Gweeedo wrote:
Now back to beating a dead Horse:
If our laws or rights do not apply to you (and they don't), you have no probative value upon any issue in the case of our rights (constitution).
It is your ''opinion'' that the constitution (our constitution) is outdated.
that is a extraneous remark.
None of your business does apply.
To keep on track, don't imply any such term to me; None of your business on the constitution being out dated.
Just another way of telling you, it will fall on deaf ears (why bother)...Don't take it so personal.
This entire thread is lunacy.
Why America has guns, might seem stupid to most foreigners.
it seems most foreigners (as well as those who do not own guns) hold an anomalous position in the gun world.
Why was she unloading a gun (figure it out).
It is not all that uncommon to have a gun misfire...happens probably as much as people who are killed by them.
Gweeedo, I know what you're saying..been in many discussions about this topic. It's just that I care about America.
So some facts, The reality, based on statistics compiled by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is that about 32,000 Americans die each year by gun. Suicides, which account for 60 percent or more of all deaths by gun in America but which are only rarely the subject of news articles. That many would find this statistic startling is testimony to how little we know as a nation about gun deaths, and raises many questions worth further exploration. These include the extent to which gun owners fail to store their weapons securely, and whether ready access to firearms abets turning an impulse to suicide into tragic reality.
The point is there are a lot of unknowns when it comes to firearms. For many years, the federal government has been inhibited by Congress from collecting data or supporting research on the subject. One does not have to be a conspiracy theorist to detect the handiwork of the gun lobby in these restrictions.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, for instance, has been restricted for years from sharing with local police departments information on firearms used in murders. Since 1997, the CDC has been under congressional injunction to refrain from research that may “advocate or promote gun control.” Given that any research it supports might be viewed in Congress as violating that stricture, it is entirely understandable why the CDC has refrained.
Despite these barriers, there is some reason for optimism that more information may be available soon.A privately funded, nonprofit venture without ties to either side in the Second Amendment debate promises vigorous efforts to compile on an ongoing basis more complete data on gun deaths and crimes involving guns. And President Obama has issued an executive order getting the CDC back in the gun research business.
The point of good research, of course, is not to promote or advocate, but rather to find out. Perhaps those who simply don’t want to know are those who have good reason to fear the power of the facts.
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