

lets put the stats aside for the moment and think about all the murders committed with firearms in both countries.
How many of those firearms were stolen from a law abiding citizen ?
How many of them were smuggled in to the country and sold directly to the different gang factions ?
If you think that the majority of murders are committed with legally obtained firearms then you are living in a fantasy land.

Things that come from our national TV station, CBC, are hard to believe at the best of times.
They reported statistics about firearms incidents that they knew were grossly exaggerated.
They, along with the RCMP, perpetuated these statistics over and over again to scare the population in to submission.
It almost worked for them until an other station started to report the correct information.

Educated, responsible firearms ownership is the first step towards acceptance from the uneducated sheep of both nations.

**Darren King** · 02-01-2013

Originally Posted by Shadow

lets put the stats aside for the moment and think about all the murders committed with firearms in both countries.
How many of those firearms were stolen from a law abiding citizen ?
How many of them were smuggled in to the country and sold directly to the different gang factions ?
If you think that the majority of murders are committed with legally obtained firearms then you are living in a fantasy land.

Things that come from our national TV station, CBC, are hard to believe at the best of times.
They reported statistics about firearms incidents that they knew were grossly exaggerated.
They, along with the RCMP, perpetuated these statistics over and over again to scare the population in to submission.
It almost worked for them until an other station started to report the correct information.

Educated, responsible firearms ownership is the first step towards acceptance from the uneducated sheep of both nations.

Just because someone doesn't want, or need a gun, does not make them sheep.
You can quote all the stats you want, but, you can't deny that there are a lot more gun murders in the US than there are in Canada, or most other countries in the world, based on population. More guns = more gun murders.

**Shadow** · 02-01-2013

its not a case of some one not wanting or needing a firearm.
the sheep reference is to those that blindly follow what is said on TV, or spelled out in Wikipedia.
lack of education of the general public is at issue here, not whether some one wants to own firearms or not.
an educated population is an informed population, something politicians hate because they ask questions and seek the truth.

**MR Bill** · 02-01-2013

Come on Darren, Look at the Swiss. Every household has a so called Assult weapon. They have very little crime. Our city of Chicago has just about a total ban on guns and they just finish the Month of January with a terrible number of murders. It makes me sick of all the gang crap going on. that's the problem. Gangs and nut jobs. Not lawful folks.