Showing posts with label assault. Show all posts
Showing posts with label assault. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Dost Thou Have Ears . . .

. . . with which to hear . . .


(fromhttp://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_29359579/colorado-rape-victim-challenges-obamas-stand-guns-at)
". . . "I have been unspeakably victimized once already, and I refuse to let that happen again to myself or my kids. So why can't your administration see that these restrictions that you're putting to make it harder for me to own a gun, or harder for me to take that where I need to be is actually just making my kids and I less safe?" Obama replied that nothing he has proposed makes it harder for her to buy a gun.  "Well, Kimberly, first of all, obviously — you know, your story is horrific. The strength you've shown in telling your story and, you know, being here tonight is remarkable . . .I just want to repeat that there's nothing that we've proposed that would make it harder for you to purchase a firearm. . . you have to be pretty well trained in order to fire a weapon against somebody who is assaulting you and catches you by surprise. . . And what is also true is there's always the possibility that that firearm in a home leads to a tragic accident.". . . "


(from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/01/08/meet-kimberly-corban-the-pro-gun-rape-survivor-who-challenged-obama-on-cnn/)
". . . Corban wasn’t impressed.  “I would say it was more of a non-response,” she told The Post. “He kind of dodged the question.”. . ."


. . . and dost the press haveth the wherewithall to point out the obvious????






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Monday, March 25, 2013

Easy. . .

. . . to verify. . .
After so much talk about guns, school shootings, deaths, children, the constitution, 2nd amendment, rights, militia, concealed carry, assault guns, automatic and semi-automatic, I've come to a conclusion.

Anyone who takes either side of the debate, but refuses to engage in meaningful discussion about, is clearly part of the problem.  They are part of the problem because they do not even want to begin to think about a solution.  (And if they do not think a problem exists. . . well, that's an entirely different story.)

This rant is honestly inspired by the existence of too many cutesy, Fox-news-y, tough-guy, on-line posts on social media regarding the issue.

Personally, I find gratification in facts.  Granted, one must always bear in mind the accuracy of the 'facts' they have received (in this on-line age this is all-too-easy) and verify same before actually BELIEVING them, let alone try to force them on all their social-networks 'friends.'

Want facts?  They're everywhere. . .
Hepburn, Lisa M. and David Hemenway. “Firearm availability and homicide: A review of the literature.” Aggression and Violent Behavior. Vol. 9, 2004: 417-440.
National Research Council of the National Academies, Committee on Law and Justice. “Firearms and Violence: A Critical Review.” The National Academies Press: Washington, D.C., 2004.
Average civilian ownership data for 178 countries: Small Arms Survey 2007, Chapter 2, Annexe 4.
UNODC Homicide Statistics. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. accessed 20 Dec 2012.
Annual Firearms Manufacturers And Export Report. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Report years 1998-2011.
Total NCIS Background Checks, Nov. 30, 1998 to Nov. 30, 2012. Federal Bureau of Investigations. accessed 20 Dec 2012.
Hemenway, David. Director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center. Phone interview with FactCheck.org. 18 Dec 2012.
Wellford, Charles F. Professor, University of Maryland Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Phone interview with FactCheck.org. 18 Dec 2012.
Wintemute, Garen. Director of the Violence Prevention Research Program, University of California-Davis. Phone interview with FactCheck.org. 18 Dec 2012.
Robertson, Lori. “Violent Crimes and Handgun Ownership.” FactCheck.org. 6 Mar 2008.
Face the Nation. Transcript. CBS News. 16 Dec 2012.
Facts: Gun Violence.” Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. Undated, accessed 20 Dec 2012.
Fatal Injury Reports, 1999-2010. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Undated accessed 20 Dec 2012.
Injury Mortality Reports, 1981-1998. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Undated accessed 20 Dec 2012.
Murder Victim, by Weapon. 2011 Uniform Crime Report. FBI. Undated, accessed 20 Dec 2012.
Definitions for WISQARS Fatal. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Undated accessed 20 Dec 2012.
Murder Victim, by Weapon. 2006 Uniform Crime Report. FBI. Undated, accessed 20 Dec 2012.
Table 15. Crime Trends: Additional Information About Selected Offenses. 2007 Uniform Crime Report. FBI. Undated, accessed 20 Dec 2012.
Table 15. Crime Trends: Additional Information About Selected Offenses. 2009 Uniform Crime Report. FBI. Undated, accessed 20 Dec 2012.
Table 15. Crime Trends: Additional Information About Selected Offenses. 2011 Uniform Crime Report. FBI. Undated, accessed 20 Dec 2012.
Nonfatal Injury Reports, 1999-2011. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Undated accessed 20 Dec 2012.
Nonfatal firearm-related violent crimes, 1993-2009. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Department of Justice. Undated, accessed 20 Dec 2012.
This Week with George Stephanopoulos. Transcript. ABC News. 16 Dec 2012.
Major School Shootings in the United States Since 1997.” Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. Undated, accessed 20 Dec 2012.





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Sunday, January 20, 2013

Living. . .

. . . a fantasy?
(Thanks to NBCNews, Chuck Todd, Matthew DeLuca)
Gun-rights groups vow to fight any restrictions of weapons. I presume that includes grenade and scud missile launchers should the enthusiast have a large enough desire.

Of the many well-reasoned defenses they give for owning assault weapons is they are 'just plain fun to shoot' adding that folks who would ban them are 'misguided.'  (One also said that high-capacity magazines are "fun" to have. Should we be concerned? Why must we even attempt to negotiate with these daunting intellects?)

President of the West Virginia Citizens League wonders how 'just one more law will solve these issues' which I translate as 'if a new law doesn't completely eliminate tragic, mass shootings by mentally imbalanced people, let's NOT DO ANYTHING. But then what great logic can we expect from one who says "People are killed greater number by cars, bats, hammers, hands, and feet" than by guns.  He adds that ". . . attempting to ban the tool will have absolutely no effect."  Now let me get this straight. . . I guy walks into a dark movie theater with a desire to shoot-up as many innocent people as he possibly can with a machine gun BUT, machine guns are banned.  So he walks into the movie theater anyway, without a gun, BUT HE CAN'T SHOOT ANYBODY. 

Same guy says that assault guns are used in a 'relatively small number of homicides.  I don't how you twist that, fact it, a small number of homicides that involve 20 (give or take) innocent people at one time are BIG THINGS to me. 

Another brilliant mind (chairman of the Buckeye Firearms Association) says if someone can how him how lives will be saved by additional gun control,  he'll look at anything, but a ban on assault weapons won't do that. He says, “I don’t like a bunch of dead kids, so I don’t see why we waste time on stale policies. . . ” How does one attempt to deal rationally with a mind of this lofty caliber?




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