Command and Conquer: Renegade Official Forums: Heated Discussions and Debates

Home » General Discussions » Heated Discussions and Debates » Gun control

Show: Today's Messages :: Polls :: Message Navigator

Re: Gun control [message #337455 is a reply to message #337389]

Wed, 25 June 2008 11:37

cheesesoda
Messages: 6507
Registered: March 2003
Location: Jackson, Michigan

Karma:

General (5 Stars)

Yes, gun crimes are heat of the moment. However, let's take a look at who actually are the ones doing the shootings.

Prevalence of homicide and violent crime is greatest in urban areas of the United States.
The rising trend in homicide rates during the 1980s and early 1990s was most pronounced among youths and Hispanic and African American males in the United States, with the injury and death rates tripling for black males aged 13 through 17 and doubling for black males aged 18 through 24.
The rise in crack cocaine use in cities across the United States is often cited as a factor for increased gun violence among youths during this time period.
People with a criminal record are also more likely to die as homicide victims.
In Richmond, Virginia, the risk of gunshot injury is 22 times higher for those males involved with crime.

Judging from those points, it looks pretty good that in America, gun violence is majorily gang related. I would guess that most of these guys have guns that aren't legally owned, too.

Drunk driving becomes illegal because you're unable to control the vehicle, putting people in danger. Handling a gun, and using it for your protection only puts your attackers in danger.

Oh, and "Criminologist Gary Kleck compared various survey and proxy measures and found no correlation between overall firearm ownership and gun violence."

whoa.

[Updated on: Wed, 25 June 2008 11:42]

Report message to a moderator

[Message index]

		Gun control By: R315r4z0r on Wed, 25 June 2008 06:03
		Re: Gun control By: IronWarrior on Wed, 25 June 2008 06:19
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Wed, 25 June 2008 06:24
		Re: Gun control By: Caveman on Wed, 25 June 2008 06:49
		Re: Gun control By: GoArmy44 on Wed, 25 June 2008 17:39
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Wed, 25 June 2008 06:59
		Re: Gun control By: Ryu on Wed, 25 June 2008 07:27
		Re: Gun control By: Caveman on Wed, 25 June 2008 08:33
		Re: Gun control By: SlikRik on Wed, 25 June 2008 08:39
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Wed, 25 June 2008 08:47
		Re: Gun control By: w0dka on Fri, 27 June 2008 15:10
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Fri, 27 June 2008 17:58
		Re: Gun control By: CarrierII on Wed, 25 June 2008 08:51
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Wed, 25 June 2008 08:57
		Re: Gun control By: IronWarrior on Wed, 25 June 2008 08:58
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Wed, 25 June 2008 09:02
		Re: Gun control By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Wed, 25 June 2008 08:58
		Re: Gun control By: Ghostshaw on Wed, 25 June 2008 09:04
		Re: Gun control By: Herr Surth on Wed, 25 June 2008 09:07
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Wed, 25 June 2008 09:07
		Re: Gun control By: KIRBY-098 on Wed, 25 June 2008 09:23
		Re: Gun control By: warranto on Wed, 25 June 2008 10:34
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Wed, 25 June 2008 10:44
		Re: Gun control By: Caveman on Wed, 25 June 2008 11:06
		Re: Gun control By: warranto on Wed, 25 June 2008 11:02
		Re: Gun control By: IronWarrior on Wed, 25 June 2008 11:07
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Wed, 25 June 2008 11:18
		Re: Gun control By: IronWarrior on Wed, 25 June 2008 11:30
		Re: Gun control By: Spoony on Wed, 25 June 2008 12:47
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Wed, 25 June 2008 11:37
		Re: Gun control By: Starbuzzz on Wed, 25 June 2008 14:28
		Re: Gun control By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Wed, 25 June 2008 12:07
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Wed, 25 June 2008 12:13
		Re: Gun control By: warranto on Wed, 25 June 2008 12:11
		Re: Gun control By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Wed, 25 June 2008 12:24
		Re: Gun control By: KIRBY-098 on Wed, 25 June 2008 13:08
		Re: Gun control By: NukeIt15 on Wed, 25 June 2008 13:10
		Re: Gun control By: mrÃ£Ã§Ä·z on Wed, 25 June 2008 13:11
		Re: Gun control By: Herr Surth on Wed, 25 June 2008 13:42
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Wed, 25 June 2008 13:23
		Re: Gun control By: warranto on Wed, 25 June 2008 15:20
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Wed, 25 June 2008 15:36
		Re: Gun control By: trooprm02 on Wed, 25 June 2008 16:03
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Wed, 25 June 2008 16:58
		Re: Gun control By: warranto on Wed, 25 June 2008 17:20
		Re: Gun control By: warranto on Wed, 25 June 2008 17:25
		Re: Gun control By: SlikRik on Wed, 25 June 2008 17:30
		Re: Gun control By: NukeIt15 on Wed, 25 June 2008 17:47
		Re: Gun control By: w0dka on Fri, 27 June 2008 15:48
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Thu, 26 June 2008 08:34
		Re: Gun control By: SlikRik on Thu, 26 June 2008 08:51
		Re: Gun control By: Muad Dib15 on Thu, 26 June 2008 10:17
		Re: Gun control By: R315r4z0r on Thu, 26 June 2008 11:03
		Re: Gun control By: NukeIt15 on Thu, 26 June 2008 09:36
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Thu, 26 June 2008 11:27
		Re: Gun control By: R315r4z0r on Thu, 26 June 2008 11:50
		Re: Gun control By: SlikRik on Thu, 26 June 2008 11:58
		Re: Gun control By: R315r4z0r on Thu, 26 June 2008 12:07
		Re: Gun control By: SlikRik on Thu, 26 June 2008 12:23
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Thu, 26 June 2008 12:48
		Re: Gun control By: BlueThen on Thu, 26 June 2008 13:05
		Re: Gun control By: R315r4z0r on Thu, 26 June 2008 14:41
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Thu, 26 June 2008 13:54
		Re: Gun control By: NukeIt15 on Thu, 26 June 2008 16:02
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Thu, 26 June 2008 16:31
		Re: Gun control By: R315r4z0r on Thu, 26 June 2008 19:01
		Re: Gun control By: Starbuzzz on Thu, 26 June 2008 19:45
		Re: Gun control By: R315r4z0r on Thu, 26 June 2008 19:56
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Thu, 26 June 2008 19:32
		Re: Gun control By: R315r4z0r on Thu, 26 June 2008 19:41
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Thu, 26 June 2008 20:47
		Re: Gun control By: R315r4z0r on Fri, 27 June 2008 06:18
		Re: Gun control By: sadukar09 on Fri, 27 June 2008 04:08
		Re: Gun control By: sadukar09 on Fri, 27 June 2008 16:52
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Fri, 27 June 2008 04:31
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Fri, 27 June 2008 06:31
		Re: Gun control By: R315r4z0r on Fri, 27 June 2008 06:41
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Fri, 27 June 2008 06:48
		Re: Gun control By: R315r4z0r on Fri, 27 June 2008 12:59
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Fri, 27 June 2008 13:58
		Re: Gun control By: NukeIt15 on Fri, 27 June 2008 14:53
		Re: Gun control By: R315r4z0r on Sat, 28 June 2008 18:47
		Re: Gun control By: Starbuzzz on Sat, 28 June 2008 19:09
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Sat, 28 June 2008 23:15
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Thu, 03 July 2008 10:48
		Re: Gun control By: Herr Surth on Fri, 27 June 2008 15:22
		Re: Gun control By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Sat, 28 June 2008 08:31
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Sat, 28 June 2008 08:49
		Re: Gun control By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Sat, 28 June 2008 09:06
		Re: Gun control By: ids48 on Sun, 29 June 2008 03:33
		Re: Gun control By: Herr Surth on Sun, 29 June 2008 03:53
		Re: Gun control By: NukeIt15 on Sun, 29 June 2008 12:47
		Re: Gun control By: warranto on Wed, 02 July 2008 12:00
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Wed, 02 July 2008 12:32
		Re: Gun control By: Herr Surth on Wed, 02 July 2008 12:06
		Re: Gun control By: warranto on Wed, 02 July 2008 13:33
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Wed, 02 July 2008 15:01
		Re: Gun control By: warranto on Wed, 02 July 2008 15:14
		Re: Gun control By: Memphis on Thu, 03 July 2008 15:32
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Thu, 03 July 2008 15:59
		Re: Gun control By: warranto on Thu, 03 July 2008 17:31
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Thu, 03 July 2008 22:00
		Re: Gun control By: warranto on Fri, 04 July 2008 07:26
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Fri, 04 July 2008 10:28
		Re: Gun control By: warranto on Fri, 04 July 2008 10:43
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Fri, 04 July 2008 13:18
		Re: Gun control By: Rocko on Fri, 04 July 2008 13:38
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Fri, 04 July 2008 13:40
		Re: Gun control By: warranto on Fri, 04 July 2008 13:54
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Fri, 04 July 2008 14:39
		Re: Gun control By: warranto on Fri, 04 July 2008 20:01
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Fri, 04 July 2008 20:11
		Re: Gun control By: warranto on Fri, 04 July 2008 21:39
		Re: Gun control By: Rocko on Wed, 09 July 2008 20:16
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Thu, 10 July 2008 05:16
		Re: Gun control By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Thu, 10 July 2008 11:34
		Re: Gun control By: Rocko on Thu, 10 July 2008 13:50
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Thu, 10 July 2008 14:36
		Re: Gun control By: Starbuzzz on Thu, 10 July 2008 15:02
		Re: Gun control By: Ryu on Fri, 11 July 2008 11:15
		Re: Gun control By: Muad Dib15 on Fri, 11 July 2008 18:44
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Fri, 11 July 2008 11:26
		Re: Gun control By: Starbuzzz on Fri, 11 July 2008 11:39
		Re: Gun control By: Herr Surth on Fri, 11 July 2008 11:51
		Re: Gun control By: Starbuzzz on Fri, 11 July 2008 12:55
		Re: Gun control By: Rocko on Fri, 11 July 2008 13:05
		Re: Gun control By: GoArmy44 on Fri, 11 July 2008 14:56
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Thu, 04 September 2008 12:42
		Re: Gun control By: Rocko on Thu, 04 September 2008 17:18
		Re: Gun control By: u6795 on Thu, 04 September 2008 13:21
		Re: Gun control By: mrÃ£Ã§Ä·z on Thu, 04 September 2008 13:26
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Thu, 04 September 2008 17:25
		Re: Gun control By: Rocko on Thu, 04 September 2008 17:34
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Thu, 04 September 2008 17:44
		Re: Gun control By: Starbuzzz on Thu, 04 September 2008 18:11
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Thu, 04 September 2008 18:31
		Re: Gun control By: u6795 on Thu, 04 September 2008 18:57
		Re: Gun control By: NukeIt15 on Thu, 04 September 2008 19:16
		Re: Gun control By: Rocko on Thu, 04 September 2008 22:10
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Fri, 05 September 2008 05:07
		Re: Gun control By: u6795 on Fri, 05 September 2008 11:42
		Re: Gun control By: Rocko on Fri, 05 September 2008 21:45
		Re: Gun control By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Fri, 05 September 2008 22:12
		Re: Gun control By: cheesesoda on Sat, 06 September 2008 05:48
		Re: Gun control By: NukeIt15 on Sat, 06 September 2008 08:47
		Re: Gun control By: Rocko on Sat, 06 September 2008 14:09
		Re: Gun control By: Cabal X39 on Sat, 06 September 2008 15:25
		Re: Gun control By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Sat, 06 September 2008 17:06

Previous Topic:	Palin speech...your impressions...
Next Topic:	Election 08

Goto Forum:

-=] Back to Top [=-

[ Syndicate this forum (XML) ] [

] [

]

Current Time: Fri Sep 06 03:10:55 MST 2024

Total time taken to generate the page: 0.02183 seconds