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In reply to the discussion: Multiple people stabbed on Amtrak train from Chicago to Port Huron [View all]NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)37. Googled it, found out you were right, now nothing but crickets. (Some data)
Yet manages to post several complaints about the lack of a link.
Weapons......................................2007.............2008.............2009.............2010.............2011
Total.........................................14,916.............14,224.............13,752.............13,164.............12,664
Total firearms:...........................10,129.............9,528.............9,199.............8,874.............8,583
Handguns....................................7,398.............6,800.............6,501.............6,115.............6,220
Rifles..........................................453................380................351................367................323
Shotguns.......................................457................442................423................366................356
Other guns....................................116................81................96................93................97
Firearms, type not stated.............1,705.............1,825.............1,828.............1,933.............1,587
Knives or cutting instruments...1,817.............1,888.............1,836.............1,732.............1,694
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Multiple people stabbed on Amtrak train from Chicago to Port Huron [View all]
LovingA2andMI
Dec 2014
OP
I travel on Amtrak in California. The lower level is for seniors and disabled people.
JDPriestly
Dec 2014
#12
Lots of babysitting grandmas on the lower leve. I can vouch for that. I talk to people a lot.
JDPriestly
Dec 2014
#16
So right about the ease of rail travel and the discomfort of cramped, stifling air travel.
JDPriestly
Dec 2014
#23
If the route is tortuous with nothing but concrete sound barriers for scenery
littlemissmartypants
Dec 2014
#4
I view such comments the same way I view comments like "gun humpers" or any penis reference
hack89
Dec 2014
#19
Bogus. Selective stats. #1 - There has been a huge decrease in gun death since 1993. HUGE.
JanMichael
Dec 2014
#40
I don't give a shit what you think. Got a problem with the numbers? Take it up with the FBI
NYC_SKP
Dec 2014
#41
Then we are at an agreement. I do not give a shit about what you think either.
JanMichael
Dec 2014
#42