03/03/2018
So I came across this article.... And I stumbled upon some facts.
My opinion- we still need to require the class, this is stupid. If you ever sit in one of those classes with 95% of them never handling a firearm you will find yourself hiding under the table. Get rid of the cost at the courthouse and still require the class!!! Asking for trouble if anyone who is legal can carry when they have no idea what there doing when it comes to fi****ms. Knowledge is powerful!
SOURCES :
FBI UNIFORM CODE OF STATISTICS. THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL.
There are 30,000 gun related deaths per year by fi****ms, and this number is not disputed. U.S. population 324,059,091 as of Wednesday, June 22, 2016. Do the math: 0.000000925% of the population dies from gun related actions each year. Statistically speaking, this is insignificant! What is never told, however, is a breakdown of those 30,000 deaths, to put them in perspective as compared to other causes of death:
• 65% of those deaths are by su***de which would never be prevented by gun laws
• 15% are by law enforcement in the line of duty and justified
• 17% are through criminal activity, gang and drug related or mentally ill persons – gun violence
• 3% are accidental discharge deaths
So technically, "gun violence" is not 30,000 annually, but drops to 5,100. Still too many? Well, first, how are those deaths spanned across the nation?
• 480 homicides (9.4%) were in Chicago
• 344 homicides (6.7%) were in Baltimore
• 333 homicides (6.5%) were in Detroit
• 119 homicides (2.3%) were in Washington D.C. (a 54% increase over prior years)
So basically, 25% of all gun crime happens in just 4 cities. All 4 of those cities have strict gun laws, so it is not the lack of law that is the root cause.
This basically leaves 3,825 for the entire rest of the nation, or about 75 deaths per state. That is an average because some States have much higher rates than others. For example, California had 1,169 and Alabama had 1.
Now, who has the strictest gun laws by far? California, of course, but understand, so it is not guns causing this. It is a crime rate spawned by the number of criminal persons residing in those cities and states. So if all cities and states are not created equally, then there must be something other than the tool causing the gun deaths.
Are 5,100 deaths per year horrific? How about in comparison to other deaths? All death is sad and especially so when it is in the commission of a crime but that is the nature of crime. Robbery, death, r**e, assault all is done by criminals and thinking that criminals will obey laws is ludicrous. That's why they are criminals.
But what about other deaths each year?
• 40,000+ die from a drug overdose–THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THAT!
• 36,000 people die per year from the flu, far exceeding the criminal gun deaths
• 34,000 people die per year in traffic fatalities(exceeding gun deaths even if you include su***de)
Now it gets good:
• 200,000+ people die each year (and growing) from preventable medical errors. You are safer in Chicago than when you are in a hospital!
• 710,000 people die per year from heart disease. It’s time to stop the double cheeseburgers! So what is the point? If Obama and the anti-gun movement focused their attention on heart disease, even a 10% decrease in cardiac deaths would save twice the number of lives annually of all gun-related deaths (including su***de, law enforcement, etc.). A 10% reduction in medical errors would be 66% of the total gun deaths or 4 times the number of criminal homicides......Simple, easily preventable 10% reductions!
So you have to ask yourself, in the grand scheme of things, why the focus on guns? It's pretty simple.:
Taking away guns gives control to governments.
The founders of this nation knew that regardless of the form of government, those in power may become corrupt and seek to rule as the British did by trying to disarm the populace of the colonies. It is not difficult to understand that a disarmed populace is a controlled populace.
Thus, the second amendment was proudly and boldly included in the U.S. Constitution. It must be preserved at all costs.
So the next time someone tries to tell you that gun control is about saving lives, look at these facts and remember these words from Noah Webster: "Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword, because the whole body of the people are armed and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States. A military force at the command of Congress can execute no laws, but such as the people perceive to be just and constitutional; for they will possess the power."
Remember, when it comes to "gun control," the important word is “control," not “gun."
"Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another: reason and force. If you want me to do something for you, you have a choice of either convincing me via argument, or force me to do your bidding under threat of force. Every human interaction falls into one of those two categories, without exception. Reason or force, that's it. In a truly moral and civilized society, people exclusively interact through persuasion. Force has no place as a valid method of social interaction and the only thing that removes force from the menu is the personal firearm, as paradoxical as it may sound to some.
When I carry a gun, you cannot deal with me by force. You have to use reason and try to persuade me, because I have a way to negate your threat or employment of force. The gun is the only personal weapon that puts a 100-pound woman on equal footing with a 220-pound mugger, a 75-year old retiree on equal footing with a 19-year old gang banger, and a single guy on equal footing with a carload of drunken guys with baseball bats. The gun removes the disparity in physical strength, size, or numbers between a potential attacker and a defender.
There are plenty of people who consider the gun as the source of bad force equations. These are the people who think that we'd be more civilized if all guns were removed from society, because a firearm makes it easier for a [armed] mugger to do his job. That, of course, is only true if the mugger's potential victims are mostly disarmed either by choice or by legislative fiat -- it has no validity when most of a mugger's potential marks are armed. People who argue for the banning of arms ask for automatic rule by the young, the strong, and the many, and that's the exact opposite of a civilized society. A mugger, even an armed one, can only make a successful living in a society where the state has granted him a force monopoly.
Then there's the argument that the gun makes confrontations lethal that otherwise would only result in injury. This argument is fallacious in several ways. Without guns involved, confrontations are won by the physically superior party inflicting overwhelming injury on the loser.
People who think that fists, bats, sticks, or stones don't constitute lethal force, watch too much TV, where people take beatings and come out of it with a bloody lip at worst. The fact that the gun makes lethal force easier works solely in favor of the weaker defender, not the stronger attacker. If both are armed, the field is level. The gun is the only weapon that's as lethal in the hands of an octogenarian as it is in the hands of a weight lifter. It simply wouldn't work as well as a force equalizer if it wasn't both lethal and easily employable.
When I carry a gun, I don't do so because I am looking for a fight, but because I'm looking to be left alone. The gun at my side means that I cannot be forced, only persuaded. I don't carry it because I'm afraid, but because it enables me to be unafraid. It doesn't limit the actions of those who would interact with me through reason, only the actions of those who would do so by force. It removes force from the equation...
And that's why carrying a gun is a civilized act."
By Maj. L. Caudill, USMC (Ret.)
So, the greatest civilization is one where all citizens are equally armed and can only be persuaded, never forced. Unarmed & helpless is evil's best friend
I'm next in line behind you at Wal-Mart, Macy's Walgreens kohls the gas station the movie theater every were. I'm the gun guy that liderals love to hate.
I have a CPL and am always armed. I've been less then arms length from you many times. We have exchanged pleasantries. While you were standing there watching the person in front of you gauging the progress of the line. I was practicing situational awareness. What you really don't realize is. That during this brief time we were together. You were safer then behind your own homes locked door. I would have stepped between you and a threat to shield you.
Not because I'm a hero. But because Evil is allowed to flourish when good men stand by and do nothing.
The only thing more dangerous than good men doing nothing in the face of evil. Is emotional ignorance that tries to tie the hands of a good man willing to confront evil wrongs. For an unwise foolish hope of a nonexistent utopia. There are alot of loud people on here. That would quietly huddle in a corner in the face of a life or death event and pray it doesn't find them hidding and hoping. I'm sorry, but I'm not built that way.
I don't mind if your afraid, I understand. Don't mistake my confidence for bravery, im just as afraid as you. But if you choose not to fight? Thats fine.
But please at least stay out of the way. Both in the confrontation of evil on the street. And in the political fight.
VICTOR MORA
Russ what will happen if you go nuts.......who will defend me from you?????
Russ Blake
Victor Mora people with high moral charecter don't suffer with feeble minds.
Russ Blake
Oh and Victor Mora get trained get armed defend yourself.
Its part of personel responsibility. Don't feel bad most liberals struggle with the concept of personal reposibility .
Like your question WHO WILL PROTECT ME??
WHO WILL FEED ME?. WHO WILL HOUSE ME? WHO WILL GIVE ME A PHONE ? WHO WILL PAY MY MEDICAL BILLS?
You see us guys that take care of ourselves and government recipients. Are capable, We are the sheepdogs. Wolves fear us and you sheep don't understand us.
So you just keep your head in the grass. I will continue to cover your ass. Your welcome.
The main bill passed 59-49.
