On Thursday, 19 September 2013 09:20:27 UTC-3, BAR wrote:
In article , says...



On 9/19/13 3:23 AM, jps wrote:

On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 23:41:39 -0400, wrote:



On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 13:52:50 -0700, jps wrote:



On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 12:53:02 -0400, John H

wrote:



On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 07:41:51 -0700, jps wrote:





A study that examined the risk factors for violent death for women in

the home found that when there were one or more guns in the home, the

risk of suicide among women increased nearly five times and the risk

of homicide increased more than three times. The increased risk of

homicide associated with firearms was attributable to homicides at the

hands of a spouse, intimate acquaintance, or close relative.



http://www.vpc.org/fact_sht/domviofs.htm



Tell all your liberal buddies to get rid of their guns, and not to buy any more. That'll solve a lot

of the problem.



My liberal buddies comprise a much smaller percentage of gun ownership

than your conservative buddies. It just furthers the argument (being

made very well by so many in the conservative quarter) that

conservatives hold women in low regard, including their wives.



The numbers don't lie. More women die from both self-inflicted

gunshots and are murdered at a higher rate in households that have

guns.



This still brings me back to Australia. They virtually banned guns and

their homicide rate, that was already declining, continued to decline

at the same rate. It is virtually a straight line when averaged out.



http://www.aic.gov.au/media_library/...iciderate2.png



There like here, most are acquaintance murders. Will found a way after

the guns were gone.



With the exception that they haven't had a mass murder since they

banned assault style weapons.



There's just as many guns, and there's still plenty of murder, just

not so many mass murders.







Obviously our 'Merican mass shooters are going after the wrong targets.

Instead of shooting kids, ordinary people at a shopping center,

teachers, and workers at a government facility, they ought to be

targeting only right-wing tea baggers, politicized members of the NRA,

and the other dregs of society. That won't lessen gun violence or allow

the passage of more reasonable background checks, of course, but it

would improve the quality of the gene pool.



Aren't all of the recent mass shooting perpetrators registered Democrats?


More likely ex-military gun nuts.