Here we go again, but Taft? Really? (2013, crimes)

[.highnlite]

Taft Union school shooting: California politicians speak out - latimes.com

[Fontucky]

Copycat crimes after high profile tragedies are not uncommon

[Fontucky]

Ooops, he used a shotgun. Cue the Feinsteinians for a strident call for shotgun bans.

[krudmonk]

If only there were more good guys...

[1200RT]

Originally Posted by Fontucky

Copycat crimes after high profile tragedies are not uncommon

Yet we rarely know the actual cause of the shootings, as the press latches onto the "gun" aspect, rather than reporting on the cause of the event.

[1200RT]

One student critically wounded in California school shooting | Reuters

The lone suspect, a 16-year-old male student, was arrested after a teacher and a school administrator who confronted him persuaded the boy to put his gun down, Youngblood told a televised news conference.

His identity was not immediately released, but police said the suspect apparently had a disagreement with the student who was critically injured.

[.highnlite]

I heard that the Science teacher told him, "there will be no shooting in this classroom, put that gun down," and the kid did.

[Gentoo]

When the vice president is speaking to gun control advocates and gun rights organizations about gun safety and he gets interrupted so we can be told about ANOTHER shooting in ANOTHER school...

[.highnlite]

"The rate of firearm homicides was 20 times higher in the United States than in the other countries, according to the report, which cited a 2011 study of 23 countries. And though suicide rates were lower in the United States, firearm suicide rates were six times higher.

Sixty-nine percent of all American homicide deaths in 2007 involved firearms, compared with an average of 26 percent in other countries, the study said."

in America if you possess a gun you are more likely to be a victim of gun violence than if you do not: "Keeping a gun in the home carries a murder risk 2.7 times greater than not keeping one, according to a study by Arthur Kellermann. The National Rifle Association has fiercely attacked this study, but it remains valid despite its criticisms. The study found that people are 21 times more likely to be killed by someone they know than a stranger breaking into the house. Half of the murders were over arguments or romantic triangles. The study also found that the increased murder rate in gun-owning households was entirely due to an increase in gun homicides only, not any other murder method. It further found that gun-owning households saw an increased murder risk by family or intimate acquaintances, not by strangers or non-intimate acquaintances. The most straightforward explanation is that the presence of a gun increases the possibility that a normal family fight or drinking binge will become deadly. No other explanation fits the above

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[Curmudgeon]

Guess there's no other explanation for the 1.5-2.5 million times a year gun is successfully used defensively by the owner or a family member either other than it works.