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Thread ID: 125978 2012-07-31 01:27:00 Mass Shootings In America SurferJoe46 (51) PC World Chat
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1291745 2012-07-31 01:27:00 It was tragic that it happened and some here think it goes on all the time, although I've never been near one when it did.

I was in the middle of the SLA Shootout in LA when that happened - but that's another story.

But - and here's an interesting point - THIS state (Montana) has more firearms per-capita than almost any other state except possibly New York City where it's illegal to have any guns unless a seated judge actually signs off on you for a permit.

One can buy machine guns here - yes, weapons that spit hundreds of rounds a second - millions of rounds according to the news outlets - and yet just look at the map on this site's page and see what color Montana is.

www.thedailybeast.com

Actually all-such 'cowboy states' with that Old West mentality had no shootings reportable for this interactive map.

States that had no mass-shooting (two or more victims in the same clip / weapon / shooter's sights) - and they are all legally a CCW state (CCW = Carry Concealed Weapon) are in a short list below::



Montana (natch)
New Mexico (NOT Mexico proper which has mass killings every hour)
North Dakota (Bloodiest Indian War state in the Union)
South Dakota (Indian Wars overflowed to here)
Wyoming (Where 'The Pecos' is West of)
Iowa (not necessarily a good model; people here are planting / harvesting / shucking corn here all the time)
West Virginia (SUPER Redneck country there!)
New Hampshire (Eh, yup! This is a PINK (Democratic) State, and I guess gotta be mass killing-less because it's too cold to hold a firearm and actually point it at someone!)
Maine (Monster lobster makes people mellow - serotonin and endorphins and all)


The biggest head count seems to be in Democratically controlled states where the liberals are always fussing and steaming about gun control, when they cannot control weapons with the laws they have on the books.

So - what's their idea for a cure? Write new laws. (Gads - that slays them in the comedy clubs.)

Don't let the gray area in Mexico fool ya. If they had a color for the number of people killed in Mexico on an hourly basis, the color would be: vomit.

Mexico, FYI, is so strict in their gun control laws that a Federali is allowed to dispatch you on sight (that means to shoot you) if you're caught with so much as a bullet, even if you have no firearm in which to put it. Owning a bullet in Mexico is a crime punishable by death - summary and instant - 'cause you'll never get to court to make a test case outta the arrest.

Mexican cops are allowed to have weapons however - anything they can confiscate from anyone else is OK.

Of course the Mexican citizen's biggest fear is an armed cop. They are on the take by the drug cartels and the politicians from El Presidente down are all corrupt.
SurferJoe46 (51)
1291746 2012-07-31 01:44:00 I put in my Zip code and 500 miles and I can happily report there have been no mass shootings within 500 miles of Nelson gary67 (56)
1291747 2012-07-31 01:52:00 I put in my Zip code and 500 miles and I can happily report there have been no mass shootings within 500 miles of Nelson


If you are drawing an incident circle around yourself, more than half of it is in either the Pacific Ocean or the Tasman Sea. Or both.

Fish are your friends - and since we don't eat fish , they don't have to carry personal protection.
SurferJoe46 (51)
1291748 2012-07-31 02:11:00 Dont worry about maine, its all them ghosts, vampires and pet sematarys that get everyone Gobe1 (6290)
1291749 2012-07-31 02:15:00 I do believe that the Encyclopedia Britannica stated that, per capita, the WHOLE UK has the spectral world by the shorts. SurferJoe46 (51)
1291750 2012-07-31 03:59:00 I can't believe that Maine is so peaceful. Isn't that where Cabot Cove is?

According to Wikipedia:

"Despite the town's population of 3,560,[1] Cabot Cove became notable as a place where a large number of murders took place... More visitors to Cabot Cove died than residents"
BBCmicro (15761)
1291751 2012-07-31 04:30:00 I put in my Zip code and 500 miles and I can happily report there have been no mass shootings within 500 miles of Nelson

Sorry Gary, Aramoana is 360 miles away.
Whenu (9358)
1291752 2012-07-31 04:32:00 Mebbe. But this is about 2-or-more murders / shootings at a time. SurferJoe46 (51)
1291753 2012-07-31 04:34:00 Funny how mass shootings are important and make the news but car accidents which kill buku people more are not. prefect (6291)
1291754 2012-07-31 04:45:00 Yeah - Beaucoup dead people in car accidents aren't the only concern though. I see so-o-o many people ejected from their cars / trucks here since they refuse to wear seatbelts.

Then they get ejected and the vehicle they were riding in is their coup d'état.

I also see kids heads bopping up and down in cars so you KNOW they aren't in child seats or wearing belts either. Strange - to me anyway - is that a driver can load a whole softball team of kids in the back of a pickup truck and drive down the highway and it's not illegal.
SurferJoe46 (51)
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