Posted on 05/18/2010 6:48:45 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi
Washington, DC--Concealed handgun permit holders have killed at least nine law enforcement officers in addition to 152 private citizens (including 15 shooters who killed themselves after an attack) since May 2007 according to the latest update of Concealed Carry Killers, a Violence Policy Center (VPC) on-line resource that tallies news reports of such killings. The web site, located at http://www.vpc.org/ccwkillers.htm, is updated monthly to include new fatal shootings since May 2007 by concealed handgun permit holders and any changes in the legal status of permit holders facing criminal charges. (Any concealed handgun permit holders who are eventually acquitted of their alleged crimes are not included in the tallies maintained on the site although the facts surrounding the shooting are detailed.)
The VPC web site categorizes the 95 incidents, which occurred in 25 states, and offers detailed descriptions of each incident (some incidents may fit into multiple categories). Of these incidents, 15 were murder-suicides involving firearms and 15 were mass shootings (three or more victims) that claimed as many as 11 lives at a time. Law enforcement officers were killed in Alabama, Florida (two incidents), Idaho, Ohio, and Pennsylvania (two incidents). All of the law enforcement killings were committed with guns.
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I just love how it's just a given that in any confrontation between LEO's and the rest of us, that the LEO's must have been right.
Two things of interest here:
1. A good shooting is considered "bad" by this group; I bet a significant percentage of these shootings they count are the same.
2. Note the guy shot with the 45 lived, and the guy shot by the 9mm died...:) Now, I don't want to start a caliber war, but...
And how do you know the other 9 didn't? I'd give them a LITTLE benefit of the doubt for being LEO's, but no more than I'd give a plumber, or a fireman, or a barber. IOW anybody that has a job, including a LE job, gets more benefit of the doubt than a gang banger.
I'm a 45 fan too, but you got that backwards, unless they each shot themselves. Davis was the carjacker, found in the car with a 45, who later died. Williams was the owner, found near the 9, who survived.
These numbers - It’s nonsensical on it’s face.
So now maybe we should address the real problem of illegals killing Americans. I bet it’s far higher.
It's a 2006 article so it may need increases ....
In Montana we are polite society, well armed but polite. Not many random killing in Montana. CCW or “Open Carry”. Actually in Washington State too. Even though the libs hate the must issue CCW, there is very little random. But then I do not watch television so I may be missing some.
Gunner
More aha statistics. You know made up numbers and lies.
>Concealed Handgun Permit Holders Have Killed at Least 161 Since May 2007, Including 9 LE Officers
How many of those were things like home- or self-defense?
How many of those officers were committing crimes under the color of law?
It’s going to fascinating as to the nature of this lie when the NRA or other pro-gun group makes a serious analysis of how this number was derived.
Of course, their debunking will never see the light of day in the alphabet media, and the number “161” will unfortunately enter the public consciousness and forever be repeated ad nauseum.
No, I meant the person who was hit with the 45 ACP bullet lived (he was found near the 9mm pistol), the person hit with the 9mm bullet died (he was found near the 45 ACP pistol). The 45 ACP didn’t kill. The 9mm did kill.
Shot placement is king; shot capacity is queen. “Stopping power” is a lowly duke!
Of course they did. Just like they include unopened containers in "alcohol related" accident stats.
Oh, you’re right, I’m sorry. Brain fart.
Crap! I wasn't aware of that one. I think that may be even worse than "imputing", where they assume some accidents were alcohol related in the absence of any evidence, just because no one was tested. They could have been, so we'll count them as if they were.
And of those CCW holders who shot LE officers, how many of them were LE officers themselves?
Also, of those CCW holders who shot LE officers, how many were responding to wrong addee/bad info no-knock warrants in their homes at O-dark thirty?
Most likely this story is a fabrication.
Just like,
“No one ever used a gun for self-defense.”
“15,000 children a year are killed by guns.”
“Americans were never a gun-owning nation.”
“You’re more likely to be killed by your own gun then by a criminal with a gun.”
These were all total fabrications that the left clung to even as facts were made available that contradicted each one.
The left just needs you to be defenseless so they can rob and rape you.
Gun owners should file a class action lawsuit against these clowns for defimation of charicter.
It is term that repulses many: What terms would they use? Black person murders black person or should we just announce a murder was committed and not refer to any ethnic or gender facts. No matter what; it is a sad state when we try and pay for everything to keep the young going straight. However, until the family is somehow brought back to the forefront of this generation and thereafter we are only chasing our tails.
Sorry about the black on black term but maybe; just maybe the powers that are in control will realize that a old but tried method(complete family) will help all of us.
God Bless.
Betcha 0bama voters did that many last week.
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