Post by Kenny ThomasJosema, you are acting like the USA is the wild wild west! People don't walk
around outside with guns shooting people at saloons. Deaths with firearms
occur as single crimes and in some cases serial crimes. The normal civilian
doesn't use his gun to kill people, a normal civilian uses his gun to hunt,
for sport and for fun. Contrary to what you might believe, more people shoot
at deer and paper targets in the USA than they do at people.
The United States Constitution practically strangles the US Government. Do
you realize how long it takes for a bill to become a law? (hears the
jailhouse rock theme and shakes his head clear) Months! Sometimes years! The
US Government can't go out and just pass laws, they can't raise taxes
without a 2/3 vote (which is harder than you might think when half of them
hate the other half). Do you realize that it was done that way on purpose?
The US Government, regardless of what you might think is probably the
weakest central government in the world right now! More power rest with the
people and the people want to be able to be armed. Simple as that.
...So curious you are losing so many Civil Rights and the development of
many others are stalled thanks to Bushie and his Empires game and you are
only worried about your right to shoot your neighbor's head...while firearm
manufacturers are becoming so powerful not even law can act against them
since they are fully protected by your government.
People doesn't want to be armed. People gets arms because the neighbors have
them and because Amerikans aren't friendly even each other.
"Overall, the data provided by the 26 countries included a total of 2872
deaths among children aged less than 15 years for a period of 1 year.
Homicides accounted for 1995 deaths, including 1177 (59%) in boys and 818
(41%) in girls. Of the homicides, 1464 (73%) occurred among U.S. children.
The homicide rate for children in the United States was five times higher
than that for children in the other 25 countries combined (2.57 per 100,000
compared with 0.51) (Table_1).
Suicide accounted for the deaths of 599 children, including 431 (72%) in
boys and 168 (28%) in girls. Of the suicides, 321 (54%) occurred among U.S.
children. The suicide rate for children in the United States was two times
higher than that in the other 25 countries combined (0.55 compared with
0.27) (Table_1). No suicides were reported among children aged less than 5
years.
A firearm was reported to have been involved in the deaths of 1107 children;
957 (86%) of those occurred in the United States. Of all firearm-related
deaths, 55% were reported as homicides; 20%, as suicides; 22%, as
unintentional; and 3%, as intention undetermined. The overall
firearm-related death rate among U.S. children aged less than 15 years was
nearly 12 times higher than among children in the other 25 countries
combined (1.66 compared with 0.14) (Table_1). The firearm-related homicide
rate in the United States was nearly 16 times higher than that in all of the
other countries combined (0.94 compared with 0.06); the firearm-related
suicide rate was nearly 11 times higher (0.32 compared with 0.03); and the
unintentional firearm-related death rate was nine times higher (0.36
compared with 0.04). For all countries, males accounted for most of the
firearm-related homicides (67%), firearm-related suicides (77%), and
unintentional firearm-related deaths (89%). The nonfirearm-related homicide
rate in the United States was nearly four times the rate in all of the other
countries (1.63 compared with 0.45), and nonfirearm-related suicide rates
were similar in the United States and in all of the other countries combined
(0.23 compared with 0.24).
The rate for firearm-related deaths among children in the United States
(1.66) was 2.7-fold greater than that in the country with the next highest
rate (Finland, 0.62) (Figure_1). Except for rates for firearm-related
suicide in Northern Ireland and firearm-related fatalities of unknown intent
in Austria, Belgium, and Israel, rates for all types of firearm-related
deaths were higher in the United States than in the other countries.
However, among all other countries, the impact of firearm-related deaths
varied substantially. For example, five countries, including three of the
four countries in Asia, reported no firearm-related deaths among children.
In comparison, firearms were the primary cause of homicide in Finland,
Israel, Australia, Italy, Germany, and England and Wales. Five countries
(Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, and Taiwan) reported only
unintentional firearm-related deaths.
Reported by: Div of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury
Prevention and Control, CDC. "
This extracted from http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00046149.htm
"Compared to other industrialized countries, violence and firearm death
rates in the United States are disproportionately high. Of the approximately
50 upper- and middle-income countries with available data, an estimated
115,000 firearm deaths occur annually and the U.S. contributes about
30,000.8 Among industrialized nations, the U.S. firearm-related death rate
is more than twice that of the next highest country (See Figure 3). The
firearm death rate in the U.S. (14.24 per 100,000) is eight times the
average rate of its economic counterparts (1.76).9 "
This extracted from
http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/ficap/resourceBook/sectionOneIntl.htm
And now look at this, extracted from the Guardia Civil (militarized police
body) Government website in Spain.
(http://www.guardiacivil.org/11quees/organizacion/organosdeapoyo/gabinete/ca
p/nota14.asp)
"El análisis de los factores por los que España tiene un nivel de violencia
interpersonal sensiblemente inferior al de la mayorÃa de los paÃses
occidentales representa una cuestión del mayor interés,que hasta ahora no ha
sido suficientemente investigada. Un factor que sin duda incide en la baja
tasa de homicidios es el estricto control de las armas de fuego. De acuerdo
con una encuesta de hace unos años, sólo un 2,5 de los españoles tenÃan
acceso a un arma de fuego, frente a una media europea de 5 % y una cifra de
29 % en Estados Unidos, por lo que no es sorprendente que tales armas sólo
se emplearan en el 18 % de los homicidios perpetrados en España en 1996,
mientras que en Estados Unidos se emplean en el 70 % de los casos. "
More or less tells: "Spain has the lowest private violence rate at Europe. A
factor that explains this low homicide rate is THE STRICT FIREARMS CONTROL.
According to rates some years ago, only 2.5 per cent of Spanish citizens had
access to a firearm, in front of a 5% of Europenas and a """""29%"""" at
USA, so it's not susrprising such firearms where used only on 18% of
homicides done at Spain, while firearms where used at USA on a """"""70%""""
of them."
I didn't tell this, it was the militar police in charge of controlling
firearms who told.
Still proud of your right to kill each other?.
Cheers,
Josema
Cheers,
Josema
