Source: http://smartgunlaws....nce-statistics/
73,505 Americans were treated in hospital emergency departments for non-fatal gunshot wounds in 2010.
Right to bear arms?
Started by
concert andy
, Dec 15 2012 02:13 AM
321 replies to this topic
#302
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- VibeTribe
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Posted 07 January 2013 - 01:33 PM
From this article in this morning's HuffPost: http://www.huffingto..._n_2421714.html
I have no problem with this:
A working group led by Vice President Joseph Biden is seriously considering measures that would require universal background checks for gun buyers and...
Not so keen on this:
...track the movement and sale of weapons through a national database, the newspaper said.
If done properly, this is ok:
The measures would also strengthen mental health checks and...
While this is just dumb:
...stiffen penalties for carrying guns near schools...
JMO.
KMSIAF, I know.
#307
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- VibeTribe
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Posted 07 January 2013 - 02:47 PM
Will criminals register their firearms? Will they get background checks too?
Will the creation and management of a registry deter the black market of gun sales?
Will the school carry penalty effect those who do not get caught carrying?
#310
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- VibeTribe
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Posted 07 January 2013 - 02:52 PM
I think I may see what you're getting at. You think if there were no guns at all, "stick-ups" would not happen anymore? Or are you just making an observation?Ding ding ding...
I some jabs a gun in my ribs and demands my wallet, i will give it to them, because I dont want to die over $$. The gun could be empty, but I would never know that.
Im not saying that some guy with dynamite strapped to his chest wont attempt to hold up a store/bank/gas station if there were no guns. All saying is that having an empty gun is just as effective in a robber as a loaded gun. Its just as intimidating, I mean.
Point is, regulating bullets doesnt seem to matter if intimidating weapons are stil out there...
#311
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- VibeTribe
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Posted 07 January 2013 - 02:53 PM
Ding ding ding...
I some jabs a gun in my ribs and demands my wallet, i will give it to them, because I dont want to die over $$. The gun could be empty, but I would never know that.
Im not saying that some guy with dynamite strapped to his chest wont attempt to hold up a store/bank/gas station if there were no guns. All saying is that having an empty gun is just as effective in a robber as a loaded gun. Its just as intimidating, I mean.
Finger and thumb in pocket might work just as well...
#313
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- VibeTribe
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Posted 07 January 2013 - 03:04 PM
Ding ding ding...
I some jabs a gun in my ribs and demands my wallet, i will give it to them, because I dont want to die over $$. The gun could be empty, but I would never know that.
Im not saying that some guy with dynamite strapped to his chest wont attempt to hold up a store/bank/gas station if there were no guns. All saying is that having an empty gun is just as effective in a robber as a loaded gun. Its just as intimidating, I mean.
Point is, regulating bullets doesnt seem to matter if intimidating weapons are stil out there...
While I see what you're saying, I don't agree. If someone is robbing you, they are doing it because they need money, not because they have a gun. If they don't have a gun, they will use a knife or a bat or whatever they have.
#315
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- VibeTribe
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Posted 09 January 2013 - 11:35 AM
While I see what you're saying, I don't agree. If someone is robbing you, they are doing it because they need money, not because they have a gun. If they don't have a gun, they will use a knife or a bat or whatever they have.
Sounds great in theory, but when is the last time you heard about somwone jacking a car or a store using a Louiseville Sligger or a tire iron?
#318
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- VibeTribe
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Posted 09 January 2013 - 12:38 PM
Well no, not really...the fact that the store had a plan in place, and some headsup employees is what prevented the robbery from happening.
Here's one from yesterday...
http://www.nbcmontan...4t/-/index.html
#322
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- VibeTribe
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Posted 09 January 2013 - 01:35 PM
Actually "smart" robbers prolly stay away from guns...in some states, at least.
CT has a law on the books which adds 5 years onto a robbery sentence if anything that even looks like a firearm is used. I usta know a guy who had a ferocious crack habit who got popped for armed robbery using an unloaded pellet gun, and he got the extra 5.
