Scout wrote on 24/01/2016 00:42:
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> "StEWU⛄⫸Mighty ⸎ Wannabe⫷⛄IdfiL" <Kg...@rIwxS.com> wrote in
> message news:KMWoy.675366$5%6.44...@fx21.fr7...
>> Dave Smith wrote on 23/01/2016 20:35:
>>> On 2016-01-23 8:07 PM, Byker wrote:
>>>> "Gy" wrote in message
>>>> news:8c3ce020-d6fe-4c75...@googlegroups.com...
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>>>>> Canadians should turn in their guns
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>>>> Now watch shotguns be added to list of "restricted" firearms (handguns,
>>>> semi-automatic rifles, etc.)...
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>>> Since the shooter is 17 he will be out of jail before you can blink, and
>>> his juvenile record will be cleared Heaven forbid they apply any of the
>>> existing laws against him. Instead of dealing with the violent
>>> criminal they will more likely enact more laws to hassle law abiding
>>> citizens.
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>> Most mass shooters were law abiding citizens and unknown to police until
>> they started shooting.
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>> If 99% of gun owners are law abiding, that means 1% are not.
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>> If 1 out every 100 TV can catch fire and burn down your home, will
>> you still still say that brand of TV is safe?
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> More like 99.99999%.
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> or less than one in 100,000
Do you even know how to use a calculator? You've got such simple math
wrong. You apparently are not competent enough to comment on anything.
I will give you the correct answer if you cannot figure out your mistake.
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> Is that safe enough?
No.
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> Particularly considering some were indeed known by police.
"Some" is the exception. Most of the shooters were unknown to police,
and most of the guns were legally purchased by the shooter or someone else.
Educate yourself here. I only have time to go through the beginning part
of the list. Most of the guns used were either legally owned by the
shooter or taken from a legal owner:
MASS SHOOTINGS SINCE JANUARY 20, 2009
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/files/2013/02/mass_shootings_2009-13_-_jan_29_12pm1.pdf>
Albuquerque, NM, 1/19/13
Gun acquired: The guns had been legally purchased by his parents.
Newtown, CT (Sandy Hook Elementary School), 12/14/12
Gun acquired: The guns were legally registered to Lanz
a’s mother, who he shot and
killed earlier in the day and with whom he lived.
Minneapolis, MN, 9/27/12
Gun acquired: Engeldinger purchased the gun used in the shooting one
year before at KGS Guns and Ammo in Minneapolis after passing a
background check and obtaining a permit to purchase. Around the same
time, Engeldinger purchased another, similar handgun that police
recovered when searching his home.
Oak Creek, WI, 8/5/12
Gun acquired: Page acquired the gun at a local gun shop a week before
the shooting.
Aurora, Co, 7/20/12
Gun acquired: Holmes acquired the guns at local gun shops.
Newton Falls, OH, 7/6/12
Gun acquired: Unknown
Seattle, WA, 5/20/12
Gun acquired: Stawicki legally purchased the weapon used in the shooting
in addition to
two others.
Oakland, CA (Oikos University), 4/2/12
Gun acquired: The gun was purchased legally in California two months
before the
shooting.
Chardon, OH (Chardon High School), 2/27/12
Gun acquired: Reportedly stolen from his uncle, who legally purchased it.
Norcross, GA, 2/22/12
Gun acquired: Police reported that he acquired the gun legally.
Seal Beach, CA, 10/12/11
Gun acquired: All three guns were purchased legally and registered in
accordance with
California law.
Carson City, NV (IHOP Shooting), 9/6/2011
Gun acquired: Five years earlier, the gun had been sold by a private
party in California
to an unknown buyer.
......... Read the rest for yourself.