Tag: Gun Issues
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Admist the Noise on Gun Crime Stats
This was released while I was on hiatus. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ooa98FHuaU0]
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Felons with Guns Go Free
Bail was set at $150,000 today on weapons-related charges for a Brighton Park man already on parole in an attempted murder case after beat officers saw him firing a gun near his home this week. Edgar Jasso, 29, faces charges of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and reckless discharge of a firearm,…
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Milwaukee Sheriff’s Says Arm Yourself
Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. set off alarm bells Friday with a radio spot some view as a call for citizens to arm themselves. In the radio ad, Clarke tells residents personal safety isn’t a spectator sport anymore, and that “I need you in the game.” “With officers laid off and furloughed, simply…
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A Few Thoughts On Gun Control « Eudaimonia
This will be detailed and thorough, and I apologize in advance for its length. I also need to clarify that I am not a statistician, lawyer, political analyst, or sociologist. I am merely curious, capable at finding information, and trained in scientific analysis. If there are errors in this, they are not intentional. via A…
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Local Vet Vocal at Anti-Gun Rally
This is a local vet who had some interesting things to say to a professor who didn’t think the Constitution was relevant anymore. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C44B55YYLQ] More to the story can be found here.
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Gun Violence and Race
Chicago is home to some 2,707,120 people (U.S. Census.) We’re also told that about 32.9% are black while 45% are white. That equates to about 890,642 black people and 1,218,204 white people in Chicago. So far, nothing unusual. Over at the Red Eye (a Tribune Media property) they have a worksheet showing the murder victims…
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Guns vs. McDonald’s
There are more than 129,817 federally licensed firearms dealers in the United States, according to the latest Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives numbers as of Aug. 1. Of those, 51,438 are retail gun stores, 7,356 are pawn shops and 61,562 are collectors, with the balance of the licenses belonging mostly to manufacturers and…
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A Marine Writes Sen. Feinstein
Senator Dianne Feinstein, I will not register my weapons should this bill be passed, as I do not believe it is the government’s right to know what I own. Nor do I think it prudent to tell you what I own so that it may be taken from me by a group of people who…
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Mass Shooting: 3 Dead, 2 Wounded, in Switzerland
No assault weapon involved: A man armed with an old military rifle and a handgun shot and killed three women and wounded two men in a southern Swiss village, police said Thursday. Police shot and wounded the suspect after he threatened to also shoot officers who arrived at the scene after the shooting in the…
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Shot vs. Shot & Killed – The Miracle of Modern Medicine
This post was originally drafted in April. Bare with me… very current story cited below. I’ve mentioned before that the shooting to death ratio appears very low to me. Crime stats over at Crime in Chicago suggest that in 2011 2,217 were shot, with 441 dead – 19.9% (ratio of 5:1.) So far in 2012…