How many people are still alive because he had a concealed weapon?

[Chryco Psycho]

Another way to solve the problem
THE RIGHT KIND OF MAGIC: A cabbie picked up a student from Trenton (N.J.)
High School and took him to the student's home. It was a quick round-
trip, he was told. When the student got back in the car, he sat in the
front seat and allegedly pulled out a silver pistol. "He told me his
classmates 'almost just killed me in the cafeteria, so I'm going to
kill them'," the cabbie said. "I told him that I knew how he felt, that
I was once in his place, a former rebel in my West African country,"
the driver, an immigrant from Liberia, continued. "I convinced him that
he should wait until 3 p.m. to go to the school because I could get
some medicine for him to make him disappear." The driver believes the
boy thought he had "voodoo powers" because of his accent. He dropped
the boy off at another location, and then called his cab company who
then called the police. The school was locked down, and police arrested
the boy. The cabbie "absolutely played a significant part in averting
the possibility of a tragic incident," says Lt. Steve Varn. (MS/ABC
News) ...Very often, heroism is just doing the right thing at the right
time.

[torredcuda]

That's true.  There were still mass murders well before today's gratuitous entertainment violence.  I think with today's 24 hours news cycle, once something happens, it's played over and over again for weeks on end.  So not only are individuals desensitized by entertainment, they are encouraged to "go big" for the publicity and notoriety that comes with the act in the news media.

  Which is why I don`t watch the news.

I personally cannot STAND that argument of "its my body!" or "you cant regulate my body!"
when its not YOUR body that I am concerned about. You can do whatever you want with your body, but do NOT KILL the innocent life you are carrying. Many including myself consider it murder.
As for the marriage thing. I feel why just erase many thousands of years of history and established tradition, because some minority 3% of the population thinks its unfair.

I`m sure you have read history books and I feel we are more civilized than any time in history.Witch hunts,barabarians,Roman orgies,public hangings etc.Just b/c you don`t believe in something doesn`t mean you should deny someone else that right.

[torredcuda]

That's a train of thought I can never get on board with.

I grew up watching Sho Kosugi slice people open and throwing ninja stars in dudes eyes; Bruce Lee kicking the living crap out of everyone in sight; and Rambo killing Cops, the North Vietnamese, and Russians.

The best video games were about kicking arse. Shinobi, Double Dragon, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat.

Not once have I ever had the urge to act violent towards another human being, or even an animal (except spiders).

Why? Because form the second I was born, my parents taught me right form wrong. Granted, not all acts of violence are about upbringing. Some people truly are wired wrong. Nothing can or could have helped them. That's just a sad fact of the biology that makes every human unique. Sometimes a screw will be loose, and no-one will ever know until it's too late. However, for the rest, parents failing their responsibilities is a massive part of it.

There's no more discipline. No more consequence. Personal responsibility & accountability have left the building. Parents (I use that term very loosely), expect schools and Govt. to do everything for them. Kids are failing a class? "It's the school's fault." "It's the teachers fault." "Why doesn't the Government do something about it?"

  Well said.

[brads70]

Well I own a fully automatic transmission( not semi) with a pistol grip shifter ( unregistered) with a high capacity fuel tank that's not blocked/restricted to 5 gallons, and once in awhile have this evil uncontrollable urge spurred on by voices in my head to massacre Fords and Chevys and all the imports I can find! 
Maybe they should ban our cars too?
   Just trying to lighten things up!

[GranCuda1970]

 

['Cuda Hunter]

Now that's a great train of thought!!   

[Padawan]

HP2, your stats would be interesting was it not for the fact that the US was omitted from your second list . It actually sits on rank 10 with 10.2 deaths per 100k, just below Mexico and above the Philippines.  See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-related_death_rate

Just a quick google search;

Guns per 100 residents, top 10 countries

 Country         qty    rank
 United States 88.8  1
 Serbia           58.2  2
 Yemen          54.8  3
 Switzerland   45.7  4
 Cyprus         36.4   5
 Saudi Arabia 35     6
 Iraq             34.2   7
 Finland        32     8
 Uruguay      31.8  9
 Sweden       31.6  10
 
Firearm related deaths, annual rate per 100,000, top 10  countries

El Salvador 50.36
Jamaica     47.44
Honduras   46.70
Guatemala 38.52
Swaziland  37.16
Colombia   28.11
Brazil        19.01  (the next summer Olympics will be here)
Panama    12.92
Mexico      11.14
Philippines 9.46

I notice none of the countries on the first list also show up on the second list. Finding out who has the most restrictive laws and how those laws relate to the above list is  a bit more difficult to do in a quick search.

[GranCuda1970]

more stats

  http://www.theblaze.com/stories/heres-the-chart-that-supporters-of-a-federal-assault-weapons-ban-wont-want-to-see/

a valid point

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/nra-theres-a-media-machine-that-wants-to-blame-guns-every-time-something-happens/

[GranCuda1970]

I think more people died from chokin on a chicken bone,.. maybe we should attempt to ban chickens!

['Cuda Hunter]

We would have to choke all the chickens.   

[GranCuda1970]

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=rubber+chicken&FORM=HDRSC2#view=detail&id=680F39FB9DBD36A27CCED7FE1786E0F15637DC19&selectedIndex=15

[brads70]

ummmm    "choking your chicken"  has a totally different meaning around here!

['Cuda Hunter]

Ugh, Yeah.   

Just pokin fun.  I joined the thread so I figured... 

Back to it.  Not trying to break up the seriousness too much.   

[HP2]

HP2, your stats would be interesting was it not for the fact that the US was omitted from your second list . It actually sits on rank 10 with 10.2 deaths per 100k, just below Mexico and above the Philippines.  See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-related_death_rate

Check it out more closely. I posted those numbers on Dec 19, 7:51.  The link you've posted shows an update stamp of Dec 20, 22:19. Looks like someone has manipulated the data in the meantime. When I posted those numbers, the US was actually down at 8.2.

Of course, that wouldn't happen because no one would post anythig that isn't true on the internet, right? 

[brads70]

Ugh, Yeah.   

Just pokin fun.  I joined the thread so I figured... 

Back to it.  Not trying to break up the seriousness too much.