Here’s What the Media WON’T Tell You About Mass Shootings

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Here’s What the Mainstream Media WON’T Tell You About Mass Shootings
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by Michele Hickford
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According to a 2013 Pew Research study, 37 percent of households had an adult who owned a gun — 24 percent said they owned a gun, and 13 percent said someone else in their household did.
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There are about 319 million people in the United States, so that means there are about 118 milion gun owners in this nation. Mother Jones reports there have been 69 mass shootings in the last 30 years. The Washington Post says, a Congressional Research Service report published in 2013 counted 78 incidents over roughly the same period, in which 547 were killed.
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That means, out of 118 million gun owners, 78 or .00007 percent of the gun owning population are potential mass murderers (using a 30-year total).
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Since Mother Jones published its analysis, five people were killed in a shooting spree in Las Vegas that authorities said was driven by anti-government views. In February, a man named Joseph Jesse Aldridge killed seven people in Texas County, Mo., including several of his relatives, before taking his own life. His motivations remain unclear. So that makes 560 people killed.
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Now we can add Dylann Roof to the list. It is awful and tragic. He appears to be a sick human being who should never have been given a gun.
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Of course, now the gun control activists are out in force. Any white person who legally owns a gun must be a racist white supremacist nut bag.
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It is a sad truth that there are likely more mentally ill individuals in our nation who will one day get their hands on guns, legally or illegally, and take the lives of some innocent souls.
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But some perspective is needed.
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Let’s take that figure for the number of people killed in the last 30 years during a mass shooting of 560 and add another nine to it. That makes 569.
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Now compare that number to 10,076. According to MADD, that’s the number of people killed during drunk driving crashes in 2013 alone. In fact, every day in America, another 28 people die in drunk driving crashes. Every. Single. Day.
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Using the liberal logic of banning guns because of tragic (and thankfully, comparatively rare) mass shootings undertaken by crazy white folks (and some not so white), should we not then ban cars?
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Cars clearly cause many more fatalities in terms of numbers each day than whack nuts with a gun.
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Heck, we should ban bathtubs too. Because 341 people die from drowning and submersion while in or falling into bathtubs. And floors. We need to ban floors too, because 565 people die each year from slipping, tripping or falling.
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I don’t mean to be flippant, or to trivialize this terrible tragedy. But as the stories fly around in the next few days regarding this event, you can be darn tootin’ liberals will begin pushing their agendas.
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It’s useful to have some facts at your fingertips to provide some perspective – because you’ll never get that from the mainstream media.
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Read More: http://allenbwest.com/2015/06/heres-wha ... shootings/

[Ron71]

Apparently this pathetic excuse for a human being reloaded five times killing 9 people. I mean seriously, five times? I hate to state the obvious, but If just one person in the congregation had a gun. Sad.

And yet all the comments from various trolls lay blame on the "NRA and gun nuts", and scream at the ceiling whenever you mention the above logic. It makes me want to put my head through a wall. Why are people so damn retarded? I would feel hell of a lot safer sitting in my pew knowing that half of the men's ministry were packing heat. What kind of ridiculous thinking wants to make sure everyone is dead by disarming the people you trust?!! Damn!

[SHMIV]

I recently attended the church preferred by W2B; I noted that several members were armed.

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[MarcSpaz]

I like how the code of VA is written. The gest of it is that you are not allowed to have a firearm in a church unless you have a good reason. Well, self-defence is a good reason.

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[MarcSpaz]

Almost forgot. I have been using the drunk driving stats as a comparison for near a decade. Annually there are more people killed in drunk driving crashes they total people murdered with firearms. Not firearm deaths... But criminal homicide.

Granted, there are about 3 times more annual deaths with firearms compared to drunk driving, but the total number includes justified killings and suicides. And sadly, suicides make up the majority. I take those out of the count every time, because those people would have killed themselves by and means possible. Sadly, they are a lost soul no matter what.

Anyway, I'll consider surrendering my guns when the DOD and DOJ and all the law makers stop using firearms to defend themselves. Not a second before. I'll be damned if some politicians with a team of armed personal security is going to tell me I can't defend my life with a gun when they do. Their life is now more valuable than mine.

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[dorminWS]

I like how the code of VA is written. The gest of it is that you are not allowed to have a firearm in a church unless you have a good reason. Well, self-defence is a good reason.

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If I am not mistaken, Atty. Gen. Cuccinelli's AG's Office specifically ruled that self defense was a good reason to go armed in church.

[WRW]

If I'm not mistaken, the church leadership must consent to carry in South Carolina.

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[scott9050]

The media is trying as usual to stir tensions, they want riots. I don't think they are going to get it this time as the perp has condemnation from everyone, but they are trying to blame the NRA and the right for this nut.

[WRW]

Does anybody believe that the final thoughts of the victims of any such crime are, "I hope.this guy gets caught and prosecuted for our deaths."?

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[wittmeba]

I like how the code of VA is written. The gest of it is that you are not allowed to have a firearm in a church unless you have a good reason. Well, self-defence is a good reason.

It certainly should be easily justified now.

[Jeff82]

Anyway, I'll consider surrendering my guns when the DOD and DOJ and all the law makers stop using firearms to defend themselves.
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Just an aside, I hate this argument. It creates a situation in which I am disarmed. I wouldn't put it past the anti's to actually agree to this so EVERYONE is disarmed (even if the criminals have no guns, I don't relish the thought of being bludgeoned to death with an axe handle!). I will NEVER give up my guns for any reason, ever.

Don't even consider it.

[SHMIV]

Haven't some countries disarmed their law enforcement? It doesn't seem to work too well.

I'll consider disarming the day after my funeral.

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[scott9050]

Haven't some countries disarmed their law enforcement? It doesn't seem to work too well.

I'll consider disarming the day after my funeral.

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But when Obama and the left talk about unarmed police, they fail to mention this:


http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/551356 ... ou-re-next

[MarcSpaz]

Anyway, I'll consider surrendering my guns when the DOD and DOJ and all the law makers stop using firearms to defend themselves.
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Just an aside, I hate this argument. It creates a situation in which I am disarmed. I wouldn't put it past the anti's to actually agree to this so EVERYONE is disarmed (even if the criminals have no guns, I don't relish the thought of being bludgeoned to death with an axe handle!). I will NEVER give up my guns for any reason, ever.

Don't even consider it.

I was being facetious. Even if I meant it, I would never have to disarm because there is no way in hell the ruling class would ever surrender their weapons and armed guards.

[DaRoller]

Anyway, I'll consider surrendering my guns when the DOD and DOJ and all the law makers stop using firearms to defend themselves.
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Just an aside, I hate this argument. It creates a situation in which I am disarmed. I wouldn't put it past the anti's to actually agree to this so EVERYONE is disarmed (even if the criminals have no guns, I don't relish the thought of being bludgeoned to death with an axe handle!). I will NEVER give up my guns for any reason, ever.

Don't even consider it.

I was being facetious. Even if I meant it, I would never have to disarm because there is no way in hell the ruling class would ever surrender their weapons and armed guards.

Problem is that they would.... Just long enough to get everyone else's, then some tragedy or "emergency" would occur and they'd get them back, but keep them out of your hands, because obviously you're not to be trusted.

[MarcSpaz]

Yea, I guess my 7" thick arrest record can attest to that.

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