Perhaps, but only a vanishingly small number are murdered by people who are legally entitled to possess a firearm. And more are killed by baseball bats than long guns.
Greg -----Original Message----- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Randy Bennell via Mercedes Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 12:16 PM To: G Mann; Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] N *The big picture:* * Every year in the U.S., an average of more than 100,000 people are shot, according to The Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence <http://www.bradycampaign.org/xshare/Facts/Gun_Death_and_Injury_Stat_Sheet_3 -Year_Average_FINAL.pdf>. * Every day in the U.S., an average of 289 people are shot. Eighty-six of them die: 30 are murdered, 53 kill themselves, two die accidentally, and one is shot in a police intervention, the Brady Campaign <http://infocenter.nbcuni.ge.com/ResearchTopic/IssuesControversies/GunViolen ceFacts.html> reports. * Between 2000 and 2010, a total of 335,609 people died from guns -- more than the population of St. Louis, Mo. (318,069), Pittsburgh (307,484), Cincinnati, Ohio (296,223), Newark, N.J. (277,540), and Orlando, Fla. (243,195) (sources: CDF <http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/data/state -data-repository/protect-children-not-guns-key-facts-2013.pdf>, U.S. Census <http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html>; CDC <http://webappa.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/mortrate10_us.html>) * One person is killed by a firearm every 17 minutes, 87 people are killed during an average day, and 609 are killed every week. (source: CDC) *Homicides by weapon:* * Handguns comprised 72.5 percent of the firearms used in murder and non-negligent manslaughter incidents in 2011; 4.1 percent were with shotguns; 3.8 percent were with rifles; 18.5 percent were with unspecified firearms. I still think that bullet proof shelving should be installed in all retail stores for the protection of the people. RB On 09/09/2014 11:48 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > You are kidding right? With the price of groceries these days you > need an armed guard to carry all the money TO the grocery store and to > carry the one bag of groceries your total pay can buy FROM the grocery store.. > > I live in Arizona, where it is both legal and common to carry discrete > or openly, no restrictions. It is quite common to meet other shoppers > who, like me are armed. No one except the criminals or some back east > visitors who are "gun phobic" worry about it. I shop Krogers [branded as "Frys" > here] often. There have been no robberies and no gang assaults in the > parking lot either. > > Welcome to America, where your right to self defense is an act of God, > not government. Government just recognizes that fact along with the > other God given rights listed in the Constitutional Amendments. > > On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> You lost me there. >> >> On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>> Those guys that got the beat down by the "group of youths" would >>> probably support the idea. >>> >>> --R >>> >>> >>> On 9/9/14 11:56 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: >>> >>>> I wonder how Kroger will react to that petition taking them to task >>>> for allowing shoppers to carry guns in their supermarkets.... >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
