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Guns And The Laws That Govern Them

 
 
Baldimo
 
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Reply Mon 3 Mar, 2014 10:57 am
@Frank Apisa,
Detroit homeowner protect's herself from home invasion:

http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2014/03/another_detroit_resident_shoot.html

The story notes that this is the 4th self-defense shooting in Detroit in the last 2 weeks.
Frank Apisa
 
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Reply Mon 3 Mar, 2014 11:01 am
@Baldimo,
PENSACOLA, Florida — Officials say they are investigating the death of a 2-year-old Panhandle child as an accidental shooting.
Investigators say the toddler was shot and killed early Saturday at a Pensacola-area home.
Escambia County Sheriff's Office Spokesman Delarian Wiggins tells the Pensacola News-Journal (http://on.pnj.com/MGwwV1 ) an investigation is ongoing incident is being investigated as an accidental shooting.

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/205a5ca3ddeb45a0860fdc69111e1e3e/FL--Toddler-Shot
Baldimo
 
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Reply Mon 3 Mar, 2014 12:12 pm
@Frank Apisa,
So do you have a map of all the accidental shootings?

http://gunssavelives.net/incident-map/
Frank Apisa
 
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Reply Mon 3 Mar, 2014 12:17 pm
@Baldimo,
Baldimo wrote:

So do you have a map of all the accidental shootings?

http://gunssavelives.net/incident-map/


Do I need one?
Baldimo
 
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Reply Mon 3 Mar, 2014 12:26 pm
@Frank Apisa,
Why not. You want to use tragic accidents (which are fewer then self-defense shootings) to limit people's access to guns. Prove the case then.
OmSigDAVID
 
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Reply Mon 3 Mar, 2014 12:36 pm
@Frank Apisa,
Frank Apisa wrote:
PENSACOLA, Florida —
Officials say they are investigating the death of a 2-year-old Panhandle child as an accidental shooting.
Investigators say the toddler was shot and killed early Saturday at a Pensacola-area home.
Escambia County Sheriff's Office Spokesman Delarian Wiggins tells the
Pensacola News-Journal (http://on.pnj.com/MGwwV1 ) an investigation is ongoing incident is being investigated as an accidental shooting.

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/205a5ca3ddeb45a0860fdc69111e1e3e/FL--Toddler-Shot

The rate of fatality from DROWNING of those babies
is a lot worse than from accidental gunfire; Y r u not complaining
of bathtubs or of pools, Frank?????????????

Is it naked prejudice ?????





David
Frank Apisa
 
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Reply Mon 3 Mar, 2014 12:41 pm
@Baldimo,
Baldimo wrote:

Why not. You want to use tragic accidents (which are fewer then self-defense shootings) to limit people's access to guns. Prove the case then.


Right after you prove that tragic accidents are fewer than self-defense shootings.

In any case, if all these guns make for a safer community...why isn't the United States one of the safest places on the planet?
OmSigDAVID
 
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Reply Mon 3 Mar, 2014 12:43 pm
@Frank Apisa,
Frank Apisa wrote:

BART police mourn officer killed in accidental shooting by partner

OAKLAND — A day after the first Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer was killed in the line of duty in the agency's 42-year history — gunned down accidentally by a fellow officer — the department struggled to come to terms with the loss of Det. Sgt. Tommy Smith.

http://articles.latimes.com/2014/jan/22/local/la-me-bart-officer-slain-20140123

Shud the law be changed
so that ONLY CRIMINALS can carry guns, to protect the police ????
Frank Apisa
 
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Reply Mon 3 Mar, 2014 12:46 pm
@OmSigDAVID,
OmSigDAVID wrote:

Frank Apisa wrote:
PENSACOLA, Florida —
Officials say they are investigating the death of a 2-year-old Panhandle child as an accidental shooting.
Investigators say the toddler was shot and killed early Saturday at a Pensacola-area home.
Escambia County Sheriff's Office Spokesman Delarian Wiggins tells the
Pensacola News-Journal (http://on.pnj.com/MGwwV1 ) an investigation is ongoing incident is being investigated as an accidental shooting.

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/205a5ca3ddeb45a0860fdc69111e1e3e/FL--Toddler-Shot

The rate of fatality from DROWNING of those babies
is a lot worse than from accidental gunfire; Y r u not complaining
of bathtubs or of pools, Frank?????????????

Is it naked prejudice ?????
David


No prejudice at all, David.

In fact, I'd like you to show me any instance of me "complaining" about accidental deaths by guns.

You keep posting examples of self-defense usage of guns as a way of promoting more guns in the hands of more people...and I think it only proper to produce some examples of accidental deaths as a way of saying that perhaps "more guns in the hands of more people" might not be the best way to go.

I think the notion that more guns in the hands of more people will lead to a "more polite" society...or a safer society...

...is one of the most bizarre bits of reasoning I've ever encountered on the Internet.
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Frank Apisa
 
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Reply Mon 3 Mar, 2014 12:48 pm
@OmSigDAVID,
OmSigDAVID wrote:

Frank Apisa wrote:

BART police mourn officer killed in accidental shooting by partner

OAKLAND — A day after the first Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer was killed in the line of duty in the agency's 42-year history — gunned down accidentally by a fellow officer — the department struggled to come to terms with the loss of Det. Sgt. Tommy Smith.

http://articles.latimes.com/2014/jan/22/local/la-me-bart-officer-slain-20140123

Shud the law be changed
so that ONLY CRIMINALS can carry guns, to protect the police ????


You tell me?

In any case, I am not contesting that on either side, David. I am simply countering your efforts at showing guns to be used in self-defense with guns being misused to inflict death and injury.

Why do you think allowing grammar school kids to carry weapons to class would make our country a more polite and safer place?
OmSigDAVID
 
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Reply Mon 3 Mar, 2014 12:50 pm
@Frank Apisa,
Baldimo wrote:
Why not. You want to use tragic accidents (which are fewer then self-defense shootings)
to limit people's access to guns. Prove the case then.
Frank Apisa wrote:
Right after you prove that tragic accidents are fewer than self-defense shootings.
The victim STILL has the right to fight back,
regardless of any accidents; thay have NO effect on his rights.



Frank Apisa wrote:
In any case, if all these guns make for a safer community...
why isn't the United States one of the safest places on the planet?
Because not enuf of the victims carry defensive guns.

When ALL victims of future crime are fully armed, THEN talk to us of accidents, Frank.





David
Baldimo
 
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Reply Mon 3 Mar, 2014 12:52 pm
@Frank Apisa,
I've posted my link with a lot of self-defense shootings. Do you have a link with the accidents? Even with accidents there are about 30,000 shooting per year, and I think this includes suicides. When you look at defensive shootings, there are different stats, depending on what or who you are looking at. I have seen #'s as high as 2 million uses, all the way down to 100,000 uses per year. Whichever #'s you use, and even if we split the difference or use the lowest #, we still have more defensive uses then we do shootings. That stats are not in your favor.
OmSigDAVID
 
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Reply Mon 3 Mar, 2014 01:04 pm
@Frank Apisa,
OmSigDAVID wrote:

Frank Apisa wrote:

BART police mourn officer killed in accidental shooting by partner

OAKLAND — A day after the first Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer was killed in the line of duty in the agency's 42-year history — gunned down accidentally by a fellow officer — the department struggled to come to terms with the loss of Det. Sgt. Tommy Smith.

http://articles.latimes.com/2014/jan/22/local/la-me-bart-officer-slain-20140123

Shud the law be changed
so that ONLY CRIMINALS can carry guns, to protect the police ????
Frank Apisa wrote:
You tell me?
Its YOUR example.
I dont have to explain your point.


Frank Apisa wrote:
In any case, I am not contesting that on either side, David.
I am simply countering your efforts at showing guns
to be used in self-defense with guns being misused
to inflict death and injury.
Does someone deny that ?

Frank Apisa wrote:
Why do you think allowing grammar school kids to carry weapons
to class would make our country a more polite and safer place?
I always felt safer, when I did it from age 8 on up.
I knew that I 'd have at least a reasonable chance to CONTROL
a defensive emergency
. I was RIGHT several decades later.
I felt even better than I do when I vote, in the exercise of another Constitutional right.

The 2nd Amendment is about victim's defensive CONTROL of an emergency.





David
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Frank Apisa
 
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Reply Mon 3 Mar, 2014 01:25 pm
@OmSigDAVID,
OmSigDAVID wrote:

Baldimo wrote:
Why not. You want to use tragic accidents (which are fewer then self-defense shootings)
to limit people's access to guns. Prove the case then.
Frank Apisa wrote:
Right after you prove that tragic accidents are fewer than self-defense shootings.
The victim STILL has the right to fight back,
regardless of any accidents; thay have NO effect on his rights.


And there is no effect on my rights to call these accidents to everyone's attention.



Quote:
Quote:
Frank Apisa wrote:
In any case, if all these guns make for a safer community...
why isn't the United States one of the safest places on the planet?
Because not enuf of the victims carry defensive guns.

When ALL victims of future crime are fully armed, THEN talk to us of accidents, Frank.


Avoided the question, I see...as well you should, because the answer destroys your argument.





Frank Apisa
 
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Reply Mon 3 Mar, 2014 01:26 pm
@Baldimo,
Baldimo wrote:

I've posted my link with a lot of self-defense shootings. Do you have a link with the accidents? Even with accidents there are about 30,000 shooting per year, and I think this includes suicides. When you look at defensive shootings, there are different stats, depending on what or who you are looking at. I have seen #'s as high as 2 million uses, all the way down to 100,000 uses per year. Whichever #'s you use, and even if we split the difference or use the lowest #, we still have more defensive uses then we do shootings. That stats are not in your favor.


The stats are very much in my favor, Baldimo.

We have more guns per capita than any other country on the planet...and we are far from the safest.
Baldimo
 
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Reply Mon 3 Mar, 2014 01:27 pm
@Frank Apisa,
If gun laws made us safer, then gun free zones would have zero shootings. Cities that have strict gun laws would be the safest in the country.
Baldimo
 
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Reply Mon 3 Mar, 2014 01:29 pm
@Frank Apisa,
How are the stats in your favor? 100,000 self-defense uses a year vs 30,000 shootings? Is this opposite day?
Frank Apisa
 
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Reply Mon 3 Mar, 2014 01:59 pm
@Baldimo,
Baldimo wrote:

If gun laws made us safer, then gun free zones would have zero shootings. Cities that have strict gun laws would be the safest in the country.


I have not suggested that gun laws make us safer.

I have merely scoffed at the notion that more guns in the hands of more people make us safer.

Nice try, Baldimo...but no cigar.
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Frank Apisa
 
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Reply Mon 3 Mar, 2014 02:05 pm
@Baldimo,
Baldimo wrote:

How are the stats in your favor? 100,000 self-defense uses a year vs 30,000 shootings? Is this opposite day?


The question actually at hand, Baldimo…is “is the Second Amendment absolute (anyone who wants to own a gun should be allowed to own one)…or can we draw a line as to who can and who can’t?

I suggest that we can, and should, draw a line.

We should establish a criteria for who can and who cannot own guns…

…and then require background checks for anyone who wants to own one (or several) to see if that person meets those criteria.

The question ultimately resolves to: Where do we draw the line?
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OmSigDAVID
 
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Reply Mon 3 Mar, 2014 02:49 pm
@Frank Apisa,
Baldimo wrote:
Why not. You want to use tragic accidents (which are fewer then self-defense shootings)
to limit people's access to guns. Prove the case then.
Frank Apisa wrote:
Right after you prove that tragic accidents are fewer than self-defense shootings.
OmSigDAVID wrote:
The victim STILL has the right to fight back,
regardless of any accidents; thay have NO effect on his rights.


Frank Apisa wrote:
And there is no effect on my rights to call these accidents
to everyone's attention.
I have no objection to that, Frank,
but your silence toward water and cars
shows forth the HYPOCRISY of your argument qua SAFETY and guns.
U just want CRIMINALS to be safer than thay are when victims are
as well armed as thay are.

Frank Apisa is crusading for O.S.H.A. for violent criminals on-the-job!!!
Frank wants them to be safe from the defenses of their victims on-the-job, in the streets.


Frank Apisa wrote:
In any case, if all these guns make for a safer community...
why isn't the United States one of the safest places on the planet?
OmSigDAVID wrote:
Because not enuf of the victims carry defensive guns.

When ALL victims of future crime are fully armed, THEN talk to us of accidents, Frank.

Frank Apisa wrote:
Avoided the question, I see...as well you should, because the answer destroys your argument.
MY argument is that government has NO jurisdiction to institute gun control.
Its jurisdictional foundation is a hoax.


I further argue that IF we do NOT
concede a MONOPOLY of power to violent criminals,
then their more powerful victims will be safer from them than thay woud be
if only the violent predators had power (meaning had guns).
That argument is un-affected by any accident rates,
however Frank, I am willing to tolerate laws requiring students
to be taught gun handling safety in public schools from K thru 12.
Does that satisfy your concerns ????????

Incidentally, u r avoiding the fact that most deaths from gunfire
arise from the War on Drugs, another jurisdictional farce.
I do not belong to that milieu, which embraces almost all
of those bloody casualties. I feel safe; very safe.






Incidentally, Frank, I have some free advice for u
upon which u need not comment if u dont wanna,
having to do with forethought:
if u do have defensive hardware
in a jurisdiction that is raping the US Constitution 's Bill of Rights,
then u O it to yourself to THINK AHEAD.

If u used it defensively
to save the lives of your family, then WHERE woud u stand
if u have an ugly bloody dead thing on your bedroom floor?? Do u live in an apartment?
Elevator access?? Embarrassing to be dragging down big, bloody dead things to dumpsters??
Awkward conversation with nabors?? Is NJ friendly to defense of your family??
Failing to plan is planning to fail.





David


 

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