Another major school shooting today ... Newtown, Conn

Bill...here are two from today!!!

Let see lighting hits in the US a year.......Average 62 deaths and 300 serously harm.

Roughly 300 million dollars lottery winners a year in the US.

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Let see lighting hits in the US a year.......Average 62 deaths and 300 serously harm.

Roughly 300 million dollars lottery winners a year in the US.

Meanwhile almost 30,000 deaths from firearms every year in the US and 79% of people injured with firearms don't die so that means about 120,000 injuries that aren't fatal.

New, from the NRA! A shooting-game app
Clare Kim, @clarehkim
01/14/2013

While criticizing video games and Hollywood movies as causes of gun violence, the National Rifle Association has released an iPhone app called “NRA: Practice Range.”

The gun lobby offers the 3D app as a way to obtain “one-touch access to the NRA network of news, laws, facts, knowledge, safety tips, educational materials and online resource.” For ages 4 and up, the game allows players to practice shooting at coffin-shaped targets with red crosshairs at both the head and the heart. And for just an additional 99 cents, players can upgrade to a MK11 sniper rifle.

In hopes of teaching “safe and responsible” gun ownership, the NRA presents “fun challenges and realistic simulations” with “true-to-life firearms” on virtual shooting ranges.

A week after the Newtown shooting, the NRA blamed the media and the escalating violence in films and video games for the increased gun violence and mass shootings. NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre blasted the media industry:

“They have the nerve to call it ‘entertainment.’ But is that what it really is? Isn’t fantasizing about killing people as a way to get your kicks really the filthiest form of pornography? In a race to the bottom, media conglomerates compete with one another to shock, violate and offend every standard of civilized society by bringing an ever-more-toxic mix of reckless behavior and criminal cruelty into our homes—every minute of every day of every month of every year.”

Earlier this month, the NRA hosted an exhibit of more than 125 guns used in famous films at its National Firearms Museum. The gallery was called “Hollywood Guns.”

NRA president David Keene told CNN on Sunday that he believes legislation for gun control will not pass. “I would say that the likelihood is they’re not going to be able to get an assault weapons ban through this Congress.”

A Gallup poll released Monday shows an increase of Americans who are dissastisfied with current gun legislation jumping from 25% a year ago to now 38%. Vice President Joe Biden, head of a task force looking for ways to curb gun violence, has met with House members along with Attorney General Eric Holder, Janet Napolitano, and Kathleen Sebelius. Biden is expected to present his proposals to President Obama Tuesday, in which the reinstatement of an assault weapons ban will be included
http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/01/14/new-from-the-nra-a-shooting-game-app/

Re: Frank Apisa (Post 5226755)
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ith all the respect in the world, Bill, that is strange indeed, because HUNDREDS of people WILL be killed accidentally in homes where guns are kept this year ( EVERY YEAR)...and THOUSANDS will be severely wounded. That is not something I am making up...it is a national statistic...and quite honestly, a national disgrace.


Let see we are a nation of 300 millions with roughly half the homes having firearms and in the small towns I grow up in I would place that number one hell of a lot higher the half the homes.

So how many millionaire lottery winners a year are there in the nation or how many people are hit by lightening every year?

In the size country we happen to live in a thousand out of 300 millions is tiny and compare to other rare events both good and bad events.

Let see lighting hits in the US a year.......Average 62 deaths and 300 serously harm.

Roughly 300 million dollars lottery winners a year in the US.

And for just an additional 99 cents, players can upgrade to a MK11 sniper rifle.

Re: Frank Apisa (Post 5226757)
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Bill...here are two from today!!!


Accident shootings and deaths occur and so do one hell of a lot of other rare deaths occur every year out of a population of 300 millions with as many firearms.

Let see I also cycle thousands of miles a year and the total number of deaths of cyclists a year happen to be .........

Take note there are a hell of a lot less cyclists then firearm owners in the US.

http://www.rospa.com/roadsafety/advice/cycling/info/cycling_accidents_factsheet.pdf

Every year in this country around 19,000 cyclists are killed or injured in reported road
accidents, including around 3,000 who are killed or seriously injured.
Cyclist Casualties, 2011
Killed 107
Seriously Injured 3,085
Slightly Injured 16,023
Total 19,215
These figures only include the numbers of cyclists killed or injured in road accidents that
were reported to the police. It is well established that many cyclist casualties are not
reported to the police, even when the cyclist is inured badly enough to be taken to hospital.
The above figures also exclude cycling accidents that occur away from the road. Although
the number of deaths will be accurate, there could be two or three times as many seriously
injured cyclists and double the number of slightly injured.

UPDATE: Man shot, killed himself at Vista Ridge Mall following domestic dispute
By Sarah Mervosh
[email protected]
January 14, 2013 | Permalink

Update at 5:30 p.m.

A man killed himself at Vista Ridge Mall following a domestic dispute Thursday afternoon.

Lewisville police were dispatched to Vista Ridge Mall around 4 p.m. to respond to an argument between a woman and a male acquaintance.

Mall security had responded to the incident and began to escort the man from the mall. The man removed a handgun from his clothing and shot himself, police said.

He was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His identity was not released because his next of kin hadn’t been notified.

No one else was injured, police said.
http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2013/01/lewisville-police-report-shooting-inside-vista-ridge-mall.html/

Where did you come up with a 50/50 split?

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Where did you come up with a 50/50 split?

I don't remember. I

Encouraging children "4 and up" to shoot with “true-to-life firearms”--including an MK11 sniper rifle-- is “safe and responsible” ?

Really, I find that hard to believe Confused

ncouraging children "4 and up" to shoot with “true-to-life firearms”--including an MK11 sniper rifle-- is “safe and responsible” ?

So you are saying because there are only 800 or 900 people killed each year accidentally in homes with guns...and 15,000 - 18,000 seriously injured...we should opt for more guns because criminals or the government might invade our homes???!!!

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This is the kind of impulsive suicide that having a gun handy facilitates.

Clarkstown Police Identify Woman In Apparent Mall Suicide


Clarkstown Police have identified the 36-year-old woman who died in an apparent Christmas Eve suicide as Bindu Mathew from Orangeburg.

According to police, video surveillance of the incident at the Palisades Center shows Matthew sat on top of the fourth floor railing and intentionally pushed herself over.

Police were called to the Palisades Center at about 10 p.m. on Monday, and recovered her body on the parking garage level.