This Is A Reason We Need Gun Control

[brock]

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Edited December 15, 2012 by brock

[Curley]

Firstly let us take a quick look at gun statistics.

In 2011, in the USA, there were 9 gun deaths per 100,000 of population, of which 2.98 are designated as homicides.

In the UK there were 0.22 gun deaths per 100,000 of population, of which 0.03 are designated as homicides.

Edited December 15, 2012 by Curley

[Curley]

In the past 14 years there have been at least 15 incidents involving more than one person being killed by a crazed gunman.

· April 1999 – Two heavily armed teenagers go on a rampage at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, shooting 13 students and staff before taking their own lives.

· July 1999 – A gunman kills nine people at two brokerages in Atlanta, after apparently killing his wife and two children. He commits suicide five hours later.

· October 2002 – Two men kill at least 10 people in a string of sniper-style shootings that terrorize the Washington, D.C., area.

· November 21, 2004 – Six people are killed when a man shoots eight people while deer hunting in northern Wisconsin.

· March 12, 2005 – A man opens fire at a Living Church of God service at the Sheraton Hotel in Brookfield, Wisconsin, killing seven and wounding four. He then commits suicide.

· April 16, 2007 – A gunman kills 32 people and himself at Virginia Tech, a university in Blacksburg, Virginia.

· October 7, 2007 – A sheriff’s deputy kills six people and wounds one at his ex-girlfriend’s apartment, in Crandon, Wisconsin. He then kills himself.

· April 3, 2009 – A Vietnamese immigrant opens fire at an immigrant services center in Binghamton, New York, killing 13 people. He then kills himself.

· November 5, 2009 – A gunman opens fire at Fort Hood, a U.S. Army base in Texas, killing 13 people and wounding 32. An Army major is charged in connection with the rampage.

· January 8, 2011 – Then-U.S. Congresswomen Gabrielle Giffords is the target of an assassination attempt in Tucson, Arizona, in which six people are killed and 13, including Giffords, are wounded.

· April 2, 2012 – A gunman kills seven people and wounds three in a shooting at a Christian college in Oakland, California.

· July 20, 2012 – A masked gunman kills 12 people and wounds 58 when he opens fire on moviegoers at a showing of the Batman film “The Dark Knight Rises” in Aurora, a suburb of Denver. A 24-year-old former university student is charged in connection with the rampage.

· August 5, 2012 – A gunman kills six people during Sunday services at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, before he is shot dead by police.

· December 11, 2012 – A gunman opens fire inside an Oregon shopping mall, killing two people and wounding one. He then kills himself.

· December 14, 2012 – A heavily armed gunman kills at least 20 children and six adults at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, and a body is found elsewhere in the town. The gunman is also dead.

[Old55]

I respect the opinions you make Curley...... but will kindly ask please read the forum rules. This topic although timely and with merit falls within those guidelines.

Curley, as I understand the rules you can post gun opinions of any kind in;

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Edited December 15, 2012 by Old55