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35. Guns deny people basic rights

Wed Jul 16, 2014, 09:57 AM

Jul 2014

The right to life is the first right. Guns deny that right to 10s of thousands of citizens every year.

In 2009, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 67% of all homicides in the U.S. were conducted using a firearm.[4] Two-thirds of all gun-related deaths in the U.S. are suicides. In 2010, there were 19,392 firearm-related suicides, and 11,078 firearm-related homicides in the U.S.[5] In 2010, 358 murders were reported involving a rifle while 6,009 were reported involving a handgun; another 1,939 were reported with an unspecified type of firearm.[6] High-profile assassinations such as those of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, and the Beltway sniper attacks involved the use of rifles, usually with telescopic sights, from concealed locations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States

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Gun deaths outnumbered motor-vehicle deaths in Oregon & 13 Other States-in 2011, study shows [View all] kpete Jul 2014 OP

Good news, looks like driving is getting more safe... pipoman Jul 2014 #1

Wait, that can't be right. SheilaT Jul 2014 #2

We don't need guns. Pure and simple? IronGate Jul 2014 #3

Oh, gosh. SheilaT Jul 2014 #4

Nice emotional rant. IronGate Jul 2014 #5

Post removed Post removed Jul 2014 #6

Eho- WEE! People been kicked outta DU for that. Eleanors38 Jul 2014 #44

Did you bother to look at the graphic? pipoman Jul 2014 #16

Did you? It actually shows roughly a 10% increase in gun deaths. ieoeja Jul 2014 #42

Did you notice when the small increase started? IronGate Jul 2014 #45

2004? You know, it's not like people reading this are fucking blind. n/t ieoeja Jul 2014 #49

It was in the middle of 2008 that it started to raise somewhat noticably, IronGate Jul 2014 #50

The bigger jump was in 2004. But since you must have your reality, I will pretend otherwise. ieoeja Jul 2014 #51

Correction: Gun deaths Are going down. nt Eleanors38 Jul 2014 #43

That's not what the graphic says, so a correction requires a link to back it up, doncha think? Gormy Cuss Jul 2014 #55

Probable slight uptick in suicides, so I stand corrected. Eleanors38 Jul 2014 #56

Thanks for clarifying. n/t Gormy Cuss Jul 2014 #59

Price we are forced to pay to keep yahoos in gunz. Hoyt Jul 2014 #7

Guns, legal weapons of terror used by terrorists to terrorize the peaceful PowerToThePeople Jul 2014 #8

Read and weep. IronGate Jul 2014 #9

You trolling me bro? PowerToThePeople Jul 2014 #10

Nope, IronGate Jul 2014 #11

No, you are trolling PowerToThePeople Jul 2014 #12

Alert away. IronGate Jul 2014 #13

Regardless PowerToThePeople Jul 2014 #14

Oh my, IronGate Jul 2014 #15

It's gonna be tough for you BainsBane Jul 2014 #17

I don't know where you get the idea it'll be tough for me, IronGate Jul 2014 #18

I guess if you're looking for excuses to feed paranoia about the guys in black helicopters BainsBane Jul 2014 #19

Paranoid? IronGate Jul 2014 #21

I'm not saying you are paranoid BainsBane Jul 2014 #23

I can agree with that, IronGate Jul 2014 #25

How so? BainsBane Jul 2014 #29

Those deaths are tragic, but, while not discounting these deaths, 2/3 are suicides, IronGate Jul 2014 #31

I see BainsBane Jul 2014 #33

Sorry to hear about your car. IronGate Jul 2014 #36

I'm working on it. BainsBane Jul 2014 #37

In the meantime, IronGate Jul 2014 #38

I'm for all of that BainsBane Jul 2014 #40

I'm sorry that you had to go through that, IronGate Jul 2014 #41

There are plenty on DU hack89 Jul 2014 #27

It is definite cause for weeping etherealtruth Jul 2014 #62

Oregon has a suicide problem hack89 Jul 2014 #24

I see nothing wrong with that PowerToThePeople Jul 2014 #26

Can we step back into reality now? hack89 Jul 2014 #28

An example from history PowerToThePeople Jul 2014 #30

There is a fundamental difference hack89 Jul 2014 #32

Guns deny people basic rights PowerToThePeople Jul 2014 #35

There are many things that kill many people in America hack89 Jul 2014 #39

First stop for Stono Rebels: Gun store. Eleanors38 Jul 2014 #47

Can a gun deny someone's right to life, or is it the person holding the gun that does it? hughee99 Jul 2014 #53

And yet there's this. IronGate Jul 2014 #34

Disturbing. lonestarnot Jul 2014 #20

Oregon has a very high suicide rate and a very low murder rate hack89 Jul 2014 #22

It's the lack of sunshine and all the bridges. dilby Jul 2014 #46

kpete, how is this related to children as per (hidden) TOS? Eleanors38 Jul 2014 #48

huh? kpete Jul 2014 #54

It's a gun post in GD. There is an official exception... Eleanors38 Jul 2014 #57

our gunz enthusiasts hates having this discussion out in the open. Warren Stupidity Jul 2014 #58

Would you support pro-2A OPs in GD? Eleanors38 Jul 2014 #60

Yet you'll never see gun safety checkpoints the way you see DUI checkpoints. Initech Jul 2014 #52

How would a "gun safety checkpoint" work? Eleanors38 Jul 2014 #61

Stop and frisk hack89 Jul 2014 #63