Topic: Gun Control Advocates LIED! EUROPE IS NOT SAFER!

wasn't supposed to happen in England, with all its very strict gun control laws. And yet last week Derrick Bird shot and killed 12 people and wounded 11 others. A headline in The Times of London read: " Toughest laws in the world could not stop Cumbria tragedy."

Multiple victim public shootings were assumed to be an American thing for it is here the guns are right? No, not at all. Contrary to public perception, Western Europe, where most countries have much tougher gun laws, has experienced many of the worst multiple victim public shootings.

Particularly telling, all the multiple victim public shootings in Europe occurred where guns are banned. So it is in the United States, too -- all the multiple victim public shootings (where more than three people have been killed) have taken place where civilians are not allowed to have a gun.

Look at recent history. Where have the worst K-12 school shootings occurred? It has not been in the U.S. but Europe.

The very worst one occurred in a high school in Erfurt, Germany in 2002, where 18 were killed. The second worst took place in Dunblane, Scotland in 1996, where 16 kindergarteners and their teacher were shot.

The third worst high school attack, with 15 murdered, happened in Winnenden, Germany. The fourth worst shooting was in the U.S. -- Columbine High School in 1999 eaving 13 killed. The fifth worst school related murder spree, with 11 murdered, occurred in Emsdetten, Germany

With three of the worst five attacks, Germany may be a surprise to those who believe in gun control. Even by European standards, Germany has some of the strictest gun control laws.

Indeed, these laws are far stricter than existing gun control in the U.S., or for that matter, the restrictions currently being discussed in the United States Though not quite as tight as U.K. regulations, Germany has strict licensing and registration requirements.

German licenses are only valid for three years and to obtain a gun license people must demonstrate such hard-to-define characteristics as trustworthiness as well as convince authorities that they have a necessity for a gun. This comes on top of requirements against menta disorders, drug or alcohol addictions, violence or aggressive tendencies, and felony convictions

The attacks in Europe might not get as much attention in the U.S. or even in other countries in Europe besides where the attack occurred as the attack in the U.S., but multiple victim public shootings appear to be at least as common in Europe as they are here.

The following is a partial list of attacks occurring in Europe since 2001. As mentioned, all of them occurred in gun free zones places where guns in the hands of civilians were not allowed:

- Zug, Switzerland, September 27, 2001: a man murdered 15 members of a cantonal parliament.

- Tours, France, October 29, 2001: four people were killed and 10 wounded when a French railway worker started killing people at a busy intersection in the city.

- Nanterre, France, March 27, 2002: a man kills eight city councilors after a city council meeting.

- Erfurt, Germany on April 26, 2002: a former student kills 18 at a secondary school.

- Freising, Germany on February 19, 2002: Three people killed and one wounded

- Turin, Italy on October 15, 2002: Seven people were killed on a hillside overlooking the city.

- Madrid, Spain, October 1, 2006: a man kills two employees and wounds another at a company that he was fired from

- Emsdetten, Germany, November 20, 2006: a former student murders 11 people at a high school.

- Southern Finland, November 7, 2007: Seven students and the principal were killed at a high school.

- Naples, Italy, September 18, 2008: Seven dead and two seriously wounded in a public meeting hall (not included in totals below because it may possibly have involved the mafia).

- Kauhajoki, Finland, Sept. 23, 2008: 10 people were shot to death at a college.

- Winnenden, Germany, March 11, 2009: a 17-year-old former student killed 15 people, including nine students and three teachers

- Lyon, France, March 19, 2009: ten people injured after a man opened fire on a nursery school.

- Athens, Greece, April 10, 2009: three people killed and two people injured by a student at a vocational college.

- Rotterdam, Netherlands, April 11, 2009: three people killed and 1 injured at a crowded cafe. Vienna, Austria, May 24, 2009: one dead and 16 wounded in an attack on a Sikh Temple

- Espoo, Finland, Dec. 31, 2009: 4 killed while shopping at a mall on New Year's Eve.

- Cumbria, England, June 2, 2010: 12 people killed by a British taxi driver.


So how does this compare to the United States? The University of Chicago

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Tell me when did a gun in USA stopped a mass murder? Second what is the murder rate with a firearm in Europe and USA? And finally do you belive that the reason for the killings, is because the population is not allow to carry weapons?

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Criminals will always get guns.

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School shootings can't even put a small dent into the amount of "run of the mill" gun related deaths in the USA.

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The stupid deserve death before procreation. It's for the good of the species. You pansies will water down humanity's future.

>>Tell me when did a gun in USA stopped a mass murder?<<

Hasan was stopped by being shot many times. The shame is that he wasn't shot sooner. The same is true of all mass murders. If someone had a gun and shot them after they pulled out a weapon and started shooting and before they had time to shoot a dozen+ people, that would be a good thing. There aren't mass murders where guns are more common, because would-be mass murderers get shot and stop murdering. Your question seems rather misguided.

There's no disputing the facts, only ignorant people without values who aren't above lying about them.

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"Criminals will always get guns."

Or point being?

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The point is that gun control doesn't prevent crime. Those who would break laws are not deterred from this task by other laws preventing gun possession. The statistics all show that removing guns from the equation makes criminals more bold. The knowledge that someone won't have a firearm to protect themself is one less reason not to rob or attack them.

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"There's no disputing the facts"

Facts? What facts?

9 (edited by V.Kemp 14-Jun-2010 10:25:20)

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Go read scholarly studies of gun control's effects on crime rates. You'll find the same results from everyone all over. UK, Australia, Washington DC in USA, and on and on.

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Tell me when did a gun in USA stopped a mass murder? <<

VIDEOMAP     COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (CNN) -- "It seemed like it was me, the gunman, and God," said Jeanne Assam, describing her feelings as she confronted a man who charged into her Colorado Springs church Sunday firing a weapon.

Assam, a church security guard with law enforcement experience, fired her own weapon at the invader and stopped his attack, police say.

Police on Monday identified the gunman as Matthew Murray and said he was also responsible for an attack earlier Sunday at a missionary center some 80 miles away.

The two incidents left four people dead, in addition to the gunman, and five wounded.

Police said forensic evidence showed a positive match between a handgun found at the church and shell casings found at the missionary center in Arvada, a suburb of Denver.

Officials from the Colorado Springs and Arvada police departments appeared at a joint news conference to brief reporters on what they had pieced together about Sunday's events.

The first incident took place Sunday at about 12:30 a.m. at Youth With a Mission in Arvada.

Police said a man with a beard, wearing a dark jacket, glasses, and skullcap, entered the facility, got into a dispute with a staff member about whether he could stay there for the night, and then opened fire.

Two staff members, Tiffany Johnson, 26, and Philip Crouse, 24, died later Sunday from their injuries, Youth With a Mission co-founder Peter Warren said. Two other staff members were injured, and one was in critical condition.

Investigators tried to track the gunman through fresh snow with the help of dogs, but lost his trail in a heavily walked area, Deputy Chief Gary Creager of Arvada police said.

About 12 hours later, police say, Murray showed up at New Life Church as a service was letting out.

Police said Monday he had an assault rifle and two handguns, and may have had as many as 1,000 rounds of ammunition.

He fired on a family who were in or near their car. Two sisters, identified by police as Rachael Works, 16, and Stephanie Works, 18, were killed, and their father, David Works, 51, was also shot and is hospitalized in fair condition with two gunshot wounds.

Murray then entered the church, police say, where Assam was one of several volunteer security guards on duty.

"I saw him coming through the doors," she told reporters on Monday. "I took cover, and I waited for him to get closer, and I came out of cover and identified myself, and engaged him, and took him down. And that's pretty much it." 

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/12/10/colorado.shootings/index.html

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that's off the top of my head

and of course every home intruder shot down is a potential killer

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our opening hymn, Number 53, "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition"

please rise

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key line here:

"Assam, a church security guard with law enforcement experience, fired her own weapon at the invader and stopped his attack, police say."

Maar doodslaan deed hij niet, want tussen droom en daad,
Staan wetten in de weg en praktische bezwaren,
En ook weemoedigheid, die niemand kan verklaren,
En die des avonds komt, wanneer men slapen gaat.

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"Assam, a church security guard with law enforcement experience, fired her OWN weapon at the invader and stopped his attack, police say...Murray then entered the church, police say, where Assam was one of several VOLUNTEER security guards on duty."

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15 (edited by Chickenwingz 11-Jun-2010 17:42:55)

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...Murray then entered the church, police say, where Assam was one of several volunteer security guards ON DUTY."

was her duty to secure the church? yes it was.

Maar doodslaan deed hij niet, want tussen droom en daad,
Staan wetten in de weg en praktische bezwaren,
En ook weemoedigheid, die niemand kan verklaren,
En die des avonds komt, wanneer men slapen gaat.

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yeah, she volunteered as a private citizen and toted her own gun.  As in, not a cop, not stationed there by the government in any capacity.

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The North Hollywood incident was also the focal point in which Police officers were allowed to carry heavier firepower within their vehicles, to help "subdue" better armed criminals AND minor party disputes.

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http://www.pyramydair.com/s/m/Career_707_9mm_Ultra/307

Korea exports a 3-shot, 9mm air rifle with 1/2 the stopping power (impact force) of 9mm Parabellum rounds.

Illegal in my state sad

but whaddya gonna do, ban plumbing supplies and power tools?

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Oregon is the assisted suicide State, if you break into my home I will deem that a request for assistance.

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20 (edited by Petrolstone 11-Jun-2010 19:49:25)

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Gun control laws only take guns from law abiding citizens. If a citizen has a gun and a murderer tries to break in and enter their house, usually there's one less murderer in the world. If the citizen doesn't have a gun then they're dead.

Criminals aren't retards. They'll target houses that aren't occupied by gun owners.

Soon all the gun control advocates will be murdered in that fashion because of there failure to see the benefits of being armed.

When everyone has a gun there will be fewer crimes. The only people left committing the crimes are the retarded criminals. They'll all be killed off shortly.

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"Go ready scholarly studies of gun control's effects on crime rates. You'll find the same results from everyone all over. UK, Australia, Washington DC in USA, and on and on."

Lack of time, will try to do some research in summer.

"The North Hollywood incident was also the focal point in which Police officers were allowed to carry heavier firepower within their vehicles, to help "subdue" better armed criminals AND minor party disputes."

No where I said that police officers shouldn't be allowed to carry heavir arms.

"Soon all the gun control advocates will be murdered in that fashion because of there failure to see the benefits of being armed. "

Ahah.. many europe countries will die soon then...

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Btw, so why don't criminals migrate to Canada? Where only 5.4% of the population has a gun?

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yup

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Ok --- Since most of you are -NOT- Law Enforcement, you really don't know -What- your talking about aside from statistics, and pre-disposed notions of the above said subject matter.

Allow me to fill you on a few key points.

1. Most criminals who commit violent crimes -- do -- not --- in the USA (Unsure about outside the USA), usually carry a firearm, several reasons for this :
--- Carrying a firearm is a felony, most states it carries a class 1, or 2 (first or second degree) -
--- Carrying a Knife is a misdemeanor in most states - Knifes are easier to conceal, and REGARDLESS WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD 8 out of 10 times the Knife will beat the gun in close distance melee (Which most violent crimes inflicted upon innocent happen within 20ft, which is considered close distance.) - Drop the retarded concept of "Don't bring a Knife to a Gun Fight".

With that being said -- Removing firearms from the streets will not impact the criminal as much as it will impact the innocents who rely on firearms for protection.

Moving on from there, those who use firearms in publicly exposed crimes are desperate people, desperate peopel will always get a gun - Why a gun? Many reasons, most of all as they are desperate they do not have a plan to safely conclude their actions, they didn't think that far ahead or they don't plan on surviving their own killing spree, thus a firearm is very efficient albeit overt way of executing their sprees.

Public killing sprees are EXTREMELY rare when compared to homicides from home invasions, robberies, and street-related violence, which is mostly committed with either sharp weapons, or blunt force - Rarely are guns used as for professional or career criminals they know that the use of a fire-arm dramatically reduces their chances of successful escaping covertly.

This is one of those situations, where those who write the laws don't know who, and how the laws affect anything, as most of them have never been on the streets working Law Enforcement or Security.

-- Furthermore, there is countless misconceptions (As proven here), as to violent crimes, and violent deaths -- As a Major in Crime Scene Forensics, i can tell you that -GUN LAWS WILL NEVER WORK-

Did you know that with a rubber band, and about 1 pound of scrap metal, and a spring from a lighter, and any nail you can make a homemade gun? Yeah it's that easy --

If your desperate enough you'll find a gun - Gun laws are for politicians to use those misconceptions as an election vice to ignorantly control their constituents, and it works clearly for their purposes of getting elected, but for practical application purposes it only harms the society that enacts it.

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Yeah I got a corrections officer degree and i know of zip guns.

Inmates make guns periodically to often mattering upon search policies. Chris_balsz, myself, and probably half a dozen in here know how to make gun powder

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