[BITList] The Shootings in Colorado - NYTimes.com

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the simple fact is that Americans love their guns. gun ownership is inherent in the American way of life. I believe they would be prepared to have another civil war over the right to bear arms, which is part of the US bill of rights. that the rest of the world thinks is bloody stupid is of no interest to Americans.

The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights that protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms. It was adopted on December 15, 1791, along with the rest of the Bill of Rights.

In 2008 and 2010, the Supreme Court issued two Second Amendment decisions. In District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), the Court ruled that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess a firearm, unconnected to service in a militia[1][2] and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home. In dicta, the Court listed many longstanding prohibitions and restrictions on firearms possession as being consistent with the Second Amendment.[3] In McDonald v. Chicago, 561 U.S. 3025 (2010), the Court ruled that the Second Amendment limits state and local governments to the same extent that it limits the federal government.[4]



so from  the ‘rights’ point of view, folks being shot dead is irrelevant. 

crime stats show on average 46 people are killed every day – one every 30 minutes or so, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days per year – apparently nothing to get worried about..

Gun Violence in America
Firearms are the second leading cause of traumatic death related to a consumer product in the United States and are the second most frequent cause of death overall for Americans ages 15 to 24. Since 1960, more than a million Americans have died in firearm suicides, homicides, and unintentional injuries. In 2003 alone, 30,136 Americans died by gunfire: 16,907 in firearm suicides, 11,920 in firearm homicides, 730 in unintentional shootings, and 232 in firearm deaths of unknown intent, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Nearly three times that number are treated in emergency rooms each year for nonfatal firearm injuries. 

So to the average Joe getting shot is just part of the rich panoply of life in these United States – its as American as apple pie!

ct

From: John Feltham 
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 6:58 AM
To: BitList 
Subject: Re: [BITList] The Shootings in Colorado - NYTimes.com

Mike, 

On 21/07/2012, at 19:15 PM, M.j. Feltham wrote:


  See the last three paragraphs !

  Mike
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  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/21/opinion/the-shootings-in-colorado.html



I prefer to point to the 6th from the end para!


ooroo




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