Whorealdo (Geraldo) was just on Foxnews pushing for banning assault weapons and high capacity magazines.
He actually stated he was a expert on firearms. As usually he shouts down any contrary opinions.
The FBI murder statistics do not differentiate between types of rifles. There are about 100 million rifles in the United States. In 2009, the last year in which numbers have been reported, there were 13,636 murders. Guns were used to murder 9,146 people. Hands and feet were used to murder 801 people. Blunt objects were used to murder 611 people. Rifles were used to murder 348 people, and that is all rifles, of which assault rifles are only a small fraction. Assault rifles are used so infrequently in homicides that many police departments almost never see them; in 2009, there were nine states that did not have a single murder committed with any rifle.
So why is the left so intent on banning rifles that are the most suitable for militia use (clearly protected by the U.S. Constitution), when they are used so rarely in murder?
The FBI has released their 2007-2011 “Murder Victims by Weapon” report. The results are contradictory to anti-gun industry claims that relaxing the ban on assault weapons will cause more crime.
The report indicates you are more likely to be killed by hands or feet than by a rifle or shotgun.
Since 2007 there has been a 16.2% decline in murders committed with personal weapons which are defined as “hands, fists, feet etc.” The number of murders of this type in 2011 totaled 728.
While gun ownership has dramatically increased since 2007, murders for both the shotgun and rifle categories have seen declines faster than the rate of personal weapons related crime.
The rates of decline for the shotgun and rifle categories are 22.1% and 28.7% respectively. In 2011 there were 356 shotgun murders and 323 rifle murders for a total of 679 murders.
Total murders by hands and feet in 2011 exceed the total number of murders by shotgun and rifle. Does that mean gloves and shoes need regulation because they are concealing deadly weapons? No, but it does mean that there is no need for any further regulation of long arms.
Well when you take all the emotion out of it all the remains are facts, which the libtards have a tough time doing.
Awesome heroes!
As the the gentleman with the conceal weapon approached, he saw a man holding a gun, however, he did not know if this man was the shooter.... instead of recklessly firing his weapon he had the sense to notice the clip was disengaged from the pistol. He never drew his weapon but grab the man... he was able to ascertain he was not the shooter.
The story here is that an armed citizen did not make the situation worse, but used great judgement.
.375 magnum? OOOHHH, I want one!
Sneaking close to an Israeli settlement they spotted some young children kicking a ball in a school playground. The Hamas Islamonazi unshouldered his AK-72 and started shooting at the kids.
“Wait a minute!” Shouted the American, “What by the Prophet's beard are you doing?!?!”
“Whats your problem?” The Hamas Islamonazi answered in amazement,”They are Jewish pigs and dogs and Allah has given the faithful an unrestricted hunting license to send them all to Hell!”
The American Islamonazi thought on this a while but not for long for among the children were armed teachers who returned fire and made them flee like the yellow shaved ape bastards they were.
“Damn! Hardly had time to wing even one of them!” cursed the Hamas Islamonazi.
Back in the US at the conclusion of a CAIR meeting the American Islamonazi asked his friend if he would like to go hunting. Curious about what his comrade meant he said “Sure.”
They went down a city street when they came to a Chinese restaurant full of hungry Jews...on the entrance door was the usual “not allowed” sign with the image of a pistol in the center.
The American Islamonazis pulled out his AR-15 and started shooting when dozens of cops came out of nowhere and arrested him before he could murder more than twenty or so.
Outraged, the Islamonazi exclaimed, “What is this!?!? They are Jewish pigs and dogs and Allah has given the faithful an unrestricted license to send them all to Hell!!!
“That may all be well and good to you asshole!” said a police officer, “but this here is a baited field!”
Self ping
A link to a compilation of 15 incidents of armed citizens stopping mass killings, sometimes before they were started.
http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2012/12/mass-killings-stopped-by-armed-citizens.html
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Think of how many lives could have been saved if Eisenhower had just declared Normandy a Gun Free Zone in 1945?
You forgot to include the recent Oregan Mall incident - a 22yo male with CC heard shooting, put his wife/child into a safe position, advanced until he saw the shooter, aimed his weapon ... did not fire because he saw civilians behind the shooter ... the shooter saw him and his gun, retreated to a stairwell and killed himself.