I'll be putting a letter together using the following information and sending it to every Legislator and the Governor by Tuesday asking them to please clarify the "We must ACT NOW!" mantra and if they support our gun rights, I'm fortunate to have a Rep and Senator who do, to have their colleagues explain the crisis to them. I know the anti gun crowd does not like to "confuse the issue with the facts". Just though folks on the forum would have an interest in these numbers if they did not already know them.
The compiled totals for Massachusetts from the '05 to '11 FBI Crime in the USA annual reports are as follows
Murders 1,263
Of that total commited by Rifle 8; Shotgun 10; Knives/Sharps 262; Hands/Fists/Feet 54
Hmmm... no one should end up a murder stat; but 8 of 1,263 by Rifle? I really don't see a crisis here. How "many" of the 8 were "evil issue"? Obviously, somewhere between 8 and 0. I'll vote for 0 since the "evil ones" are in the decided minority of the rifle pop in the US.
My two cents for now.
The compiled totals for Massachusetts from the '05 to '11 FBI Crime in the USA annual reports are as follows
Murders 1,263
Of that total commited by Rifle 8; Shotgun 10; Knives/Sharps 262; Hands/Fists/Feet 54
Hmmm... no one should end up a murder stat; but 8 of 1,263 by Rifle? I really don't see a crisis here. How "many" of the 8 were "evil issue"? Obviously, somewhere between 8 and 0. I'll vote for 0 since the "evil ones" are in the decided minority of the rifle pop in the US.
My two cents for now.