What does gun violence really COST
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For a long portion of its history the NRA actually supported gun control. This article provides a good basic history...
When the NRA Supported Gun Control
http://time.com/4431356/nra-gun-control-history/
When the NRA Supported Gun Control
http://time.com/4431356/nra-gun-control-history/
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Good points GWB; machine guns use too much ammo to be practical unless you are a billionaire or a gov army.Plus even a fully auto.223[machine gun NOT semi auto] is hard to hit with.................................................... [.223 semi autos can shoot real well; a good deer +varmint caliber]
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Inside the illegal online weapons trade
Program note: Learn how U.S. intelligence assets foiled an Iranian arms deal on CNN's "Declassified," Sunday, August 14, at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
(CNN)One day, Michael Andrew Ryan sat down at a computer, hopped onto a hidden part of the Internet known as the dark Web, called himself "Gunrunner" and opened for business.
His international weapons operation offered anyone a virtual laundry list of weapons with brand names that have become disturbingly familiar:
And it was all happening under the noses of the residents of the sleepy little town of Manhattan, Kansas, population: about 56,000.
Gunrunner wasn't some dramatic villain like you might see in a Hollywood comic book thriller.
He was just a 35-year-old guy in America's Heartland, illegally exporting semi-automatic rifles, handguns and ammunition to Ireland, Scotland, Australia and England.
It just so happened that Ryan's online gun-selling operation got busted by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
"The fact that international firearms trafficking has reached Kansas shows the power of the Internet," said Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall in a statement.
As part of his June 6 plea agreement with prosecutors, Ryan admitted everything, according to court documents.
Read the plea agreement
Read the grand jury indictment
Ryan told a federal court he sold weapons on a website called BMR -- for Black Market Reloaded -- that was visible only to certain people who had access to specific software called Tor, according to court documents.
Now facing a maximum 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, a judge is scheduled to sentence Ryan on September 12.
A similar ATF bust in Alabama resulted in the sentencing of 48-year-old Michael Albert Focia last November. Focia's looking at 51 months in prison for using the dark Web to sell and ship "at least 32 firearms to people all over the world -- including Australia and Sweden," the U.S. attorney's office said.
The feds say they're shining more light on the dark Web to kill secret sites that terrorists or other criminals could use to build weapon arsenals.
The dark side
...
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/10/us/declassified-illegal-online-weapons-trade/index.html
Inside the illegal online weapons trade
Program note: Learn how U.S. intelligence assets foiled an Iranian arms deal on CNN's "Declassified," Sunday, August 14, at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
(CNN)One day, Michael Andrew Ryan sat down at a computer, hopped onto a hidden part of the Internet known as the dark Web, called himself "Gunrunner" and opened for business.
His international weapons operation offered anyone a virtual laundry list of weapons with brand names that have become disturbingly familiar:
- Glock
- Beretta
- Uzi
- Highpoint
- Walther
And it was all happening under the noses of the residents of the sleepy little town of Manhattan, Kansas, population: about 56,000.
Gunrunner wasn't some dramatic villain like you might see in a Hollywood comic book thriller.
He was just a 35-year-old guy in America's Heartland, illegally exporting semi-automatic rifles, handguns and ammunition to Ireland, Scotland, Australia and England.
It just so happened that Ryan's online gun-selling operation got busted by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
"The fact that international firearms trafficking has reached Kansas shows the power of the Internet," said Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall in a statement.
As part of his June 6 plea agreement with prosecutors, Ryan admitted everything, according to court documents.
Read the plea agreement
Read the grand jury indictment
Ryan told a federal court he sold weapons on a website called BMR -- for Black Market Reloaded -- that was visible only to certain people who had access to specific software called Tor, according to court documents.
Now facing a maximum 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, a judge is scheduled to sentence Ryan on September 12.
A similar ATF bust in Alabama resulted in the sentencing of 48-year-old Michael Albert Focia last November. Focia's looking at 51 months in prison for using the dark Web to sell and ship "at least 32 firearms to people all over the world -- including Australia and Sweden," the U.S. attorney's office said.
The feds say they're shining more light on the dark Web to kill secret sites that terrorists or other criminals could use to build weapon arsenals.
The dark side
...
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/10/us/declassified-illegal-online-weapons-trade/index.html
A staggering 92% of American support lifesaving policies like universal background checks. NRA and gun lobbies are against the American people.
America finds its voice on gun safety
By Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly
Updated 8:35 AM ET, Mon August 22, 2016
Americans for Responsible Solutionsin 2013. The views expressed are their own.
(CNN)We knew we had to speak up -- and stand up.
It was December 2012, and 20 kindergartners and first graders had been murdered in their classrooms at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. It was as heartbreaking as it was senseless.
It was then that we decided to devote ourselves and our second chance at service to making our communities safer from gun violence. To do our small part, we'd help fight for better gun laws and policies that keep deadly weapons out of the hands of dangerous individuals while respecting the rights of law-abiding gun owners like us. It just seemed like the responsible thing to do.
Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly
Since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, we've founded a gun violence prevention organization, Americans for Responsible Solutions, and criss-crossed the nation, speaking out about the commonsense solutions, like closing loopholes in our criminal background check laws for gun sales, that have been proven to reduce gun violence and save lives.
We've met with gun violence survivors, legislators and testified before Congress. We've heard from those on the front lines of our national gun violence crisis. We've worked with veterans, law enforcement, businessmen and women, members of the clergy, and domestic violence prevention leaders.
The toughest part has been the stories we so frequently hear about those whose lives are altered or ended because the wrong person got his or her hands on a gun. Some, like the massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, dominate national headlines, but most never make the news. There are simply too many: 92 people killed with a gun each day. That's 33,000 people dead each year. And every year, 117,000 are shot and injured.
But beyond the breaking news alerts and the continuing devastation of gun violence in America is a more hopeful story: Nearly four years after Newtown, we're fighting, and we're winning.
4 gun control steps U.S. needs now (Opinion)
While Congress has failed to act, in the states we've seen progress for commonsense reform; since the tragedy at Sandy Hook, leaders in 42 states have passed 138 new responsible, stronger gun laws. States like Colorado and Oregon have closed background check loopholes, and even states like Louisiana and Alabama voted to strengthen laws that keep guns away from domestic abusers. Gun violence prevention has gained a level of prominence unthinkable just a few years ago, with a 15-hour Senate filibuster, a historic sit-in on the House floor, and an entire program on gun safety at the Democratic National Convention.
We've known for years that the vast majority of Americans -- a staggering 92% -- support lifesaving policies like universal background checks, but in 2016 we've seen those Americans speak out like never before, standing up to the gun lobby and demanding change from elected leaders. The silent majority has become the vocal majority.
Which brings us to the 2016 elections...
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/22/opinions/america-finds-voice-gun-safety-giffords-kelly/index.html
America finds its voice on gun safety
By Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly
Updated 8:35 AM ET, Mon August 22, 2016
Americans for Responsible Solutionsin 2013. The views expressed are their own.
(CNN)We knew we had to speak up -- and stand up.
It was December 2012, and 20 kindergartners and first graders had been murdered in their classrooms at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. It was as heartbreaking as it was senseless.
It was then that we decided to devote ourselves and our second chance at service to making our communities safer from gun violence. To do our small part, we'd help fight for better gun laws and policies that keep deadly weapons out of the hands of dangerous individuals while respecting the rights of law-abiding gun owners like us. It just seemed like the responsible thing to do.
Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly
Since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, we've founded a gun violence prevention organization, Americans for Responsible Solutions, and criss-crossed the nation, speaking out about the commonsense solutions, like closing loopholes in our criminal background check laws for gun sales, that have been proven to reduce gun violence and save lives.
We've met with gun violence survivors, legislators and testified before Congress. We've heard from those on the front lines of our national gun violence crisis. We've worked with veterans, law enforcement, businessmen and women, members of the clergy, and domestic violence prevention leaders.
The toughest part has been the stories we so frequently hear about those whose lives are altered or ended because the wrong person got his or her hands on a gun. Some, like the massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, dominate national headlines, but most never make the news. There are simply too many: 92 people killed with a gun each day. That's 33,000 people dead each year. And every year, 117,000 are shot and injured.
But beyond the breaking news alerts and the continuing devastation of gun violence in America is a more hopeful story: Nearly four years after Newtown, we're fighting, and we're winning.
4 gun control steps U.S. needs now (Opinion)
While Congress has failed to act, in the states we've seen progress for commonsense reform; since the tragedy at Sandy Hook, leaders in 42 states have passed 138 new responsible, stronger gun laws. States like Colorado and Oregon have closed background check loopholes, and even states like Louisiana and Alabama voted to strengthen laws that keep guns away from domestic abusers. Gun violence prevention has gained a level of prominence unthinkable just a few years ago, with a 15-hour Senate filibuster, a historic sit-in on the House floor, and an entire program on gun safety at the Democratic National Convention.
We've known for years that the vast majority of Americans -- a staggering 92% -- support lifesaving policies like universal background checks, but in 2016 we've seen those Americans speak out like never before, standing up to the gun lobby and demanding change from elected leaders. The silent majority has become the vocal majority.
Which brings us to the 2016 elections...
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/22/opinions/america-finds-voice-gun-safety-giffords-kelly/index.html
But we need high lethality assualt rifles and 30 round magazine Glocks to defend our homes and be Amercans. You never know when the zombie invasion will start.
Trump is the Republican nominee running for president. I think the zombie invasion has already begun.
Time to Ban Crossbows...
Police say 3 found dead in Scarborough garage had apparent crossbow injuries
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/toronto/stabbing-scarborough-1.3735718
Three people are dead, all of whom were found with apparent crossbow injuries, in the Scarborough area of Toronto on Thursday afternoon.
Toronto police said the bodies of two men and a woman were found in an east-end garage. Two people were found with no vital signs, and one person died after officers arrived, police confirmed.
Police responded to a report of a stabbing at around 1 p.m. ET on Lawndale Road near Mason Road and Eglinton Avenue East, Const. David Hopkinson told CBC News.
Police said a crossbow was found on the floor of the garage.
"We don't have any idea with regards to why this may have happened," said Hopkinson.
(More at above url)
Police say 3 found dead in Scarborough garage had apparent crossbow injuries
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/toronto/stabbing-scarborough-1.3735718
Three people are dead, all of whom were found with apparent crossbow injuries, in the Scarborough area of Toronto on Thursday afternoon.
Toronto police said the bodies of two men and a woman were found in an east-end garage. Two people were found with no vital signs, and one person died after officers arrived, police confirmed.
Police responded to a report of a stabbing at around 1 p.m. ET on Lawndale Road near Mason Road and Eglinton Avenue East, Const. David Hopkinson told CBC News.
Police said a crossbow was found on the floor of the garage.
"We don't have any idea with regards to why this may have happened," said Hopkinson.
(More at above url)
Gunmakers Finally Face Their Suicide Problem
Almost half of Americans who kill themselves do so with guns. Firearm makers are taking a first step toward prevention.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-16/gunmakers-finally-face-their-suicide-problem
Almost half of Americans who kill themselves do so with guns. Firearm makers are taking a first step toward prevention.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-16/gunmakers-finally-face-their-suicide-problem