- In the UK, the gun laws were reformed in 1997. By 2003, the gun homicide rate for men in England and Wales had dropped 33%, while the gun homicide rate for women had fallen by 48%.
- In Canada, where a series of gun law reforms have been introduced since 1991, there was a 46% drop in the recorded gun homicide rate by 2003. This effect was most pronounced for women – while the gun homicide rate for men fell by 37%, it decreased by 61% for women.
- In Brazil, a new gun law in 2003 restricted who could own guns and included a voluntary weapons collection drive. The following year, gun deaths dropped by 8%, which translated into more than 3,200 lives saved in one year.
- In Australia, an evaluation in October 2004 of the 1990s gun law reforms found that they had produced dramatic reductions in firearms related deaths.
http://www.iansa.org/
The 2002 edition of Injury Facts from the National Safety Council reports the following statistics [1] :
- In 1999, 3,385 kids ages 0-19 years were killed with a gun. This includes homicides, suicides, and unintentional injuries.
- This is equivalent to about 9 deaths per day, a figure commonly used by journalists.
- The 3,385 firearms-related deaths for age group 0-19 years breaks down to:
- 214 unintentional
- 1,078 suicides
- 1,990 homicides
- 83 for which the intent could not be determined
- 20 due to legal intervention
- Of the total firearms-related deaths:
- 73 were of children under five years old
- 416 were children 5-14 years old
- 2,896 were 15-19 years old
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d3UUy8-eI4
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- huge profits from the gun industry
- strong lobbies
- they fund electoral campaings with huge amounts of money
Basically there is too much money involved.
Guns can be at gun clubs and not leave the premises.
Im so tired of guns and the shootings. Peoples lives are way more important then having the ability to go buy a handgun to kill someone.
I'm not from the US. I have never been there.
I do believe lot of americans are fed up with arms and weapon businesses.
What can I say, I am deeply saddened by the loss of life.
More than 30,000 people die from gunshot wounds in the United States every year and there are more guns in private hands than in any other country. But a powerful gun lobby and support for gun ownership rights have largely thwarted attempts to tighten controls.
This tragic figure has emigrated from Sth-Korea, a region not so rich as in the US. His parents probably worked hard in the US. For some reason he developed without bonding with others. When one is used to hard work and sees others play around and being dishonest, there is something very irritating happening. Its just like my colleague who worked her ass off while her co-responsable colleague (for the project) was frisbeeing on the roof of the building. You get irritated. My colleague speaks of it still a year later, but for the rest no worries: she's a friendly and social being.
But lets face it. If you look at how some people in the world have to work and others can party, something is wrong. A person who has experienced this from nearby and cannot relate to the easygo-ers gets frustrated. No- I can hear you think - I do not justify his act! I just believe we need to start understanding what is wrong with the society that is breeding these disasters, find the causes and then change the society (even globally - I know, thats difficult overnight :-), but possible if masses want it to, and want wars and disasters to stop).
I read that the guy wrote about the fellow students as rich kids, profligate charlatans and deceivers. It's time to reflect whether it in some way is true. Are we rich profligate deceivers? (Or a large part of society). Or are we that if we compare to other parts of the world?
The stupid thing is: we are all co-responsable for this society that excludes and deceives some in their joy of living life, globally as well as locally. Because how rarely do we make contact with strangers and loners? Most of us even avoid the lonely - somewhat strange - one at work/in school/on the street?
And concerning our part in the global seperation of workers and enjoyers: how often do we buy something of which we (could) know it smells of exploitation in some other part in the world? Why do we do that? Do we really want to accept that our joy means deceiving others? Sorry, but it need not be like that.
We can have guns or not have them, but they need to be more strictly regulated.
See below - these are just some of the things said in his video that he posted between shootings.
You had a hundred billion chances and ways to have avoided today. But you decided to spill my blood. You forced me into a corner and gave me only one option. The decision was yours. Now you have blood on your hands that will never wash off.
Your Mercedes wasn't enough, you brats. Your golden necklaces weren't enough, you snobs. Your trust funds wasn't enough. Your vodka and cognac wasn't enough. All your debaucheries weren't enough. Those weren't enough to fulfill your hedonistic needs. You had everything.
You have vandalized my heart, raped my soul and torched my conscience. You thought it was one pathetic boy's life you were extinguishing. Thanks to you, I die like Jesus Christ, to inspire generations of the weak and the defenseless people.
I didn't have to do this. I could have left. I could have fled. But no, I will no longer run. It's not for me. For my children, for my brothers and sisters that you (expletive). I did it for them.
When the time came I did it. I had to.
Hey you know AdGuy always gets the last word! ;)