tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post2052633591251867213..comments2024-01-05T12:03:52.460-05:00Comments on No Lawyers - Only Guns and Money: SAF & CCRKBA Propose National Commission On Causes Of ViolenceJohn Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151468462458613615noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-71602590825513520432012-12-19T10:19:27.370-05:002012-12-19T10:19:27.370-05:00@RKV and The Duck: I don't disagree with eithe...@RKV and The Duck: I don't disagree with either of you. I think the thing that SAF/CCRKBA and all gun rights groups are working for right now is time and distance. The longer out we can force the issue, the better our chances of getting through it without new draconian laws that won't stop the next mass murderer.<br /><br />John Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03151468462458613615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-22645977158655544012012-12-19T09:45:39.079-05:002012-12-19T09:45:39.079-05:00Well there is another study by the DOJ/BJS and the...Well there is another study by the DOJ/BJS and their Oct report says violent crime is up 17% http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/press/cv11pr.cfm<br /><br />It is not as rosy as the FBI reports, and some experts believe that the only thing holding things in check is the armed citizen<br /><br />No gun zones allow this people a killing ground, and there are no simple fixes, other than armed citizens being able to respond. We as a country have lost a lot of our values, and this will not be something we can fix in a year or two, it will take a generation or two.<br /><br />Mental illness, drugs, broken families (No values, respect, or discipline), violent video imagery. there is not one single thing causing the violence, but a lot of factors weigh in.<br /><br />In the short term the fix is to allow armed citizens be in these No Gun zones so when the killers come they can be stopped quickly. The Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15373439094429321148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-40655122059157916692012-12-19T09:05:55.810-05:002012-12-19T09:05:55.810-05:00At the risk of being called unfeeling or heartless...At the risk of being called unfeeling or heartless, let me see if I can put some facts on the table for your consideration. Federal Uniform Crime Reporting indicates violent crime is down again as is the murder rate. Yep, violent crime and murder are bad. Are we having a crisis on a national scale? Nope. Rather, we are seeing the lowest rates in 40 years. <br /><br />Is what happened at Newtown bad? Yep. Does it justify passing any new laws? Not in my opinion. Not a single one. Delay, deter, detect, deny and defend. That's what we need to do. Harden otherwise soft targets so that we protect ourselves. The good guys cannot depend 100% on their outsourced security forces (aka our employees, the police) so we need to defend ourselves. We already have the tools (shall issue CCW), and maybe now we can find the will to do what really will improve our odds. <br /><br />If this administration actually wanted to do something about murder and or violent crime, the first thing to do would be to identify where said murders are happening. Only it wouldn't be politically correct as it's poor black men killing other poor black men in our inner cities. Let's take our President's former home city of Chicago - where more than one person a day is murdered. That's a Newtown a month, folks. <br /><br />http://blogs.justice.gov/main/archives/1765RKVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00287245520458090702noreply@blogger.com