Is it time to talk about guns?

Good then you know why the 223 was named 5.56 by the military and that NATO wanted more performance from the original 5.56 ammunition.

 

Let’s not forget about the ability of a 3-D printer

 

Gang Member, 2 Teens Arrested In Winters After Alleged Gun Brandishing In Davis

Officers quickly discovered two loaded handguns, a revolver with its serial number scrubbed, and a “ghost gun” with no serial number inside the car.

 

Incompetent, Irrelevant and Immaterial” !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• The Gun Violence Archive has counted 246 mass shootings in the US so far in 2022.
• More than 18,800 people have died due to gun violence overall in 2022, according to the Archive.

SO THERE!

 

You do not see that suicide by gun is more prevalent than murder ?

 

This just in. Gun owners who think that they are defending freedom, and stopping the government from taking their rights away should think twice.
I hope mcme understands this.

 

I would like to see assault style weapons banned. But then we would have an illegal assault rife issue.

I imagine smugglers would adapt, it would be a small market though.

The market for Illegal hand guns is much larger and much less commented upon and just as scary.

 

Concealed Carry Skyrockets Among Philadelphia Women


Concealed carry is skyrocketing among Philadelphia women as the city’s crime wave continues to surge.

CBS Philly reports, “Philadelphia gun violence … is leading to a sharp increase in female gun owners.”

They noted that women began flooding into concealed carry classes as crime rose last year. As a result, concealed carry permit applications from women outpaced men “51 percent to 49 percent.”

In 2021, the number of concealed carry permits skyrocketed to 70,790.

 

Good!

 

Incompetent, Irrelevant and Immaterial”! (that's lawyer talk for "so what"?)

• Homicides in the same period totaled 19,384 – about 50 each day. So the number of suicides is impressive, but the number of homicides isn't chopped liver. Do you think that because suicides are more prevelent, it somehow makes homicide insignificant?
• "Suicide is painless. It brings on many changes." ( M . A. S . H.) Homicide and mass shootings--not so much!
• Suicide is ordinarily regarded as a Bad Thing.
• Compared to fish in the sea, grains of sand on the beach, or blades of grass, the number of total human deaths is minuscule--from which we might conclude human life is insignificant, or that the comparison is irrelevant
• The Gun violence Archive counted 3382 mass shootings in 2015-2022, with over 250 in 2022 (and 2022 is only half over); that seems like a lot of mass shootings to me.
• For a visual database of the body count from mass shootings, see Every mass shooting in the US – a visual database.
• Mass shootings seem to be a largely an American problem. While the United States has about 5% of the world’s population, it had 31% of all public mass shootings. Why? Because the U, S. has more violent and/or crazy people than other countries? Probably not. Because of the ready availability of guns? Seems likely. Why Does the U.S. Have So Many Mass Shootings? Research Is Clear: Guns. (Published 2017)
• Mass shootings are only a small fraction of the total number of deaths from gun violence (Thank God). But they're disturbing, like acts of terrorism, because they happen unpredictably, in schools, places of worship,, grocery stores, concerts, shopping malls--giving us the idea no place is safe!

 

Facts, just the unbiased facts

FBI Designates 61 Active Shooter Incidents in 2021 | Federal Bureau of Investigation

In 2021, the FBI designated 61 shootings as active shooter incidents. In these incidents, 103 people were killed and 140 wounded, excluding the shooters. For the period 2017–2021, active shooter incident data reveals an upward trend. The number of active shooter incidents identified in 2021 represents a 52.5% increase from 2020 and a 96.8% increase from 2017. Today, the FBI released the Active Shooter Incidents in the United States in 2021 report.


Casualty counts are higher for 2021 (243) when compared with 2020 (164), indicating a 48% increase. The casualties in 2021 represents the third highest total casualty count over the last five years (2017–2021). 2021 saw the highest number of deaths (103) since 2017, a 171.1% increase from 2020 and above the average (92.3) for the period 2017–2020. There was an 11.1% increase in people wounded (140) in 2021 compared with 2020 (126), but below the average (253) for the period 2017–2020.

 

Add these to the list:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/06/02/mass-shootings-in-2022/
At least 6 dead, 42 injured in weekend mass shootings across US

 

GOP PA lawmakers block assault-style gun ban for those under 21

HARRISBURG — State House Republicans blocked a proposal to prevent those ages 18 to 21 from possessing assault-style rifles on Tuesday by completely changing the bill into a constitutional amendment to allow anyone to carry concealed guns.

 

More mass shootings, here we come!

 

I know you have seen this information before, think of it as a refresher

Expanded Homicide Data Table 8