Some Scary Gun Facts

[okiepc]

I heard there's at least 300 million guns among the US population.

Give or take a few 100,000, who knows

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

Give or take a few 100,000, who knows

299,900,000 guns; 300,000,000 guns...either way, it's a lot!

 

[midnite rider]

299,900,000 guns; 300,000,000 guns...either way, it's a lot!

Some scary automobile facts according to Wilkepedia:
The United States is home to the largest passenger vehicle market of any country in the world. Overall, there were an estimated 254.4 million registered passenger vehicles in the United States according to a 2007 DOT study.
In 2011 there were 32,367 automobile deaths in th United States out of a population of 311,591,917 or 10.3876 deaths per 100,000 people. in 1969 it was as high as 26.418 per 100,000 people. Injuries would be substantially higher.

Some scary firearm facts according to Wilkepedia:
In 2009 there were 10.2 firearm related deaths per 100,000 people in the United States of which 3.7 per 100,000 were homicides, 6.1 per 100,000 were suicides, 0.2 per 100,000 were unintentional and 0.1 per 100,000 were undetermined.

These facts are related to automobiles and firearms but with the firearms someone has to arm and fire to kill.

 

[Ric]

299,900,000 guns; 300,000,000 guns...either way, it's a lot!

I guess you can't say were not a well armed Nation.
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[pugaltitude]

Im keeping out of this one!!! :laughing::biggrin::laughing:

 

[Ric]

If anyone's is interested in watching a video on Assault Weapons with Chuck Woolery it's a pretty good video.


Chuck Woolery on Assault weapons

 

[slumlord]

I had a young punk go all road rage on me for an undetermined reason. I quickly turned in to a parking lot to avoid the danger on the street. I also had a broken thumb at the time and absolutely no way to fight him off. He comes into the parking lot and spews filth at me and states he is gonna beat my -ss. I kept apologizing to him and kept saying thank goodness no one got hurt.
It got to the point where the apology stuff was going nowhere,and I simply stated that I would not fight him, [unknown to him, the conceal carry option was ready if needed.]
I finally told him through a thinly cracked window that if he intended to pull me from my truck that he needed to do it from the passenger side----so the bullets would not strike his wife and child.
I never had to show the weapon,but the confrontation was over right then right there. He screamed at me and said 'I am calling the cops.' "I am calling them too'',I said. No shots fired,but that gun had plenty of power just by being there.

 

[Ric]

Some of the main legislative proposals backed by Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are:

• requiring criminal background checks on all gun sales, including private sales
• banning "military-style" assault weapons
• limiting ammunition magazines to 10 rounds
• strengthening penalties for gun trafficking

Plus 23 other Executive Orders.

 

[slumlord]

Some of the other executive orders are concerning doctor-patient relationships and gun ownership. That is concerning to me because medical records are forever,and Lord knows how many people will view them.

A doctor asks your child ,"Does your daddy have guns at your house?" "How many?'' So he scribbles this stuff in the medical records, and other things such as should remain private. I am already concerned about privacy,and this new suggestion from the president could easily become mandatory if we transition to totally government funded insurance.

Which ever political party [or none] you support, it seems to me you have to think what the other party will do when they win the election and it is their turn to enforce the legislation that is passed today.

 

[Ric]

I believe nobama is an anti-American, Muslim loving piece of crap! If and when civil war breaks out I will take great pleasure in stalking and shooting liberals!! You piece of crap libs are giving our country away to Muslims and illegal Mexicans. You also think its okay for welfair people to pop out 15 kids and expect the working man to pay for it!

I think the problem is when you start talking about welfare and food stamp and those types of programs is that the government has gotten itself so deep into it that now they can't figure a way out without destroying half the country. The thing is I don't mind trying to help someone out but lets not take advantage.