According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) whose data comes direct from hospitals, there are 88 people killed by firearms each day, 603 during a week, and 2,612 monthly. The Nasty Jack report, with sources exclusively from the media, will obviously reflect smaller numbers than the CDC, but with dates and locations
Sept. 2012 came in lower than August in all categories, most significant was the drop in the number of shootings; a total of 113. Deaths by firearms were only 7 less but the wounded were down 106. Even with decreases, monthly deaths were still 70, and 159 were wounded in 229 shootings. TOO MUCH! Notably, the two largest cities in the country in states with some of the most stringent gun control laws, New York and Los Angeles
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| Gun control in the crosshairs |
Yet, not a mention about gun control by the President or Republican contender Mitt Romney in last week’s debate. Nor was there a question raised on that issue by seasoned debate host, Jim Lehrer. I would be remiss if I didn’t bring up the NRA’s mythical hold on this country—mythical because the public has been showered with lies against sensible gun control convincing naïve Americans gun rights have an absolute protection from the Constitution, which is not true.
Therefore, we had no dialogue over one of the most important dilemmas this country has ever had, which is the death of innocent Americans from firearms that are available to anyone to take anywhere. Here are the numbers for September:
DATE
|
CITY/STATE
|
DEAD
|
WOUNDED
|
SHOOTINGS
|
9/1/2012
|
2
|
15
|
17
| |
9/1/2012
|
0
|
4
|
4
| |
9/1/2012
|
1
|
0
|
1
| |
9/2/2012
|
1
|
0
|
1
| |
9/3/2012
|
1
|
6
|
7
| |
9/3/2012
|
0
|
2
|
2
| |
9/3/2012
|
West
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
9/4/2012
|
2
|
0
|
2
| |
9/4/2012
|
0
|
1
|
1
| |
9/4/2012
|
1
|
1
|
2
| |
9/5/2012
|
1
|
4
|
5
| |
9/5/2012
|
1
|
0
|
1
| |
9/5/2012
|
1
|
0
|
1
| |
9/7/2012
|
1
|
1
|
2
| |
9/7-9/8/12
|
2
|
9
|
11
| |
9/8/2012
|
4
|
1
|
5
| |
9/8/2012
|
0
|
5
|
5
| |
9/9/2012
|
0
|
2
|
2
| |
9/11/2012
|
1
|
0
|
1
| |
9/11/2012
|
0
|
2
|
2
| |
9/11/2012
|
0
|
2
|
2
| |
9/12/2012
|
1
|
4
|
5
| |
9/12/2012
|
1
|
0
|
1
| |
9/13/2012
|
0
|
2
|
2
| |
9/14/2012
|
2
|
8
|
10
| |
9/14/2012
|
1
|
1
|
2
| |
9/14/2012
|
1
|
1
|
2
| |
9/14/2012
|
1
|
1
|
2
| |
9/14/2012
|
0
|
1
|
1
| |
9/14-9/16/12
|
6
|
23
|
29
| |
9/15/2012
|
0
|
1
|
1
| |
9/15/2012
|
0
|
3
|
3
| |
9/15/2012
|
0
|
2
|
2
| |
9/16/2012
|
0
|
1
|
1
| |
9/16/2012
|
0
|
1
|
1
| |
9/16/2012
|
1
|
2
|
3
| |
9/16/2012
|
0
|
1
|
1
| |
9/17/2012
|
1
|
1
|
2
| |
9/19/2012
|
1
|
0
|
1
| |
9/20/2012
|
1
|
0
|
1
| |
9/20/2012
|
0
|
2
|
2
| |
9/21/2012
|
1
|
0
|
1
| |
9/21/2012
|
1
|
0
|
1
| |
9/21/2012
|
1
|
1
|
2
| |
9/21-9/23/12
|
0
|
7
|
7
| |
9/21-9/23-12
|
3
|
2
|
5
| |
9/23/2012
|
0
|
1
|
1
| |
9/23/2012
|
1
|
0
|
1
| |
9/23/2012
|
0
|
1
|
1
| |
9/23/2012
|
0
|
2
|
2
| |
9/23/2012
|
0
|
3
|
3
| |
9/25/2012
|
0
|
3
|
3
| |
9/26/2012
|
2
|
2
|
4
| |
9/26/2012
|
0
|
1
|
1
| |
9/26/2012
|
1
|
0
|
1
| |
9/26/2012
|
1
|
0
|
1
| |
9/26/2012
|
1
|
0
|
1
| |
9/27/2012
|
1
|
0
|
1
| |
9/27/2012
|
5
|
4
|
9
| |
9/27/2012
|
1
|
0
|
1
| |
9/28-9/30/12
|
2
|
2
|
4
| |
9/28/2012
|
2
|
6
|
8
| |
9/28/2012
|
1
|
0
|
1
| |
9/29/2012
|
0
|
4
|
4
| |
9/30/2012
|
1
|
2
|
3
| |
9/30/2012
|
2
|
0
|
2
| |
9/30/2012
|
1
|
0
|
1
| |
9/30/2012
|
1
|
7
|
8
| |
9/30/2012
|
2
|
1
|
3
| |
70
|
159
|
229
|
Gun rights have an absolute protection from the constitution. Even if the founding fathers had somehow forseen automatic weapons in the future they still would have wanted citizens to have access to them so long as the government had acceess to them. The right to own a firearm is the last defense against tyrrany. Yes it is true that a majority of americans would like sensible gun control, but that majority does not support the banning of assault weapons or other draconian laws. You value you your safety over your liberty, which is totally understandable. What is unacceptable is you trying to take freedoms away from others because they may infringe on your sense of security. I have yet to see a post that decries the actions of Homeland Security or abuses at the hands of law enforcement. You were silent about the Narcis Benoit incident. No mention was made about how 9police officers shot an unarmed man in his car until their guns were empty. 90 fucking bullets! How about gun control for these cops?
ReplyDeleteWRONG! Gun rights do not have "absolute" protection from the Constitution, as many constitutional law professors have ruled recently. And you are to be commended for the mystical insight you have that the Founding Fathers would approve of automatic weapons had they known. This is pure bullshit and even some NRA members agree. This whole "defense against tyranny" crap is a complete lunacy born out of gun nuts who need excuses to buy more guns. Radicals who love their weapons more than human life.
DeleteAnd if you haven't read items on law enforcement violence against citizens, you must be living on another planet.
Jack E. Dunning
Nasty Jack Blog