Halibut Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 That's an average figure per day in the USA, from a reputable source. By my reckoning that's 210 people a week murdered by firearms. Suicides by firearms run at 53 a day, 371 a week. Shocking though the tragic events in Boston undoubtedly are, these figures represent a massive and ongoing tragedy being played out across the states day by day and week by week. It's time for politicians with courage to stop running scared of the NRA and start to take real steps the tackle this epidemic of murder and suffering. Source - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/16/murders-shootings-and-gun-sales-per-day_n_2488664.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSmith Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 That's an average figure per day in the USA, from a reputable source. By my reckoning that's 210 people a week murdered by firearms. Suicides by firearms run at 53 a day, 371 a week. Shocking though the tragic events in Boston undoubtedly are, these figures represent a massive and ongoing tragedy being played out across the states day by day and week by week. It's time for politicians with courage to stop running scared of the NRA and start to take real steps the tackle this epidemic of murder and suffering. Source - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/16/murders-shootings-and-gun-sales-per-day_n_2488664.html And just to show how insignificant that number is, about 25,000 people die every day of hunger or hunger-related causes, according to the United Nations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted April 21, 2013 Author Share Posted April 21, 2013 And just to show how insignificant that number is, about 25,000 people die every day of hunger or hunger-related causes, according to the United Nations. Where....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I1L2T3 Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 And just to show how insignificant that number is, about 25,000 people die every day of hunger or hunger-related causes, according to the United Nations. If there were more it'd make you happy right? You want there to be less people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSmith Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 If there were more it'd make you happy right? You want there to be less people. It wouldn't make me happy; it would simply be an inevitable consequence of over population. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootsBooster Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 And just to show how insignificant that number is, about 25,000 people die every day of hunger or hunger-related causes, according to the United Nations. In the USA alone or the entire world? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted April 21, 2013 Author Share Posted April 21, 2013 It wouldn't make me happy; it would simply be an inevitable consequence of over population. You want to talk about overpopulation, start a thread. This is about gun control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wednesday1 Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 That's an average figure per day in the USA, from a reputable source. By my reckoning that's 210 people a week murdered by firearms. Suicides by firearms run at 53 a day, 371 a week. Shocking though the tragic events in Boston undoubtedly are, these figures represent a massive and ongoing tragedy being played out across the states day by day and week by week. It's time for politicians with courage to stop running scared of the NRA and start to take real steps the tackle this epidemic of murder and suffering. Source - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/16/murders-shootings-and-gun-sales-per-day_n_2488664.html I was thinking about this a while ago when I heard the moron Prince Harry talking about todays London Marathon, of course the Boston bombings were a terrible outrage but people need to get a sense of perspective in this gun-mad country and if they really are concerned about the loss of human life, and take measures to restrict gun ownership and stand up to the NRA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSmith Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 In the USA alone or the entire world? The world, but poverty in America takes the life of 45,000 people each year thats one every 12 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootsBooster Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 The world, but poverty in America takes the life of 45,000 people each year thats one every 12 minutes. Makes sense to spend less on guns and gun crime then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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