THE SO-CALLED "AFTERMATH" OF YET ANOTHER DAILY MASSACRE FROM SOMEONE DISTRAUGHT WITH ABSOLUTELY NO SOCIAL SKILLS BUT WITH A LOADED GUN, IN JOBLESS AMERICA.http://web.mac.com/videopalitalia/iWeb/Site/Photos.html
NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD PEOPLE TO COME TO THE AID OF THEIR COUNTRY!
"NOT FROM THE OUTSTRETCHED HANDS OF MY DEAD BODY" EXHORTED THE NRA'S STAND AGAINST MEANINGFUL GUN CONTROL BY THE NOW-DEAD BODY OF CHARLTON HESTON: "IT NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME WHAT SOME PEOPLE WILL SAY OR DO FOR THE PURE SAKE OF MONEY."
THE PROLIFERATION OF SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIALS IN United States INNER CITIES IS STAGGERING...
AMERICANS ARE NOT EMOTIONALLY MATURE ENOUGH TO TAKE MORE THAN TWO DAYS OFF FROM WORK IN-A-ROW OR EVEN THINK ABOUT OWNING A KILLING DEVICE. OF COURSE, NOW IN THIS EUPHEMISTIC "ECONOMIC DOWNTURN," WE ARE ALL FIGHTING FOR OUR LIVES AND WATCHING OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN OTHER COUNTRIES DISSOLVE INTO ABJECT POVERTY, INCLUDING OUR SOMETIMES BELOVED WESTERN EUROPE. "WE ARE ALL GETTING ROYALLY- SCREWED BY MEGA-BANKS/INSURANCE COMPANIES AND OUR LAISSEZ-FAIRE SPINELESS GOVERNMENT (ON ALL LEVELS).
WE ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS AS WE COLLECTIVELY NEED TO RETRIEVE OUR LIVES AND OUR COMMUNITIES AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR SOULS, BACK FROM THE RAVAGES OF CORPORATE AMERICA AND A VERY CORRUPT FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONSTRUCT. THEY ARE LITERALLY DOING NOTHING TO PROTECT US. THEY HAVE STOLEN OUR TAX DOLLARS, WHICH WAS OUR TRUST FUND THAT WE NAIVELY ENTRUSTED TO THEM TO PROVIDE SAFETY NETS FOR US.
PLEASE EXCUSE MY METAPHOR, BUT THERE IS NO SILVER BULLET OR ONE CURE FOR ALL OR PANACEA FOR SOCIAL PROBLEMS: SOMEHOW, WE MUST ALL GET PERSONALLY INVOLVED WITH HEALING THIS PLANET. EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US IS SPECIAL AND HAS SOMETHING TO OFFER THIS CURE, NOT A FIX.
IT IS NOT TOO LATE,,,YET.
Wayne Dennis Kurtz.
Study finds 9-to-10 ratio of guns to people in U.S.
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GENEVA -- There are nine guns for every 10 people in the United States, with about 270 million firearms in circulation, according to a report released Tuesday.
Worldwide, civilians now have access to 650 million small arms -- from handguns to semiautomatic rifles -- an arsenal that far outstrips what is held by police and militaries, according to the annual Small Arms Survey. It estimates that civilians account for about three-fourths of the 875 million such weapons in circulation.
"Civilian holdings of weapons worldwide are much larger than we previously believed," the director of the Geneva-based group, Keith Krause, told reporters.
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But it is the United States that has the heaviest concentration of firearms.
Of the 8 million new firearms manufactured annually around the world, roughly 4.5 million are bought in the United States.
Others with high per capita ownership include Yemen, with 61 small arms per 100 people; Finland with 56; Switzerland with 46 and Iraq with 39.
Much lower on the scale are Brazil, with nine guns per 100 people, England and Wales with six, India with four, China with three and Nigeria with one.
The report notes that only about 12 percent of all weapons worldwide are registered with authorities, making it difficult to collect exact data on gun possession. Five years ago the group estimated a total of 640 million small arms worldwide.
"There's a large number of states in the middle, mostly northern industrial states in Western Europe and North America," said Krause, citing France, with 32 per 100 people; Canada and Sweden, with 31 each, and Germany, with 30.
The figures dispel the idea that gun ownership and high levels of violence necessarily go hand in hand, he said.
"There's no clear relationship between more guns and higher levels of violence," Krause said, pointing to low ownership and high crime rates in Latin America.
He said studies had shown that gun violence often occurred in places undergoing rapid urban growth, and when lawless areas are created by extreme poverty and the absence of effective policing.
The problem is worsened when members of government or police forces sell ammunition on the black market, Krause said.
In Rio de Janeiro, "a combination of factors suggest that state security forces -- most notably the police -- are the source of much of the assault rifle ammunition in the hands of criminal gangs," the report said.
Thousands of arms supplied to Iraq by the United States are believed to have been acquired by insurgents through rogue elements in the Iraqi security forces.
Sudan, meanwhile, has purchased more than 25 million firearms in recent years -- mostly from China and Iran -- despite well- documented human rights violations committed by government-backed militias.
Krause said wealthy countries with lower crime rates, such as those in the 27-nation European Union, are dealing with an increased flow of small arms across borders where controls have been loosened.
Recent shootings in Britain -- where ownership is severely restricted and the gun crime rate is low -- highlight the need for greater police cooperation in Europe, he said.
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Two police officers slain in Pittsburgh, reports say
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NEW: At least two officers slain, affiliates report; three wounded
Officers were responding to a domestic call, Allegheny County police said
Gunman is apparently in a house keeping law enforcement at bay
WTAE-TV reports that as many as 80 shots have been fired
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(CNN) -- At least two Pittsburgh police officers were killed Saturday and two wounded after they responded to a call about a domestic dispute, two CNN affiliates reported, quoting police sources.
Police officers respond after a shooting Saturday in Pittsburgh.
WTAE-TV and WPXI-TV both reported the deaths.
Shots came from inside a home in the Stanton Heights neighborhood of the western Pennsylvania city. No one could reach the officers who were shot, and they remained in the line of fire, police spokeswoman Diane Richards said earlier at a news conference.
The incident began about 7 a.m., Richards said. An hour later, there was a volley of 70 to 80 shots, and an hour after that there were about a dozen more. iReport.com: Are you there? Share your story
Richards, who said there also was a second person in the home, said police didn't know what prompted the standoff. Officers had been negotiating with the shooter.
Police couldn't say whether the officers struck were from the city, the county or other departments.
City, county and state police officers -- some clad in riot gear -- were among those at the scene, and a chopper hovered overhead. E-mail to a friend | Mixx it | Share
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Charlatan Heston must be flipping over in his grave right now, shooting six guns with both of his dead hands, blasting away the black crows off from his casket...
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