May 27, 2008 America's Shooting Gallery

[zanne]

CA: A 14-year-old girl is brain dead after she was accidentally shot in the head in what Los Angeles police are calling a gang-related incident. A 30-year-old man also was wounded. LAPD said a 16-year-old boy has been arrested and is accused of the shooting.
GA: An 11-year-old boy was shot and unintentionally killed while playing with a 13-year-old relative when the firearm discharged and hit him in the upper chest. Atlanta Police are investigating the incident.
FL: A 7-year-old daughter shot her mom, Sharda Brijmohan, 38, in the arm and the shoulder with a Glock 9mm pistol. Sharda has been upgraded to fair condition. The handgun belonged to the girl's father, Rabindranauth Brijmohan, who left it on the nightstand.
CA: Five family members were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide. In San Clemente, authorities today were expected to release the names. The dead, all found in a first-floor bedroom by a relative Sunday afternoon, were described as a couple in their late 40s or early 50s, an older woman and twin sisters in their 20s.
TN: An 11-year-old child was shot in the leg Saturday afternoon in Marietta and police are still searching for the suspect.
NY: Eight people were shot and wounded late Monday night in Harlem, the police said.
IL: Chicago police report that two people, one of them a 4-year-old child, have been shot and severely wounded on the city's South Side.
MD: A 16-year-old girl was shot in a drive by shooting in the 2200-block of Annapolis Rd in the Southern section of the city. The girl was was shot in the face and arm and was taken to Shock Trauma in serious condition.
NY: A 19-year-old man, Robert Adams, was shot to death Monday -- and two others were wounded -- in a shooting outside the Central Islip Recreation Center.
NC: Christen Abernathy, 17, was shot twice in the stomach early Monday while trying to protect his mother. Officials said Dennis Bostic got in a fight with his girlfriend and Abernathy stepped in to defend her. That's when police said Bostic shot Abernathy.

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Source: http://www.gunguys.com

[Indy Lurker]

1. Every life that is lost is a tragedy

Every life that is lost is a tragedy to those involved, whether it's buy a firearm, or car wreck.


The incidents listed above are presented without any stated purpose or frame of reference.


To add a frame of reference for discussion, I have listed some other causes of death and their average daily rate.






The US is a very large place with lots of people.

A list of 10 specific tragedies in a nation that has 5,500 deaths per day adds little to the debate.

By way of comparison, on the same day (on average), 35 people died of liver damage from alcohol abuse, and 54 people died as a result of accidental falls.

We as a society should adopt measures to reduce the risk of death by accident, disease, and all forms of homicide, not just gunshot.

The question is, what measures to adopt.

Some argue that restricting access to handguns will reduce homicides, but it has not been shown to work in US cities that have tried that approach, such as Chicago, or DC.


Some also argue that Chicago and DC law don't work well because nearby jurisdictions do not restrict access to handguns.

Whether this is true or not is up for debate, but until every state adopts Chicago type laws the point is moot.

Since states are free to craft their own laws, it is very unlikely that handgun restrictions like those found in Chicago will ever be passed in all the states.

Many places, like New Hamshire, or North or South Dakota, who enjoy low homicide rates (rates lower than Canada, the UK, Australia), who have a long tradition of gun rights will not be likely to change their laws to please Chicago or DC.


That just leaves federal laws, which is not even capable of getting enough votes to reauthorize the Assault Weapons ban, let along restrict a whole class of firearms, such as handguns.


Simply put, there is not adequate interest in expanding Chicago's and DC's unsuccessful laws to the national level.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

2. Let's ban leukemia.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

3. Thoughts and Prayers to the victims and the families of the lost.

I hope the criminals that committed almost all of these acts are punished to the full extent of the law.

David

[beevul]

4. They're back...

[old mark]

5. Thanks for this post to more anti gun lies by another anti gun liar

Remember-anti gun organizations are only in it for the money.
They lie, they lie, they lie.

mark