you don't think it will get upset and shoot me do you??? they can be sooooo unpredictable when left to their own devices...
Posted on 12/27/2014 8:26:03 AM PST by rktman
After the mass shooting at the University of California at Santa Barbara, Mel Robbins, writing for CNN, argued that blame lay not with the National Rifle Association, but with “the shooter and the mental health services he did or didn’t get.”
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Yup. Folks who commit suicide are usually intent on killing themselves regardless of the method. I knew 4 personally who did themselves in and saw another one on cctv at work. One 1911, one 12 guage, one CO poising from closed garage car running, one OD and one jumper.
This is fascinating.
From the World Health Organization
The latest Murder Statistics for the world:
Murders per 100,000 citizens per year.
Honduras 91.6 (WOW!!)
El Salvador 69.2
Cote d'Ivoire 56.9
Jamaica 52.2
Venezuela 45.1
Belize 41.4
US Virgin Islands 39.2
Guatemala 38.5
Saint Kitts and Nevis 38.2
Zambia 38.0
Uganda 36.3
Malawi 36.0
Lesotho 35.2
Trinidad and Tobago 35.2
Colombia 33.4
South Africa 31.8
Congo 30.8
Central African Republic 29.3
Bahamas 27.4
Puerto Rico 26.2
Saint Lucia 25.2
Dominican Republic 25.0
Tanzania 24.5
Sudan 24.2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22.9
Ethiopia 22.5
Guinea 22.5
Dominica 22.1
Burundi 21.7
Democratic Republic of the Congo 21.7
Panama 21.6
Brazil 21.0
Equatorial Guinea 20.7
Guinea-Bissau 20.2
Kenya 20.1(yea Obama!)
Kyrgyzstan 20.1
Cameroon 19.7
Montserrat 19.7
Greenland 19.2
Angola 19.0
Guyana 18.6
Burkina Faso 18.0
Eritrea 17.8
Namibia 17.2
Rwanda 17.1
Mexico 16.9
Chad 15.8
Ghana 15.7
Ecuador 15.2
North Korea 15.2
Benin 15.1
Sierra Leone 14.9
Mauritania 14.7
Botswana 14.5
Zimbabwe 14.3
Gabon 13.8
Nicaragua 13.6
French Guiana 13.3
Papua New Guinea 13.0
Swaziland 12.9
Bermuda 12.3
Comoros 12.2
Nigeria 12.2 Cape Verde 11.6
Grenada 11.5
Paraguay 11.5
Barbados 11.3
Togo 10.9
Gambia 10.8
Peru 10.8
Myanmar 10.2
Russia 10.2
Liberia 10.1
Costa Rica 10.0
Nauru 9.8
Bolivia 8.9
Mozambique 8.8
Kazakhstan 8.8
Senegal 8.7
Turks and Caicos Islands 8.7
Mongolia 8.7
British Virgin Islands 8.6
Cayman Islands 8.4
Seychelles 8.3
Madagascar 8.1
Indonesia 8.1
Mali 8.0
Pakistan 7.8
Mol dova 7.5
Kiribati 7.3
Guadeloupe 7.0
Haiti 6.9
Timor-L'este 6.9
Anguilla 6.8
Antigua and Barbuda 6.8
Lithuania 6.6
Uruguay 5.9
Philippines 5.4
Ukraine 5.2
Estonia 5.2
Cuba 5.0
Belarus 4.9
Thailand 4.8
Suriname 4.6
Laos 4.6
Georgia 4.3
Martinique 4.2
And The United States @ 4.2 as well!
ALL 109 of the countries with more murders than America HAVE 100% gun bans.
It might be of interest to note that SWITZERLAND is not shown on this list, because it has almost NO murders!
But Switzerland's laws require that everyone must:
1. Own a gun.
2. Maintain Marksman qualifications regularly.
The message is clear.
GUN bans and restrictions
DO NOT work.
I guess that would mean the 30,000 automobile deaths are not a driver problem but the fault of the automobiles then, and automobiles should be outlawed, and only the police, military, and of course the elites should be allowed to have automobiles. You know, like in North Korea.
Better check on your Swiss laws for updates. Not nearly as firearm friendly as in years past.
Utopia!
Or only the “right” people would be “permitted” vehicles.
Did moonbat little Kimmy mention the medical mistakes by doctors than kill anywhere from 100,000 to 200,000 patients a year?
you don't think it will get upset and shoot me do you??? they can be sooooo unpredictable when left to their own devices...
IOW, “we haven’t come up with a way to blame Sarah Palin.”
I guess that would mean the 30,000 automobile deaths are not a driver problem but the fault of the automobiles then, and automobiles should be outlawed, and only the police, military, and of course the elites should be allowed to have automobiles. You know, like in North Korea.
In point of fact, under her theory, a person would rarely be responsible for causing death and mayhem, so might as well also outlaw kitchen knives, hammers, ladders, chainsaws, table saws, and all the rest.
You’re welcome.
Have you tried to buy a large amount of fertilizer lately?
Noop.
She CONVENIENTLY ignores the murder rates in Central America, which are MUCH HIGHER than than the US, as well as the murder rate in New York City (pre-delblasio, of course), which was MUCH LOWER than every other large city, dropped nearly an order of magnitude (despite no significant change in gun policy), and is (was) now safer than many states, and nearly got as low as London.
Heaven help us if the gun is inside an SUV!!
I wonder if I ever had a tryst with a gun-totin' liberal...I hope not!
Leni
Hey some people like to live dangerously ;)
When did the WP start accepting Op-eds from the insane asylum?
Oh, yeah.../s
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