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Not to politicize a tragedy but there are some faslehoods.

Jun 18, 2015, 9:48 PM

According to a 2013 Pew Research study, 37 percent of households had an adult who owned a gun — 24 percent said they owned a gun, and 13 percent said someone else in their household did.

There are about 319 million people in the United States, so that means there are about 118 million gun owners in this nation. Mother Jones reports there have been 69 mass shootings in the last 30 years. The Washington Post says, a Congressional Research Service report published in 2013 counted 78 incidents over roughly the same period, in which 547 were killed.

That means, out of 118 million gun owners, 78 or .00007 percent of the gun owning population are potential mass murderers (using a 30-year total).

Since Mother Jones published its analysis, five people were killed in a shooting spree in Las Vegas that authorities said was driven by anti-government views. In February, a man named Joseph Jesse Aldridge killed seven people in Texas County, Mo., including several of his relatives, before taking his own life. His motivations remain unclear. So that makes 560 people killed.

Now we can add Dylann Roof to the list. It is awful and tragic. He appears to be a sick human being who should never have been given a gun.

Of course, now the gun control activists are out in force. Any white person who legally owns a gun must be a racist white supremacist nut bag.

It is a sad truth that there are likely more mentally ill individuals in our nation who will one day get their hands on guns, legally or illegally, and take the lives of some innocent souls.

But some perspective is needed.

Let’s take that figure for the number of people killed in the last 30 years during a mass shooting of 560 and add another nine to it. That makes 569.

Now compare that number to 10,076. According to MADD, that’s the number of people killed during drunk driving crashes in 2013 alone. In fact, every day in America, another 28 people die in drunk driving crashes. Every. Single. Day.

Using the liberal logic of banning guns because of tragic (and thankfully, comparatively rare) mass shootings undertaken by crazy white folks (and some not so white), should we not then ban cars?

Cars clearly cause many more fatalities in terms of numbers each day than whack nuts with a gun.

Heck, we should ban bathtubs too. Because 341 people die from drowning and submersion while in or falling into bathtubs. And floors. We need to ban floors too, because 565 people die each year from slipping, tripping or falling.

I don’t mean to be flippant, or to trivialize this terrible tragedy. But as the stories fly around in the next few days regarding this event, you can be darn tootin’ liberals will begin pushing their agendas.

It’s useful to have some facts at your fingertips to provide some perspective – because you’ll never get that from the mainstream media.

Note: this article was written by Michele Hickford

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You're correct in your assessment of 22 per day on average. The sad part is that it has nothing to do with guns at all. It has everything to do with transitioning. As a combat veteran, I have to say that it has little to do with my combat experiences. I survived suicidal impulses that I battled with on a daily basis for two years. These weren't thoughts mind you, but rather impulses that were so strong that it would drain every ounce of your energy to fight them. It was weird because you would be in a good mood and suddenly you would have a premonition of jumping off of a roof top, or running out into traffic. It would literally take all of your energy not to do it. I cannot explain it to a total degree, but I can say this much. I fought it and I won.

Some "experts", and I use that term loosely because they've never served in combat would argue that many commit suicide due to guilt or PTSD.... That is bogus info because it has nothing to do with it. Here are some factors that I feel like cause it.

1. We return home to an estranged family that has been separated from our lives for several years. They expect the same person to be returning home, but our experiences in combat have changed our persona to such a degree that we are literally a different person. Our family no longer knows who we are. It just feels weird and awkward.

2. Trying to figure out the next step in life isn't always so easy. We attempt to attend a college, but quickly find out that we do not belong or fit in with most of the students there because they have a different mindset.

3. Most of our friends have taken different paths in life and no longer remain connected to us.

4. Finding an income source is a task in and of itself. Most places that are quick to hire vets are also quick to pay you $9.00 an hour and act like its a ton of money. That's adds up to about 50% less than what I was getting paid as an E5 in the Marine Corps. To add more woes to the troubles, I now have rent, car note, and groceries among other expenses to deal with.

5. Most of us have a family of our own when we exit the service. Due to financial stresses and mental health disorders from trying to transition our spouses usually divorce us. This leaves us with legal expenses now, possible alimony and child support, and maybe a loss of material possessions.

With all of that loneliness and loss, what else is there to really live for? We have bare bones nothing. In fact, we now have less than nothing. So some of us just punch our time card and call it quits. Heck, I cannot blame some of my brothers for doing it. The hardest part is feeling betrayed by our own government. We literally fight for another 2 nation's civil liberties while ours are being auctioned off by congress at wholesale prices. We feel betrayed.

Up to this very day, I still have no clue how I survived it all. I just wake up each day and realize that nobody really wins at the game of life. So, I've decided to play the game until the buzzer sounds.

Not to politicize a tragedy but there are some faslehoods.

Oh thank goodness.

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By the way Spooneye.

It seems that spooneye

Found this video of you, bengaline.

The worst realization about all of this tragic mess?

Since I don't have/don't even kow any children

Re: Since I don't have/don't even kow any children

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Except you politicized the tragedy anyway.***

I'm still waiting for his source from the last post he made

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Gun control has little to do with gun control and a whole

Re: Gun control has little to do with gun control and a whole

Same with hand grenade control and nuclear sub control.***

Re: Same with hand grenade control and nuclear sub control.***

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Same with murder bro

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Re: Same with hand grenade control and nuclear sub control.***

And another 22 'who served' commit suicide "every day"...

Something like 2/3 of shooting victims are suicides.

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Thanks... +1. The point I was trying to make is these types

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