Who needs gun control...

[rareboy]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motor_vehicle_deaths_in_U.S._by_year

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-...ths-to-exceed-traffic-fatalities-by-2015.html

 

[borg69unimatrix]

We scream for regulation to be upheld. There is already enough law in place to minimize vehicular deaths, if it would be properly utilized. Current regulations on gun ownership continues to leave us all open to gun assault.

There are plenty of gun laws in place. You still have better odds of dying from someone else driving illegally than someone shooting illegally.

 

[gsdx]

The biggest thing lacking is 'responsibility'. So many innocent deaths could be prevented with a little responsibility.

 

[MakeDigitalLove]

And, in any case, cars have a usefulness beyond just killing people.

And a Car wasn't designed to harm or kill someone in the first place.

 

[zombiekiller]

Well, we need gun control because I don't want to be shot by a trigger happy hillbilly.

I've been searching for my missing dog. And sometimes, I had to go a little bit onto some people's property to check out some wooded areas. I know, I was trespassing. Still, that doesn't warrant getting shot at.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Yoshihiro_Hattori

Added by edit.

And here's what's disturbing about potential gun owners out there.

Shortly afterwards was the similar case of Andrew de Vries, from Aberdeen in Scotland, who got lost on 7 January 1994 after drinking with American friends in Houston, Texas. He knocked on one door asking for directions, and was shot by the householder through the closed door of the house. The householder, Jeffrey Agee, was not indicted, and later settled for an undisclosed sum a substantial claim by Mr. de Vries's widow Alison. Mr. de Vries's mother complained to the press of a lack of support from the UK Government, saying "[The Prime Minister, Mr. Major] doesn't want to rock the boat when it comes to the United States. People should be aware that if they become innocent victims of crime in Texas they cannot expect help from the Government, the Foreign Office or the British Consulate." The de Vries family's Member of Parliament, John McAllion, criticised the investigation by the authorities in Houston, saying that there were "many inconsistencies, indeed blatant lies," in the official version of the events.[16]

 

[T-Rexx]

There are plenty of gun laws in place. You still have better odds of dying from someone else driving illegally than someone shooting illegally.

No, you don't.

For all Americans, guns are now at least as likely to kill you in the USA as traffic accidents, and probably are more likely. And if you are aged 15 to 34, guns are the most likely cause for your death.

And no, there are not "plenty of gun laws in place." Every year, the number of people who die due to gun violence in the USA increases. Every year. That is not evidence of management of the problem.


http://www.vpc.org/gunviolence.htm

 

[T-Rexx]

But, are you guys talking about accidental gun deaths, or intentional shootings/killings/murders?

The gun deaths data is for all gun deaths.

When it comes to guns, it is not always clear whether a death is accidental or intentional.

I would think that more Americans die in vehicle accidents than in gun accidents.

That would seem to be a safe assumption.

When used as intended, a gun killls someone (or something). When used as intended, a car moves someone from one place to another. A gun is an efficient way to kill someone. A car is not.

It is entirely possible that the reason guns are the leading cause of traumatic death in the USA is that Americans enjoy killing each other. That is probably worth studying. But the Dickey Amendment (passed by Congress in 1996) prohibits the Centers for Disease Control from studying gun violence.

Because the gun lobby does not want anyone to know.

 

[zoltanspawn]

The Idaho mom--

--had a concealed carry permit
--was an experienced gun owner and shooter
--carried the gun in a purse specifically designed for the gun
--was a nuclear research scientist

Just^ some interesting facts, take from them what you will.

 

[gsdx]

^ Unfortunately, none of that mattered to the child.

 

[Willie Boy]

The Idaho mom--

--had a concealed carry permit
--was an experienced gun owner and shooter
--carried the gun in a purse specifically designed for the gun
--was a nuclear research scientist

Just^ some interesting facts, take from them what you will.

And yet she left the gun where her 2 year old could get to it, as evidenced by the fact that he did in fact get to it and shot her dead.

Regardless of what the child's intentions were in reaching into her purse she ended up being shot by her own gun. That is the point. Even when we BELIEVE we have done everything to secure the weapon (or at least everything required by law), an "innocent" can still be killed by the weapon. I'm all for a citizen's right to own guns......

But before we flood the streets with lethal weapons let us make sure we can prevent this kind of shit from happening. Her whole reason for carrying the gun was self defense, presumably...... Fat lot of good it did when it killed her. Think of what her child is going to have to grow up with, knowing HE is the one who shot his mother. Think of how the rest of his family will treat him, even if they don't intend to. The stigma of him killing his mother will always be there in some form, buried down deep, but there nonetheless.