Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Law and Order / Legislature / Woods More Killings by Licensed Gunmen
Posted by Jeff Woods on Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 7:55 AM
From the Brady Campaign, which takes criticism for keeping up with such things, we learn about two more killings by licensed gunmen. In Houston, some guy in a fit of road rage shot a 13-year-old girl in the head. And in Ohio, a drunk shot a woman after she asked whether his gun was loaded. "Let's see," the drunk replied. Then he pointed it at her, fired and hit her.
Our politicians don't want anyone to know it, but there have been killings by handgun permitees in Tennessee too, of course. As the Brady Campaign points out:
Despite stories like these, state legislators in Tennessee, Arizona, and now Virginia are expanding the places people can legally carry weapons. As we allow firearms to permeate our entire culture more and more, we can unfortunately expect to see more and more of these stories.
Update: Guns in bars is back.
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How many killing took place with knifes, cars, hammers ect. over the same time frame? Lets take everything sharp, blunt or could potentially be used as weapon away from the people. Then we could change our name from America to Russia as we burn our constitution. Left wind liberals in TN. Now ive seen it all!
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Lets try this...
How many people were killed in the same time frame by illegal guns?
How many lives were saved by permit holders?
I will bet you the answers to bth of those questions would far better prove that Concealed Carry is a good thing then the few incidents Brady was able to find.
Also in Tennessee it is illegal to carry a fire arm while drunk so the Ohio incident would have been prosecuted here, if it wasn't there. The fifteen year old is tragic.
Wow. 3 anecdotal examples out of the 250 million guns in the USA. That sure is a compelling argument.
The point of this is not to discount shootings by unlicensed holders or other assaults done with other weapons, but to counter one of the arguments of the pro-guns-everywhere-all-the-time lobby. This argument is that licensed holders don't commit crimes. These statistics merely point out that that is not true, and that assaults and murders ARE carried out by those who carry legally. This doesn't even include the accidental shootings that take place (Wilson County, anyone?).
It's been statisically proven that permit holders are the most law abiding group of people in the US......they are not perfect,but far better than the left wing anti gun group.
"You've got to admit, folks, Woodsy is trying...very trying."
Indeed.
He's been trying all his life.
But he's never succeeded.
At anything.
Gil, you're wrong as usual.
Woods has succeeded in baiting you for as long as he's been on Pith. And unlike you, he gets paid for spending most weekdays on here.
I happen to know of several other things he's succeeded at but they're about life and therefore you wouldn't understand.
I'm just sayin'.
