What measures are states taking to reduce high rates of firearm fatalities?

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  1. dairyair

    dairyair Well-Known Member

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    Sad that those states can't support more LEO in those cities.
    Perhaps the red state leaders don't care.
     
  2. dairyair

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    Well o wiser one, read the OP title. It's not just about firearm crime rates.
    Unless somehow in your mind fatalities = crime. NOTE: they are not the same.
     
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    Most of those cities are run by Democrats. What's sad, is that the city governments in those cities won't allow more policing.

    Majority black cities with black city governments and those members of the government sit back and allow their own people to be preyed upon by animals. Truly sad.
     
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    I see, red States have no control over their citizens in cities. Only in rural areas?
    I guess those leaders simply don't care.
     
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    State police don't have jurisdiction in metropolitan areas that have police departments.

    If Louisiana is one of the red states you're referring to, she has a two term Democrat governor.

    These cities have police departments and they have revenue streams. It isn't up to the tax payers that live outside of those cities to fund their police departments.

    If more urbanites owned guns, you would see those murder number begin a steep decline.
     
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    There is no such thing as firearm fatalities.
    There still is no such thing as gun deaths.

    [QUOTE
    If you believe that a person pointing his finger at someone and saying, "Bang, bang!" has the same consequences as wielding a shooty, you are mistaken.[/QUOTE]Nobody on planet earth thinks that so good job at pointing out the obvious for absolutely no one
    Well i support sensible regulation. its just crazy nonsense isn't sensible.
    and what is the NRA wielding it's massive power to completely control the government
    there is no such thing as firearm fatalities.
    You don't have to have a drivers license to own a car, just to operate it on the roadway. regulations on vehicles have to do with the roadway. if you arent driving it oon a roadway they arent regulated at all. ever see a tractor or an ATV?
     
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    Natty Bumpo Well-Known Member

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    Cult status indicated by tattoos that they only show to one another, no doubt.
     
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    Natty Bumpo Well-Known Member

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    Denial such as that confirms that there is no such thing as Polydectes.
     
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    Show me firearms acting of their own accord to cause fatalities.

    I am denying lunacy
     
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    Natty Bumpo Well-Known Member

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    No state is advocating for an assault weapons ban to fight suicide that I know of. Understandably, families of victims of assault weapons and Americans sympathetic to them are.are.

    When I inquire, "What measures are states taking to reduce hight rates of firearm fatalities?", that most concerns the states with the highest rates of firearm fatalities - Alaska, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Montana, Missouri, New Mexico, Arkansas, South Carolina, etc. - states with the highest rates of firearm fatalities.
     
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    I am not referring to any particular State.
    There's several southern States that are red and have lost control
     
  12. Wild Bill Kelsoe

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    And the places where things are out of control in those states are Democrat run cities. Jackson Mississippi accounts for one-third of Mississippi's murders. Without Jackson, Mississippi's murders would decrease by 33%.
     
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    Too many States have felon friendly policies that ensure that the violent criminals can prey on the innocent.

    Too many 'Democrats have been gun-grabbing for decades. They use every mass shooting as a lever to try and wrest guns out of American hands and eviscerate the Second Amendment. While it is certainly the case that gun violence is a problem in America, the reality is, it’s not the guns, it’s the criminals and the Democrats who pamper them.'

    'There are 350 million people in the United States. Of those, there are 280 million adults, 90 million of whom say they own at least one of America’s 400 million guns, with an average of almost 5 guns each. And how frequently do those 90 million gun owners commit crimes with those guns? Not very often.'

    'It’s estimated that more than 80% of gun crimes are committed by people who came into possession of their weapons illegally, which means that, conservatively, legal gun owners perpetrated only 20% of gun crimes. There are almost 100,000 shootings in the United States annually (not counting suicides). If we assume that 20% of those shootings were by legal gun owners, that would be 20,000 shootings. To put that in perspective, that would mean that .0002% of legal gun owners commit crimes with their weapons, or conversely, 99.9998% of legal gun owners never use their guns in crimes….'

    DISARM THE FELONS, NOT THE LAW ABIDING.

    'As a matter of fact, despite what the Democrat media tell you, “Good guys with guns” help stop between one-third and one-half of all active shooter incidents nationwide. But Democrats work continuously to take guns away from all of those apparently “violence eschewing” citizens while at the same time seeking to free actual violent criminals from jail or prison or not send them there in the first place—even as those they free are the ones who actually commit most of the crimes and the worst crimes, and it’s not even close.'

    'Making matters worse, Democrats rarely seek to focus on the strong correlation between anti-depressants and violence, particularly with young people. They would rather preen in front of cameras and accuse Republicans of having blood on their hands than focus on the real issues that spill so much blood.'

    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/decades-democrats-have-been-ignoring-evidence-and-facts
     
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    Why you began with it.
     
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    Indiscriminate access is obviously not a good thing. Our current environment illustrates the point. Evidently we’re getting dumber with age with our gun culture deteriorating since the Wild, Wild West.

    I believe we’re headed toward a licensing process where proof of firearm knowledge and proficiency are required—written and field examinations—as well as current background and mental heath.examinations prior to taking possession or simply an acquisition process.

    So those with a entrepreneurial spirit and firearm knowledge and skills should be strategizing their place in an emerging market. They’ll be money to be made:)
     
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    What measures are states taking to reduce high rates of firearm fatalities?

    None. Apparently the firearm fatalities are less onerous than preventing sociopaths from running free in our society. I guess we just have to live with it.
     
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    Would this work in other places:
     

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