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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 12:48 AM Original message |
Firearms Accidents Even Rarer Than Hen’s Teeth |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. but but but |
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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. I am pro-gun, but they are meant to kill. What else Target shooting? |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 01:05 AM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Mine are for preserving human life. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #16 |
31. Target shooting is a valid purpose for a firearm ... |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. And to think that two stories got posted within |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 04:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. And you've found the key to the difference between |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 09:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. Of course you are going to hear about them here. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. They Stopped Collecting Data in 1998? |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 01:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. It looks like the CDC changed their coding methods in 1998, so there's a break in the data |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
4. And why do you think data is no longer available? |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 01:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. CDC firearms-related data is still available, and CDC is not prohibited from |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 09:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Oh really. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 09:50 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Yes, really. It's despicable when politicians play funding games, |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 09:54 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. The reality is that funding for firearms-related accidents has been cut by 75% |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. The reality is that CDC continues to do what it's supposed to do, and anti-rights organizations |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. What is it you don't get about funding being slashed by 75%? |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 11:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. The data is still collected and still available. You just don't' like it. |
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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. +1 |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 12:18 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I've seen the article; it's not the first time it's been posted |
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DonP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. You'll have to ask Nancy Pelosi about that |
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one-eyed fat man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:52 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. what are you smoking??? |
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discntnt_irny_srcsm (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
44. funding for firearms-related accidents |
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lawodevolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Just like how the Brady campaign and VPC are coaching the mentally insane to shoot up playgrounds |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 09:20 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Or it might NOT have anything to do with that at all. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
7. yes, most people are murdered with firearms on purpose |
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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 02:29 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Do you really think that if we somehow magically got rid of all guns... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
9. How many teeth do hens have? n/t |
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frebrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 03:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Actually, I believe each chick has..... |
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lawodevolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
12. It's an evil NRA plot to take funding and potential members away from the Brady campaign by |
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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. There are maybe 100 a year. 5 times more drown. |
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russ1943 (405 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
27. The graphs speak irrelevant outdated mini chapters. |
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lawodevolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. You're trying to show a trend using 4 years of data. Typical deceptive tactics. |
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russ1943 (405 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 01:51 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Facts |
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guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
29. OMG!! |
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HardWorkingDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 02:53 AM Response to Original message |
34. Talk about "juking" the stats..... |
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Bold Lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. It's about accidents, not intentional shootings. If it included intentional |
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HardWorkingDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. It is a creatively written piece.... |
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Bold Lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Do you have a different set of stats to put forth, have evidence that the stats |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. "18,000 murders of one year" with firearms? When did that happen? |
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HardWorkingDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 08:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. From the linked to article in the OP..... |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 04:45 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Fair enough |
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russ1943 (405 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 10:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. In 1993 |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 04:53 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. So, eighteen years ago, depending on one's source |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Is it possible that WISQARS and DoJ are using different definitions of homicide? |
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