At the same time you need to look at the Canadian firearm related homicide rates (http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2012001/article/11738-eng.htm). For Canada, there were 158 homicides committed with a firearm in 2011, 13 fewer than the previous year. The 2011 rate of 0.46 firearm homicides per 100,000 population was the lowest in almost 50 years. Over all the rate for substitution methods of homicide over the same 50 year period have not shown a correlated increase. While there was an increase in homicides by knives in 2011, overall there has not been a statistically significant increase in other means of homicide from 1961 through 2011 as a function of the decrease in firearm related homicides. Similar results have generally been found in Australia since 1996 and in Britain since 1990.
Moreover it is my impression (have not run the stats on this one yet) whenever there is a tightening of the Canadian firearm control laws, there has been a corresponding decrease in firearm related homicides. Its clear that National firearm control laws work, that is what the Canadian data shows. So 2nd amendment worshipers, how many children must be sacrificed on the altar of the Second Amendment? How many is that total? Or can we break that down by year? How about publishing the pictures of every child killed by a firearm weekly on the front page of every newspaper and as the lead on every tv news show. Seriously what will it take? On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 4:46 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm not talking about us fading away into death....i'm talking about our > own self-inflicted destruction. This is not a passive act. We are a > fundamentally flawed species....we will inevitably destroy ourselves. The > dinosaurs needed an asteroid to destroy them...we need no such external > force. We'll do it ourselves. > > Adam Lanza does not so much repulse us as he represents us. As proof I > offer the concrete steps we as a society have taken to prevent this in the > future: None. > > This isn't the price of "living free"...this is the price of living human. > > On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Naw, we are reproducing plenty fast enough to make up for these (and other) >> deaths. >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 4:25 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > Meanwhile in Georgia, a 13 month old baby was shot between the eyes >> because >> > his mom didn't have any money to give some would-be thieves. The >> murderers? >> > A 17 and a 15 year old kid. >> > >> > Newton was just the start. We are a doomed species, destined to eat >> > ourselves. We are devolving, and the "new" depths to which we are capable >> > are indicative of that decline. I put "new" in quotes because bludgeoning >> > babies to death is the stuff of cavemen.....it's where we are >> > headed....back to our beginning. We end up right back where we started: >> > uncivilized beasts...pure animal urges....and we feast upon each other >> > until we are no more. >> > >> > As George Carlin said...the planet is fine...the PEOPLE are fucked. >> > >> > On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected] >> > >wrote: >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> http://www.wfsb.com/story/21782952/nra-bombards-newtown-residents-with-robo-calls?hpt=us_bn7 >> > > >> > > NRA robocalls everyone in Newton, multiple times. >> > > >> > > Putting them out of the "non-profit" category into the "non-human". >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:362068 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
