Monday, March 4, 2013

Most N.C. gun deaths are from handguns, not ‘assault’ weapons

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In the wake of gun massacres in Colorado and Connecticut, President Barack Obama has urged Congress to pass a series of gun control laws that include background checks for all gun sales and a ban on the assault-style weapons used in the shootings.

But those measures in particular may have little effect on day-to-day gun crime in North Carolina, which overwhelmingly involves handguns, many sold and traded beyond even the beefed-up system of background checks envisioned in Washington.

For the decade ending in 2011, handguns accounted for more than 81 percent of all firearm homicides in North Carolina in which the type of weapon was known, according to the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.

Rifles, which include the assault weapons that have dominated the political debate, accounted for about 7.2 percent during the same period, the agency reported. Shotguns accounted for more deaths than rifles.


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4 comments:

  1. The A-salt rifle ban has always been about them (Govt) not being scared of pistols, but fearing any rifle (But they have to start somewhere) in the hands of those who know hpw to use them.

    Think about it, your (armored up or not) at 100-300 meters are you REALLY worried about a hand gun user making good hit? NO, most people couldn't reliably hit you.

    However if the sheeple have one of them A-salt rifles and your at 100-300 meters, you gotta problem.

    Just wait, if they manage to get the evil A-salt rifles then they will want hunting rifles, which they will call sniper rifles instead of hunting rifles.

    Why? well because most of the folks who have hunting, soon to be sniper rifles, usually can work out to 300-600 meters easily and out 1000 meters with some practice.

    This scares the sh!t out of the ones who want to confiscate them. Why? because it is easier to rain rifle fire in on people with handguns only. They have to start somewhere and A-salt weapons are the first step.

    I know its assault, I'm being facetious.

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    1. On the money, Sir and all rifles, period as even 1898 Mausers and so forth can definitely do the job.

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  2. Took the words right out of my mouth.

    Of course, none of us are smart enough to figure the assholes out... ;)

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    1. Of course, none of us are smart enough to figure the assholes out... ;)

      No way.........:)

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