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Thread: Primary Response
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20th December 2012, 11:12 AM #16
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20th December 2012, 12:12 PM #17
There's a rather black side to this that I just don't get. An M4 assault rifle can fire 700 to 1000 rounds per minute, which is 11 to 16 rounds per second. How come there were only 27 killed?
On the issue of a buy-back of weapons by the govt, I think that this would be reasonably easy to afford over the longer term. If we look at the cost to America of only this latest massacre, it would be a staggering amount of money. Costs would include:
- 27 autopsies (funerals need not be counted because they will eventually happen anyway)
- Attendance of all the emergency services, police etc
- Coroners costs
- The investigation/inquiry
- the lost productivity of the 20 children over their lifespan (and that we be in the millions per life)
It would probably be safe to say that this single episode has cost America in the order of $100,000,000 and quite probably more. If they offered $5000 per weapon in a buy-back that would get 20,000 of these weapons off the streets. I don't know what an M4 costs, but a quick search suggests about $1500, and so you'd have to think that many owners would jump at the chance of a quick $3500 profit.
Bear in mind that every new massacre brings a higher and higher death toll, presumably because each idiot wants to outdo the last.
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20th December 2012, 12:50 PM #18
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The comment i heard on melbourne radio by a caller who said "until the people of the usa love their kids more than they love guns" nothing will change.
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20th December 2012, 02:09 PM #19
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Yes, the collective mentality of the USA is very baffling.
I have had the pleasure of spending some time over there and am always
impressed by the friendliness and courtesy of the people. This is totally at
odds with with so much of what we see in relation to guns and rights.
Quite frankly I don't think the USA has truly matured as a nation.
I expect plenty of brick bats for that statement and will expand when
I see the responses.
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20th December 2012, 03:05 PM #20
I broadly agree Art, but the Americans I've met have not been in the USA (perhaps they're in holiday mode). You're right - it's baffling.
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20th December 2012, 09:59 PM #21
I snapped this quote from Jimi Hendrix at the Experience Music Project in Seattle. It's not about guns, but guns are about power.
Hendrix Quote.jpgTo grow old is inevitable.... To grow up is optional
Confidence, the feeling you have before you fully understand the situation.
What could possibly go wrong.
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21st December 2012, 02:38 AM #22
Brett
You make some very valid points, but you may not have taken into account that the US is dire financial straits and anything that impinges on their so-called freedom will be viewed in a very dim light. The cost would be enormous for a buy back such as we did here in Oz.
Remember that we are not talking about one or two guns per person. Without having delved into the amount of gun ownership I would hazzard a guess that it would be getting close to double figures per head of population. I base this on knowing that there are people that virtually own arsenals. I worked with an american who told me his father had four hundred guns. This bloke was a lay preacher!
Just a sec while I put on my charlatan hat; That's better. An assault rifle that can fire 700 rounds per minute will discharge it's magazine in two to three seconds. With a heavy hand most of the bullets would go through the same person. Having said that, I think there should be a facility to fire no more than 3 rounds with each trigger squeeze. Why are they allowed such weapons? Excellent question. Even some handguns have large magazine capacities.
I am afraid there is no easy solution to the american problem, particularly while the NRA has such a big say in the country and has high profile personalities shouting their cause. Well at least one of them has now died, but their political clout remains.
I think those of you who have said people kill (not guns) are correct, but the more guns there are in circulation the greater the liklihood there is of some nutter going beserk and gaining access to a highly lethal weapon. I suspect there are a lot more americans, mostly innocents, who have their name written on a bullet somewhere. We will hear of them posthumously.
Regards
PaulBushmiller;
"Power tends to corrupt. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely!"
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21st December 2012, 11:57 AM #23
Hi,
My only concern is "If you outlaw guns, only outlaws have guns."
A memento of some of the "interesting times" I have lived in, in my 73 and a half years.
RegardsHugh
Enough is enough, more than enough is too much.
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21st December 2012, 01:23 PM #24
At least outlaws don’t normally go around shooting innocent people or kids. Most gun related crimes here are bad people killing bad people.
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21st December 2012, 01:55 PM #25
What about the innocent truck driver from a couple of blocks away who copped a stray bullet in Sydney when a few hoods were having a shoot up in the Mac Donald's car park. You also have to remember hold up victims who are just trying to do a day's work, and the drive bys where the wrong house has been shot up.
Leaving the hoods to shoot each other up does not seem like a safe option to me.
RegardsHugh
Enough is enough, more than enough is too much.
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21st December 2012, 01:57 PM #26
Wikipedia
Per 100,000 population
Country Total firearm-related death rate Homicides Suicides Unintentional Undetermined El Salvador 50.36 50.36 NA NA NA Jamaica 47.44 47.44 NA NA NA Honduras 46.7 46.7 NA NA NA Guatemala 38.52 38.52 NA NA NA Swaziland 37.16 37.16 NA NA NA Colombia 28.11 27.1 0.87 0.14 NA Brazil 19.01 18.1 0.73 0.18 NA Panama 12.92 12.92 NA NA NA Mexico 11.14 10 0.67 0.47 NA United States 10.2 3.7 6.1 0.2 0.1 Philippines 9.46 9.46 NA NA NA South Africa 9.41 NA NA NA NA Montenegro 8.55 2.06 6.49 NA NA Paraguay 7.35 7.35 NA NA NA Nicaragua 7.14 7.14 NA NA NA Argentina 5.65 3 2.01 0.64 NA Canada 4.78 0.76 3.72 0.22 NA Zimbabwe 4.75 4.75 NA NA NA Serbia 3.9 0.62 2.81 0.18 0.29 Finland 3.64 0.26 3.34 0.02 0.02 Switzerland 3.5 0.52 3.15 0.1 0.07 Costa Rica 3.32 3.32 NA NA NA Uruguay 3.24 3.24 NA NA NA Croatia 3.01 0.57 2.35 0.07 0.02 Barbados 3 3 NA NA NA France 3 0.22 2.33 0.05 0.41 Austria 2.94 0.18 2.68 NA 0.08 New Zealand 2.66 0.17 2.14 0.09 NA Estonia 2.54 0.3 1.57 0.07 0.6 Slovenia 2.44 0.05 2.34 NA 0.05 Belgium 2.43 0.29 1.96 0.01 0.16 Malta 2.16 0.48 1.68 NA NA Peru 1.87 1.87 NA NA NA Israel 1.86 0.94 0.71 0.03 0.19 Republic of Macedonia 1.04 0.45 0.42 0.08 0.08 Luxembourg 1.81 0.6 1 NA 0.2 Norway 1.78 0.04 1.72 0.02 NA Portugal 1.77 0.48 1.09 0.02 0.18 Czech Republic 1.76 0.12 1.39 0.1 0.15 Slovakia 1.75 0.18 0.94 0.39 0.24 Lithuania 1.61 0.24 1 0.03 0.33 Georgia 1.54 0.23 0.09 1 0.23 Greece 1.5 0.59 0.84 0.04 NA Sweden 1.47 0.19 1.2 0.06 0.01 Denmark 1.45 0.22 1.16 0.04 0.04 Latvia 1.43 0.18 0.94 0.04 0.27 Bulgaria 1.35 0.23 0.87 0.14 0.11 Italy 1.28 0.36 0.81 0.08 0.03 Kuwait 1.25 0.36 0.06 0 NA Iceland 1.25 NA 1.25 NA NA Germany 1.1 0.06 0.94 0.02 0.08 Moldova 1.04 1.04 NA NA NA Australia 1.05 0.09 0.79 0.02 0.15 Ireland 1.03 0.36 0.56 0.04 0.07 Kyrgyzstan 1.01 0.53 0.07 0.28 0.13 India 0.93 0.93 NA NA NA Hungary 0.85 0.13 0.72 NA NA Cyprus 0.83 0.24 0.48 NA 0.11 Uzbekistan 0.68 0.58 0.03 NA 0.08 Spain 0.63 0.15 0.42 0.05 0.01 Netherlands 0.46 0.2 0.24 0.01 0.01 Taiwan 0.42 0.13 0.12 0.11 NA Belarus 0.38 0.38 NA NA NA Ukraine 0.35 0.35 NA NA NA United Kingdom 0.25 0.04 0.17 0.01 0.02 Poland 0.26 0.02 0.12 0.02 0.09 Singapore 0.24 0.07 0.17 0 NA Romania 0.2 0.04 0.06 0.09 0.01 Hong Kong 0.19 0.12 0.07 0 NA Mauritius 0.19 0 0.09 0.09 NA Qatar 0.18 0.18 NA NA NA South Korea 0.13 0.04 0.02 0.05 NA Japan 0.07 0.02 0.04 0 NA Azerbaijan 0.07 0.04 0.01 0.02 NA Chile 0.06 0.06 NA NA NA
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21st December 2012, 02:03 PM #27
Wikipedia
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21st December 2012, 02:04 PM #28
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21st December 2012, 02:12 PM #29
Per 100,000 population - Sorted by homicides
South Africa 9.41 NA NA NA NA Iceland 1.25 NA 1.25 NA NA El Salvador 50.36 50.36 NA NA NA Jamaica 47.44 47.44 NA NA NA Honduras 46.7 46.7 NA NA NA Guatemala 38.52 38.52 NA NA NA Swaziland 37.16 37.16 NA NA NA Colombia 28.11 27.1 0.87 0.14 NA Brazil 19.01 18.1 0.73 0.18 NA Panama 12.92 12.92 NA NA NA Mexico 11.14 10 0.67 0.47 NA Philippines 9.46 9.46 NA NA NA Paraguay 7.35 7.35 NA NA NA Nicaragua 7.14 7.14 NA NA NA Zimbabwe 4.75 4.75 NA NA NA United States 10.2 3.7 6.1 0.2 0.1 Costa Rica 3.32 3.32 NA NA NA Uruguay 3.24 3.24 NA NA NA Argentina 5.65 3 2.01 0.64 NA Barbados 3 3 NA NA NA Montenegro 8.55 2.06 6.49 NA NA Peru 1.87 1.87 NA NA NA Moldova 1.04 1.04 NA NA NA Israel 1.86 0.94 0.71 0.03 0.19 India 0.93 0.93 NA NA NA Canada 4.78 0.76 3.72 0.22 NA Serbia 3.9 0.62 2.81 0.18 0.29 Luxembourg 1.81 0.6 1 NA 0.2 Greece 1.5 0.59 0.84 0.04 NA Uzbekistan 0.68 0.58 0.03 NA 0.08 Croatia 3.01 0.57 2.35 0.07 0.02 Kyrgyzstan 1.01 0.53 0.07 0.28 0.13 Switzerland 3.5 0.52 3.15 0.1 0.07 Malta 2.16 0.48 1.68 NA NA Portugal 1.77 0.48 1.09 0.02 0.18 Republic of Macedonia 1.04 0.45 0.42 0.08 0.08 Belarus 0.38 0.38 NA NA NA Italy 1.28 0.36 0.81 0.08 0.03 Kuwait 1.25 0.36 0.06 0 NA Ireland 1.03 0.36 0.56 0.04 0.07 Ukraine 0.35 0.35 NA NA NA Estonia 2.54 0.3 1.57 0.07 0.6 Belgium 2.43 0.29 1.96 0.01 0.16 Finland 3.64 0.26 3.34 0.02 0.02 Lithuania 1.61 0.24 1 0.03 0.33 Cyprus 0.83 0.24 0.48 NA 0.11 Georgia 1.54 0.23 0.09 1 0.23 Bulgaria 1.35 0.23 0.87 0.14 0.11 France 3 0.22 2.33 0.05 0.41 Denmark 1.45 0.22 1.16 0.04 0.04 Netherlands 0.46 0.2 0.24 0.01 0.01 Sweden 1.47 0.19 1.2 0.06 0.01 Austria 2.94 0.18 2.68 NA 0.08 Slovakia 1.75 0.18 0.94 0.39 0.24 Latvia 1.43 0.18 0.94 0.04 0.27 Qatar 0.18 0.18 NA NA NA New Zealand 2.66 0.17 2.14 0.09 NA Spain 0.63 0.15 0.42 0.05 0.01 Hungary 0.85 0.13 0.72 NA NA Taiwan 0.42 0.13 0.12 0.11 NA Czech Republic 1.76 0.12 1.39 0.1 0.15 Hong Kong 0.19 0.12 0.07 0 NA Australia 1.05 0.09 0.79 0.02 0.15 Singapore 0.24 0.07 0.17 0 NA Germany 1.1 0.06 0.94 0.02 0.08 Chile 0.06 0.06 NA NA NA Slovenia 2.44 0.05 2.34 NA 0.05 Norway 1.78 0.04 1.72 0.02 NA United Kingdom 0.25 0.04 0.17 0.01 0.02 Romania 0.2 0.04 0.06 0.09 0.01 South Korea 0.13 0.04 0.02 0.05 NA Azerbaijan 0.07 0.04 0.01 0.02 NA Poland 0.26 0.02 0.12 0.02 0.09 Japan 0.07 0.02 0.04 0 NA Mauritius 0.19 0 0.09 0.09 NA
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21st December 2012, 02:21 PM #30
DavidG, thanks for those lists. Stats are always useful in this sort of debate (even if mine were a bit out Paul
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Would it be possible to combine both lists? I think it would be interesting to look at the two together, but at this point it looks like the UK model should be looked at. Other models that would be really interesting to see would be where the gun ownership is up, but the deaths are down - but that may not exist eh?
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