Guns Are Saving Lives

[Tank]

LiveLeak.com - The Armed Citizen: Fight Crime By Fighting Back

 

[Mr. H.]

I like those "Burma Shave" style signs along the interstates.

 

[jon_berzerk]

LiveLeak.com - The Armed Citizen: Fight Crime By Fighting Back

everyday guns saves lives

Machete Wielding Pharmacy Robber Foiled by Clerk With Glock 45

Update (September 16):
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR - Police have released the name and photo of a suspect they are looking for in a recent pharmacy robbery attempt by a man armed with a machete.

He is identified as Raymond Dewayne Loden, 26. Police say he's believed to be in Asheboro, North Carolina.

There is a warrant out for his arrest on an aggravated robbery charge.

Original story (September 5):
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR - Police are searching for a man who was armed with a machete when he tried to rob a pharmacy last week but was stopped when the owner pulled out a gun.

Update: NLR Police Name Suspect in Machete-Wielding Robbery Attempt - ArkansasMatters.com - Central Arkansas' Source for News, Weather, and Sports covering Little Rock, North Little Rock, Conway, Cabot, Searcy, Hot Springs, and the rest of Central Ar

 

[Old Rocks]

You guys are insane.

Guns in the Home and Risk of a Violent Death in the Home: Findings from a National Study


Data from a US mortality follow-back survey were analyzed to determine whether having a firearm in the home increases the risk of a violent death in the home and whether risk varies by storage practice, type of gun, or number of guns in the home. Those persons with guns in the home were at greater risk than those without guns in the home of dying from a homicide in the home (adjusted odds ratio = 1.9, 95% confidence interval: 1.1, 3.4). They were also at greater risk of dying from a firearm homicide, but risk varied by age and whether the person was living with others at the time of death. The risk of dying from a suicide in the home was greater for males in homes with guns than for males without guns in the home (adjusted odds ratio = 10.4, 95% confidence interval: 5.8, 18.9). Persons with guns in the home were also more likely to have died from suicide committed with a firearm than from one committed by using a different method (adjusted odds ratio = 31.1, 95% confidence interval: 19.5, 49.6). Results show that regardless of storage practice, type of gun, or number of firearms in the home, having a gun in the home was associated with an increased risk of firearm homicide and firearm suicide in the home.

 

[Old Rocks]

Guns in homes can increase risk of death and firearm-related violence

Having a gun at home not only increases the risk of harm to one's self and family, but also carries high costs to society, concludes an article in the February Southern Medical Journal, official journal of the Southern Medical Association. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, and pharmacy.

"Firearm-related violence vastly increases expenditures for health care, services for the disabled, insurance, and our criminal justice system," writes Dr. Steven Lippmann of University of Louisville School of Medicine, and colleagues. "The bills are paid by taxpayers and those who buy insurance."

Guns at Home Increase Dangers, Not Safety
Based on a review of the available scientific data, Dr. Lippmann and co-authors conclude that the dangers of having a gun at home far outweigh the safety benefits. Research shows that access to guns greatly increases the risk of death and firearm-related violence. A gun in the home is twelve times more likely to result in the death of a household member or visitor than an intruder.

 

[jon_berzerk]

Guns in homes can increase risk of death and firearm-related violence

Having a gun at home not only increases the risk of harm to one's self and family, but also carries high costs to society, concludes an article in the February Southern Medical Journal, official journal of the Southern Medical Association. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, and pharmacy.

"Firearm-related violence vastly increases expenditures for health care, services for the disabled, insurance, and our criminal justice system," writes Dr. Steven Lippmann of University of Louisville School of Medicine, and colleagues. "The bills are paid by taxpayers and those who buy insurance."

Guns at Home Increase Dangers, Not Safety
Based on a review of the available scientific data, Dr. Lippmann and co-authors conclude that the dangers of having a gun at home far outweigh the safety benefits. Research shows that access to guns greatly increases the risk of death and firearm-related violence. A gun in the home is twelve times more likely to result in the death of a household member or visitor than an intruder.

1993

more current

First Reports Evaluating the Effectiveness of Strategies for Preventing Violence: Firearms Laws

 

[Old Rocks]

First Reports Evaluating the Effectiveness of Strategies for Preventing Violence: Firearms Laws

An estimated 24.3% of the 1,430,693 violent crimes (murder, aggravated assault, rape, and robbery) committed in the United States in 1999 were committed with a firearm (2). In the early 1990s, rates of firearms-related homicide, suicide, and unintentional death in the United States exceeded those of 25 other high-income nations (i.e., 1992 gross national product US $8,356 per capita) for which data are available (3). In 1994, the estimated lifetime medical cost of all firearms injuries in the United States was $2.3 billion (4).

 

[Old Rocks]

First Reports Evaluating the Effectiveness of Strategies for Preventing Violence: Firearms Laws

Firearms laws were identified as high-priority interventions for violence prevention review in April 1997 by a group of consultants† representing diverse experience. The group generated a comprehensive list of strategies and created a priority list of interventions for review on the basis of 1) the potential to reduce violence in the U.S. population; 2) the potential benefits of expanding use of seemingly effective, but underutilized, interventions and reducing use of seemingly ineffective, but overutilized, interventions; 3) current interest in this intervention among potential audiences; and d) diversity of intervention types.

The interventions included in this review address several of the objectives outlined in Healthy People 2010 (13), the disease prevention and health promotion agenda for the United States. Many of the Healthy People 2010 objectives outlined in Chapter 15, "Injury and Violence Prevention," relate to firearms laws and their proposed effects on violence-related outcomes (Box).

To be included in the review of effectiveness, studies had to 1) be a primary evaluation of the selected intervention rather than, for example, a guideline or review; 2) provide information on at least one outcome of interest from the list of violent outcomes preselected by the systematic review development team; 3) be conducted in Established Market Economies§; and 4) compare outcomes in groups of persons exposed to the intervention with outcomes in groups of persons not exposed or less exposed to the intervention (whether the comparison was concurrent between groups or before-and-after within the same group).

 

[Black_Label]

Guns in homes can increase risk of death and firearm-related violence

Having a gun at home not only increases the risk of harm to one's self and family, but also carries high costs to society, concludes an article in the February Southern Medical Journal, official journal of the Southern Medical Association. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, and pharmacy.

"Firearm-related violence vastly increases expenditures for health care, services for the disabled, insurance, and our criminal justice system," writes Dr. Steven Lippmann of University of Louisville School of Medicine, and colleagues. "The bills are paid by taxpayers and those who buy insurance."

Guns at Home Increase Dangers, Not Safety
Based on a review of the available scientific data, Dr. Lippmann and co-authors conclude that the dangers of having a gun at home far outweigh the safety benefits. Research shows that access to guns greatly increases the risk of death and firearm-related violence. A gun in the home is twelve times more likely to result in the death of a household member or visitor than an intruder.

1993

more current

First Reports Evaluating the Effectiveness of Strategies for Preventing Violence: Firearms Laws

That's from 2002, this is from 3 days ago.

More guns = more crime

Gun Violence Study Links State Levels Of Gun Ownership And Homicide

 

[Old Rocks]

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-m...ook-posts/the-us-is-no-in-gun-violence-is-it/

One study published in 2011 confirms this finding. The study, published in the Journal of Trauma -- Injury Infection & Critical Care, found that firearm homicide rates were 19.5 times higher in the U.S. than in 23 other "high income" countries studied, using 2003 data. Rates for other types of gun deaths were also higher in the U.S., but by somewhat smaller margins: 5.8 times higher for firearm suicides (even though overall suicide rates were 30 percent lower in the U.S.) and 5.2 times higher for unintentional firearm deaths.

 

[jon_berzerk]

Guns in homes can increase risk of death and firearm-related violence

Having a gun at home not only increases the risk of harm to one's self and family, but also carries high costs to society, concludes an article in the February Southern Medical Journal, official journal of the Southern Medical Association. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, and pharmacy.

"Firearm-related violence vastly increases expenditures for health care, services for the disabled, insurance, and our criminal justice system," writes Dr. Steven Lippmann of University of Louisville School of Medicine, and colleagues. "The bills are paid by taxpayers and those who buy insurance."

Guns at Home Increase Dangers, Not Safety
Based on a review of the available scientific data, Dr. Lippmann and co-authors conclude that the dangers of having a gun at home far outweigh the safety benefits. Research shows that access to guns greatly increases the risk of death and firearm-related violence. A gun in the home is twelve times more likely to result in the death of a household member or visitor than an intruder.

1993

more current

First Reports Evaluating the Effectiveness of Strategies for Preventing Violence: Firearms Laws

That's from 2002, this is from 3 days ago.

More guns = more crime

Gun Violence Study Links State Levels Of Gun Ownership And Homicide

--LOL

really

The authors note that, though they can't prove a causal relationship between higher levels of gun ownership and homicide, "states with higher rates of gun ownership had disproportionately large numbers of deaths from firearm-related homicides."

yeah sure

 

[The Gadfly]

Guns in homes can increase risk of death and firearm-related violence

Having a gun at home not only increases the risk of harm to one's self and family, but also carries high costs to society, concludes an article in the February Southern Medical Journal, official journal of the Southern Medical Association. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, and pharmacy.

"Firearm-related violence vastly increases expenditures for health care, services for the disabled, insurance, and our criminal justice system," writes Dr. Steven Lippmann of University of Louisville School of Medicine, and colleagues. "The bills are paid by taxpayers and those who buy insurance."

Guns at Home Increase Dangers, Not Safety
Based on a review of the available scientific data, Dr. Lippmann and co-authors conclude that the dangers of having a gun at home far outweigh the safety benefits. Research shows that access to guns greatly increases the risk of death and firearm-related violence. A gun in the home is twelve times more likely to result in the death of a household member or visitor than an intruder.

All you're looking for, is an economic hook to hang your ideas of "people control" (because that's what you liberals REALLY want), from. My freedom is NOT FOR SALE! Yours shouldn't be, either. By your logic, you can justify a law regulating what each of us eats, or how much exercise we have to get, , or any other action/behavior that has any economic impact-"public purpose", however tenuous. That's a slippery slop you're on, pal; a slippery slope that can be used to justify government intervention, and ultimately control, of every aspect of life. Any freedom-loving American ought to be appalled, at the use you people want to make of government. Don't tell me where YOU'RE willing to stop; you start that, and someone else won't be willing to stop until he gets the regulation HE wants! John Stuart Mill described your mindset years ago; his description of the temperance movement in Britain applies to you as well. "Theirs is a position....which amounts to nothing more nor less than this: "Every other individual shall behave exactly as I think he ought, and the moment he shall deviate in the smallest particular therefrom, I have the right to full redress under the law."

 

[Tank]

I'd rather have a gun and not need it, then to need a gun and not have it.

 

[Pogo]

I like those "Burma Shave" style signs along the interstates.

I liked 'em too

Although I hates

To bicker, but those

were not interstates

Burma Shave

(/off

topic)

 

[birddog]

Guns in homes can increase risk of death and firearm-related violence

Having a gun at home not only increases the risk of harm to one's self and family, but also carries high costs to society, concludes an article in the February Southern Medical Journal, official journal of the Southern Medical Association. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, and pharmacy.

"Firearm-related violence vastly increases expenditures for health care, services for the disabled, insurance, and our criminal justice system," writes Dr. Steven Lippmann of University of Louisville School of Medicine, and colleagues. "The bills are paid by taxpayers and those who buy insurance."

Guns at Home Increase Dangers, Not Safety
Based on a review of the available scientific data, Dr. Lippmann and co-authors conclude that the dangers of having a gun at home far outweigh the safety benefits. Research shows that access to guns greatly increases the risk of death and firearm-related violence. A gun in the home is twelve times more likely to result in the death of a household member or visitor than an intruder.

I doubt the Dr or you belong to the NRA. If you did, you would know better. You numbers are just plain wrong! What they do not say is important. Guns, properly used, save lives!

 

[Pogo]

Guns in homes can increase risk of death and firearm-related violence

Having a gun at home not only increases the risk of harm to one's self and family, but also carries high costs to society, concludes an article in the February Southern Medical Journal, official journal of the Southern Medical Association. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, and pharmacy.

"Firearm-related violence vastly increases expenditures for health care, services for the disabled, insurance, and our criminal justice system," writes Dr. Steven Lippmann of University of Louisville School of Medicine, and colleagues. "The bills are paid by taxpayers and those who buy insurance."

Guns at Home Increase Dangers, Not Safety
Based on a review of the available scientific data, Dr. Lippmann and co-authors conclude that the dangers of having a gun at home far outweigh the safety benefits. Research shows that access to guns greatly increases the risk of death and firearm-related violence. A gun in the home is twelve times more likely to result in the death of a household member or visitor than an intruder.

I doubt the Dr or you belong to the NRA. If you did, you would know better. You numbers are just plain wrong! What they do not say is important. Guns, properly used, save lives!

Possibly, but it's undeniable that guns, properly used, also endanger and take lives.

The question is the balance of those two. And the values that underlie them. Our values, unfortunately (IMO) seem to be that we're obsessed with killing. Whether the killing is of the "us" or the "them" is irrelevant to this point: we're obsessed with death.

And that's kind of weird.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Guns in homes can increase risk of death and firearm-related violence

Having a gun at home not only increases the risk of harm to one's self and family, but also carries high costs to society, concludes an article in the February Southern Medical Journal, official journal of the Southern Medical Association. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, and pharmacy.

"Firearm-related violence vastly increases expenditures for health care, services for the disabled, insurance, and our criminal justice system," writes Dr. Steven Lippmann of University of Louisville School of Medicine, and colleagues. "The bills are paid by taxpayers and those who buy insurance."

Guns at Home Increase Dangers, Not Safety
Based on a review of the available scientific data, Dr. Lippmann and co-authors conclude that the dangers of having a gun at home far outweigh the safety benefits. Research shows that access to guns greatly increases the risk of death and firearm-related violence. A gun in the home is twelve times more likely to result in the death of a household member or visitor than an intruder.

1993

more current

First Reports Evaluating the Effectiveness of Strategies for Preventing Violence: Firearms Laws

That's from 2002, this is from 3 days ago.

More guns = more crime

Gun Violence Study Links State Levels Of Gun Ownership And Homicide

And, how come the armed guards are never able to stop these shooters?

In spite of that fact, nutters still want more guns in schools, churches, businesses - They won't stop until there is an armed guard in front of every single door in the country.

What an idiotic way to live.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Guns in homes can increase risk of death and firearm-related violence

Having a gun at home not only increases the risk of harm to one's self and family, but also carries high costs to society, concludes an article in the February Southern Medical Journal, official journal of the Southern Medical Association. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, and pharmacy.

"Firearm-related violence vastly increases expenditures for health care, services for the disabled, insurance, and our criminal justice system," writes Dr. Steven Lippmann of University of Louisville School of Medicine, and colleagues. "The bills are paid by taxpayers and those who buy insurance."

Guns at Home Increase Dangers, Not Safety
Based on a review of the available scientific data, Dr. Lippmann and co-authors conclude that the dangers of having a gun at home far outweigh the safety benefits. Research shows that access to guns greatly increases the risk of death and firearm-related violence. A gun in the home is twelve times more likely to result in the death of a household member or visitor than an intruder.

I doubt the Dr or you belong to the NRA. If you did, you would know better. You numbers are just plain wrong! What they do not say is important. Guns, properly used, save lives!

Possibly, but it's undeniable that guns, properly used, also endanger and take lives.

The question is the balance of those two. And the values that underlie them. Our values, unfortunately (IMO) seem to be that we're obsessed with killing. Whether the killing is of the "us" or the "them" is irrelevant to this point: we're obsessed with death.

And that's kind of weird.

Evidently, that is true.

I'm not in favor of banning guns but I'm certainly in favor of learning why certain people need or want guns.

The rw's ain't gonna like this but we should start with George Zimmerman. Will anyone be surprised if/when he finally loses it and starts mowing people down? Just like this shooter, he has a history of violence and shooting .........................

 

[Luddly Neddite]

I'd rather have a gun and not need it, then to need a gun and not have it.

Yeah, that's probably what the military and civilian armed guards said yesterday when they were able to stop the shooter.

Oh wait ...

 

[Vandalshandle]

Well, If you can't believe Livelink.com, which also contains a story about the D.C. gun rampage as being a false flag for gun control, who can you believe?