Surprising Ways You Are Than By Being Shot By ‘Assault’ Weapons

by | Jan 22, 2013 | Blog, Guns & Knives, Podcast, Podcasts

There’s been a lot of floating around about so called ‘assault’ weapons. A term only used seriously by the ignorant. Many of these stats highlight the lunacy of an ‘assault’ weapons ban, and the logic of such not being rooted in reality.  For instance, the saying you are more likely to be killed with a hammer than an ‘assault’ weapon.

FBI: More People Killed with Hammers, Clubs Each Year than Rifles According to the FBI annual crime statistics, the number of murders committed annually with hammers and clubs far outnumbers the number of murders committed with a rifle.

FBI: More People Killed with Hammers, Clubs Each Year than Rifles According to the FBI annual crime , the number of murders committed annually with hammers and clubs far outnumbers the number of murders committed with a rifle.

There’s still some other stats you need to know that further highlights the ignorance of the gun grabbers you are debating with on Twitter and Facebook.

I recently did a video on these stats (video at bottom of page), and it was a segment on my show (podcast here).

Here’s how those stats break down.  Get ready to have your mind blown with facts.

 

According to the FBI, in 2011, there were 7,923 non-justifiable gun homicides in the US.

‘Assault’ weapons account for just 2% of those.

CRS: Under 2 percent of gun crimes involve assault weapons | WashingtonExaminer.com

Despite their overwhelming popularity, like the rifle used by the Sandy Hook Elementary killer are very rarely used in crimes, according to a comprehensive Congressional Research Service report on and legislation.

Citing a survey of 203,300 state and federal prisoners who were armed during the crime for which they were incarcerated, “fewer than 1 in 50, or less than 2 percent, used, carried, or possessed a semiautomatic assault weapon,” said the report.

That’s roughly 158 ‘assault’ weapon homicides a year.

Statistically, you have a 0.00005% of being killed with one of these weapons. That’s a 1 in over 2 million chance.  The likelihood drops dramatically when we are talking about kids in schools, but I’ll save that for another time.

According to the National Safety Council, these are the things that you are from than being shot by an ‘assault’ weapon:

  • Suicide
  • Falling
  • Being a pedestrian
  • Drowning
  • Riding a bicycle
  • Plane crash
  • Electrocution
  • Exposure to heat
  • Cataclysmic storm
  • Stung by , wasps, and hornets
  • Earthquake
  • Fireworks discharge
  • Bitten by dog

 

I didn’t include the big stuff like heart disease, or motor vehicle accidents for obvious reasons.

If these stats don’t prove to your friends, neighbors, co-workers and family that this debate isn’t about safety … nothing will.

This is purely about political agenda, limiting the people’s rights, power, control, and yes … even tyranny.

NSC.org injury facts chart

 

Media Publishes Gun Owner's Addresses, Gets Upset When Same Done To Them – Podcast

by | Jan 10, 2013 | Blog, Podcast, Podcasts

The Journal News published the names and addresses of legal gun owners on their website, then got mad when citizens fought back and did the same to them.  Now Gawker is in the same boat.  They published the names of legal gun owners in NYC, and made it clear in their post (twice) that they were upset they couldn’t get the gun owner’s addresses.  Later that day, the author got upset his address was made public.

Aw, poor baby.

More on this saga here.

 

WOWO : Thurs, Dec 6

by | Dec 6, 2012 | Blog, Podcast, Podcasts

Exclusive: AG Speaks on Doctor Accused of Dangerous Prescribing Habits

A Fort Wayne doctor is under fire after patients died while in his care. The state attorney general is trying to get an emergency suspension of Dr. William Hedrick’s medical . That hearing is set for Friday afternoon.

Patients of ‘dangerous’ Fort Wayne doctor speak out

NewsChannel 15’s Megan Reust spoke with a former and a current patient of Dr. Hedrick. Both of these patients said they had very different experiences at his office. In one case, a man claims he was able to re-gain quality of life. A woman said the he prescribed her led to a terrible addiction problem.

Task Force Formed to Combat Over-prescribing Doctors, Educate Public

More doctors are under fire as several around the state have been accused of over-prescribing causing the Attorney General’s Office to take action.

PRO FOOTBALL; More N.F.L. Players Turn to Guns for a Sense of Security – New York Times

Toward the end of his 19 years in the National Football League, offensive tackle Lomas Brown noticed something that startled even a hardened veteran. It seemed as if almost every player he knew in the N.F.L. owned a gun. Brown said he saw everywhere. On team flights. In locker rooms. In ‘ cars. In training camp dormitory rooms.

Sorry Libs… The NRA Was There to Help Blacks Defend Themselves From KKK Democrats, Not the Other Way Around | The Gateway Pundit

This will give you an idea of how laws worked. Following the firebombing of his house in 1956, Dr. Martin Luther King, who was, among other things, a Christian minister, applied for a gun permit, but the Alabama authorities found him unsuitable. A decade later, he won a Nobel Peace Prize.

How’s that “may issue” gun permit policy working for you?

The opposed these discretionary gun permit laws and proceeded to grant NRA charters to blacks who sought to defend themselves from Klan violence — including the great civil rights hero Robert F. Williams.

A World War II Marine veteran, Williams returned home to Monroe, N.C., to find the Klan riding high — beating, lynching and murdering blacks at will. No one would join the NAACP for fear of Klan reprisals. Williams became president of the local chapter and increased membership from six to more than 200.

Anti-gun Fox Sports journalist: NRA is the new KKK | Washington Times Communities

CNN’s Roland Martin featured Fox Sports writer Jason Whitlock on his podcast this week. Whitlock, the writer credited for his revelation that America’s “gun culture” was responsible for Kansas City Chiefs player Jovan Belcher’s murder-suicide, likened the National Rifle Association to the Ku Klux Klan.

Fiscal cliff talks aim at more defense cuts – Fosters

House Republicans’ “” counteroffer to President Barack Obama hints at billions of dollars in military cuts on top of the nearly $500 billion that the and Congress backed last year, and even the fiercest defense hawks acknowledge the Pentagon faces another financial hit.

White House ‘Absolutely’ Willing To Go Off The Fiscal Cliff – ABC News

President Obama’s lead negotiator in the “fiscal cliff” talks said the administration is “absolutely” willing to allow the package of deep automatic spending cuts and across-the-board tax hikes to take effect Jan. 1, unless Republicans drop their opposition to higher income tax rates on the wealthy.

Surprise: McConnell Offers Vote on Obama/Geithner Fiscal Cliff Plan, Reid Objects – Guy Benson

I’ve been critical of Republican tactics and messaging this week, so let’s give credit where it’s due: Moments ago, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell took to the floor and offered an immediate vote on President Obama’s fiscal cliff plan, which shocked the Beltway late last week. (In case you’re keeping score at home, this was the surreal proposal that induced McConnell to laugh out loud as it was outlined by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner). Harry Reid quickly objected and shut the whole thing down, labeling the suggestion a “stunt.” Think about that.

Indiana’s Sunday ban on alcohol sales could change

lawmakers will deal with several bills this upcoming year about Sunday alcohol sales.

If Indiana legislators allow alcohol to be sold on Sunday, businesses near the state line will either be greatly helped or seriously hurt.