This is a discussion on Crazy weekend for shootings. within the In the News: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly forums, part of the The Back Porch category; I've seen more shooting rampages reported this weekend than I think I'd normally see in a year. Several of these are in my own metroplex. ...
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I've seen more shooting rampages reported this weekend than I think I'd normally see in a year. Several of these are in my own metroplex. Lets see if I can count them all:
- Norway
- 4 Shot in Lancaster, TX
- 5 killed in Roller Rink in Grand Prairie, TX
- 1 Man shot in Mansfield, TX
- 1 dead, 8 wounded in Stockton, CA
- 7 wounded in Casino near Seattle
- 12 injured in Seattle Car Show
I bet I've probably missed something. And people have the nerve to ask me why I need to carry a gun for my protection.
"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." -Plato
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That is why I always carry, period. Where it's legal of course.
3 Killed at biker rally near Flagstaff, AZ
I sincerley hope that it does not become the norm.
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Yup. 4 year old killed fishing with his dad. Drunk neighbor tried to shoot the light out at the end of the pier. That makes three children in three weeks in Indiana. All accidental shootings.
Every one of the above incidents is fuel on the fire for the anti's. How do you control nut jobs and stupidity? Seriously. Add the Norway madness and with Mr. O at the head, we are in for some rough times. Just when we were getting a sane message across to America.
"The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left." Eccl. 10:2
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I'll bet it gets worse before it gets better...
As the world grows more deadly each week, I do not sense that these kinds of incidents are going to decrease.
A very sad commentary on the 'state of our nation'.
Stay safe...stay alert...stay armed!
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Yet violent crime has been on a steady decline for years in this country.
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Blame it on the weather and August hasn't even arrived.
Its a shame that youth is wasted on the young.
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The question here is: are there more violent crimes, or do they get more media coverage?
I have family down in the Phoenix area, and they have the daily shooting segment in the local news. Well, they might as well have it because a day without a shooting seems to be rare. The six days I spent there over last Christmas were no exceptions to that rule either.
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That's a tough one. Statistics seem to show that there are more than 20 years ago, but I'm betting that expanded news coverage & the newsie's need for ratings might be bringing this stuff to the forefront.Originally Posted by SFury
"Historical examination of the right to bear arms, from English antecedents to the drafting of the Second Amendment, bears proof that the right to bear arms has consistently been, and should still be, construed as an individual right." -- U.S. District Judge Sam Cummings, Re: U.S. vs Emerson (1999)
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Police think that the Mormon Lake shootings may have been a murder-suicide. Just a terrible weekend. What is it about the heat that makes people lose their minds?
"...whoever has no sword is to sell his coat and buy one." (Luke 22:36)
Christianity and Self Defense from a Biblical Perspective
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I don't know about the rest of the world but they are saying in Houston the homicide rate is on track to be the lowest since the early 1960's.
Infowars- Proving David Hannum right on a daily basis
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Yeah, somehow the near daily shootings in Charlotte, NC have caused a decrease in the violent crime rate. Where's the scratching my head smilie? I hear it said, I read the news reports, but I'm just not feeling it. Maybe it's the 24/7 news. Dunno.
I prefer to live dangerously free than safely caged!
"Our houses are protected by the good Lord and a gun. And you might meet 'em both if you show up here not welcome son." Josh Thompson "Way Out Here"
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It is the same way in other parts of North Carolina. They tell me that the UCR says violence is down. I haven't seen it lately. Of course the begining of the year was pretty slow.
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Now this could be because people just aren't reporting it , but;
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