The Right Way to Keep Bare Gubs

[only_human]

Here are statistics from another recent year:
Innocents Lost - A Year of Unintentional Child Gun Deaths

About two-thirds of these unintended deaths — 65 percent — took place in a home or vehicle that belonged to the victim’s family, most often with guns that were legally owned but not secured. Another 19 percent took place in the home of a relative or friend of the victim.

About a third of American children live in homes with firearms, and of these households, 43 percent contain at least one unlocked firearm. Thirteen percent of households with guns contain at least one firearm that is unlocked and loaded or stored with ammunition.6 In all, more than two million American children live in homes with unsecured guns — and 1.7 million live in homes with guns that are both loaded and unlocked.

Parents underestimate the extent to which their children know where their household guns are stored and the frequency with which children handle household guns unsupervised. A Harvard survey of children in gun-owning households found that more than 70 percent of children under age 10 knew where their parents stored their guns — even when they were hidden — and 36 percent of the children reported handling the weapons. Thirty-nine percent of parents who thought their child was unaware of the location of the household’s gun were contradicted by their children, and one of every five parents who believed their child had not handled the gun was mistaken.

A majority of incidents took place in towns with populations less than 50,000 people, whereas only 10 percent of incidents occurred in cities with more than 500,000 people.

APPENDICES

Click here to see an appendix of narrative descriptions of each shooting used to complete this dataset.

[only_human]

Law enforcement sues LA over ban on high-capacity magazines

California has cracked down on the magazines since 2000, making it illegal to manufacture or sell them, but Los Angeles' ordinance would go further, making it illegal to possess them.

Other cities like Sunnyvale and San Francisco also ban possession of the magazines.

Violation of the new ordinance would carry misdemeanor charges.

Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Krekorian called the lawsuit a “predictable and desperate attempt by NRA lawyers to strike down a common-sense policy that will keep our city and its people safe.”

[Brian-E]

Originally Posted by only_human

Law enforcement sues LA over ban on high-capacity magazines

We expect this from gun ownership organisations, but am I alone in finding the position of "Law enforcement" as a joint plaintiff in this action bizarre? What is "law enforcement"'s motivation for opposing a law which would ban possession of high volume ammunition capable of killing many people in a single incident?

In the article we read:

Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko, one of 30 sheriffs who filed the lawsuit, said parts of the state allow high-capacity magazines.
“The ordinance creates a patchwork of laws that law-abiding citizens and law enforcement have to navigate through,” Bosenko said, according to Los Angeles Daily News.

But I don't buy that. A slight increase in the complexity of where exactly you can possess what is hardly a good reason to sue. Can't law enforcers just update the lists of "what is legal where" which they presumably use? Aren't the people behind the proposed new law in Los Angeles working to the same end as the sheriffs supposedly are (to make the general public safer)? I smell an ulterior motive here which has nothing to do with law enforcement and keeping the public safe.

[only_human]

Chicago Bears team facility's caution over a disgruntled defensive lineman extended to his potential to be armed.
Police Report: Jeremiah Ratliff said he felt like 'killing everybody in the building'

Bears director of security John Tarpey made a call to Lake Forest police. Officers responded to the call and remained on the scene until all staff members left. The police report also states Ratliff is believed to own multiple firearms. Lake Forest police were on hand again the next morning.

[only_human]

Man Survives Grizzly Attack By Shoving Arm Down Bear’s Throat

The bear was spooked, and charged Dellwo, knocking him off his feet. It bit down on his head, roared “the loudest roar I have ever heard,” Dellwo said, and paused. Dellwo managed to sit up before the bear came back and bit his right leg.

When the bear came back again, Dellwo said he recalled a tip from his grandmother.

“I remembered an article that my grandmother gave me a long time ago that said large animals have bad gag reflexes. So I shoved my right arm down his throat,” Dellwo said.

It worked. He walked out, bloodied and disoriented, to find his brother and head to the hospital.

[Brian-E]

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[Xyzzy]

http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/natio...omer/76491292/

"Upon investigation we learned he had gotten into an argument with an employee over smoking and he pulled out a handgun and shot the employee in the head."

[only_human]

Originally Posted by Xyzzy

http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/natio...omer/76491292/

He must have feared for his life when she asked him to put out his cigarette.

The Congressman Who Restricted Gun Violence Research Has Regrets
Rep. Jay Dickey (R-Ark.) authored the controversial 1996 amendment that remains in place. He wishes Congress would change it.

After the Dickey amendment passed in '96, the Knight Ridder media chain did an analysis of the vote. It discovered that three-quarters of those who backed the measure had received a collective $1.6 million from the NRA that calendar year. Only six of the 158 members who opposed the measure had received support from the gun lobby.

[Xyzzy]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...hoots-herself/

Ja’Mecca is the third Georgia child to be killed in an accidental shooting in the past month.

[xilman]

Originally Posted by Xyzzy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...hoots-herself/

Auto-darwination by proxy?

(Parents restricting their own contribution to the gene pool by making it easier for their offspring not to reproduce.)

[Xyzzy]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...ence-research/

Joined by a handful of Democratic lawmakers, the doctors spoke about the need to view gun violence as a public health epidemic and research ways to solve it – as the country would with any disease causing the deaths of thousands of Americans each year.