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| Protestors for Gun Appreciation Day rally at the Mississippi State Capitol. |
The suspect was identified and held down by attendees until police could arrive, according to some accounts. There's no indication that this shooting happened in relation to the Gun Appreciation Day rally at the Capitol, but it should be a wake up call to those who thought it would be a wonderful idea to hold a gun rally in the midst of MLK celebrations in Jackson, of all places.
Gun Appreciation Day activists noted on the Facebook page that Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant and other state lawmakers were expected to be in attendance at the rally.
I'll update this when there's more solid information.
Update: WLBT is reporting that a 21-year-old man was shot in the right chest area on Detroit Street. After being shot, the victim ran south onto Martin Luther King Jr. Drive where he collapsed. The alleged shooter was arrested.
A video has surfaced showing the victim being carried to the ambulance.
Happy Gun Appreciation Day, everyone.
Great day at the gun rally today! Our great governor, Phil Bryant, gave a stirring speech. Btw, not one act of violence occurred at the second amendment rally where nothing but law abiding, freedom loving people attended, while the MLK parade seems to have been a breeding ground for such things. Wonder if the shooter at the MLK parade was a licensed gun owner.....hmmmm...?
ReplyDeleteWhat you really mean to say is that, unlike you peaceful gun toting white folk, those black people just can't help but shoot each other. That is what you're actually implying, is it not?
DeleteAnyway, it would behoove you to make yourself aware of the fact that multiple people were shot Gun Appreciation Day events today by bumbling fools who wanted couldn't help but accidentally shoot their fellow "gun patriots." This happened at at least 3 today. At one event, three people were accidentally shot by one of your own idiots.
Tell him Ashton! Bravo dude!
Delete'Three people were also accidentally shot and wounded at a gun show at the North Carolina state fairgrounds on Saturday. In Medina, Ohio on Saturday, a dealer was checking out a semi-automatic handgun at a gun show when he accidentally pulled the trigger and shot a man in the arm and leg. The investigation determined the shooting to be accidental. Police say no charges will be filed. INDIANAPOLIS - A person who was loading a gun outside of the Indy 1500 Gun and Knife Show at the State Fairgrounds was accidentally shot when his gun discharged Saturday afternoon. The man, identified as Emory L. Cozee, 54, was walking back to his car, was loading his .45 caliber semi-automatic and accidentally shot himself in the hand, Varner says. Police say Cozee was taken to Wishard Memorial Hospital for treatment. The investigation determined the shooting to be accidental. Police say no charges will be filed.'
DeleteIs this what you are referring to? Accidental shootings that resulted in minor wounds? Hardly anything criminal like the MLK parade.
It would equally behoove you to be aware that 'those black people' are my family! I stated facts, and I was not implying anything.
I have not found one incident of violence reported at the many gun rallies across our country today. I was simply making a pointed statement of the hypocrisy and implications in this story; '...who thought it would be a wonderful idea to hold a gun rally in the midst of MLK celebrations in Jackson, of all places.' The timing of this rally had nothing to do with the MLK celebrations, instead, having everything to do with the dangers of an encroaching government on the freedoms of the citizens of this country.
Why the immature name calling?
You clearly don't know that much about guns. Being shot in the arm and the leg by most handguns is more than a "minor wound." There are arteries there. I person can bleed out within minutes, depending on the size of the ammunition used and the specific location of the wound.
DeleteYou may be able to convince yourself that guns in the hands of the white...ahem "right" people are somehow safer, but those "law abiding, freedom loving people," shot each other. The fact that those shouts were accidental DOESN'T SUPPORT YOUR ARGUMENT. Supposedly "highly trained,law abiding" gun owners can be trusted to hold or move a gun without risking lives.
You have no idea what I know about guns, but be assured, I know more than enough. I never said that a person could not be seriously injured by gun shot wounds; what I did say was that THESE shootings were accidental and resulted in minor wounds as the reports are saying. See how that works?
DeleteAnd when did I say that 'guns in the hands of the white...ahem "right" people are somehow safer,'? Please point that out, I look forward to it. Again, 'those black people' are my own family! Make stuff up much?
According to the flawed logic of those on this blog, guns need to be banned because of their potential risk of inflicting minor/major, or life taking, injuries. You also believe the potential for accidents it too great to allow guns to freely remain in the hands of America's law abiding people. That would mean that you would have to be in favor of banning the use of cars for all Americans since they clearly take more lives than guns do. According to the federal government, the number of people killed in automobile-related deaths annually is approximately three times higher than the number of people killed by all gun-related deaths combined -- handgun, shotgun, and rifle. Yet there is, to my knowledge, no concerted effort to ban automobiles. FBI crime statistics show more people are consistently killed each year with hammers and clubs than with rifles. According to the FBI, the total number of gun deaths for 2005 was 10,158, for 2006 it was 10,225, and for 2007 it was 10,129. These numbers fluctuate a little, dropping from time to time. For example, in 2010 the total number of gun related deaths was 8,775 and in 2011 it was 8,583. According to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the total number of deaths related to automobiles in 2009 was 34,485. In other words, more people died via automobiles in 2009 alone than died in gun-related deaths for the years 2005, 2006, and 2007 combined. Moreover, according to the CDC, more people died from falls in 2009 alone than died in gun-related deaths for the years 2009, 2010, and most of 2011 combined. (Total number of deaths via falls in 2009 was 24,792.) The bottom line: Driving down the interstate and climbing rocks and ladders is exceedingly dangerous when compared with owning and using handguns, shotguns, and rifles.
Now, if your REAL concern is truly about safety, it would stand to reason that you would like to know what poses the greatest threat to human life.....Right??? And to be consistent, you now need to ban cars, hammers, clubs, and,.....Oh my,....what will you people do with the falling down problem.....ban walking more than a quarter mile a day???
In addition to not understanding how guns work you clearly do not understand how statistics work. Oh, wait, no, you're lying. That's why you didn't link your source. The FBI tracks variables like murder, rape and arson. It's the BoJ that tracks the weapons used in specific crimes. Guess what the very first sentence under the titles in the BoJ homicide trend chart is? "Homicides are most often committed with guns,especially handguns."
DeleteAccording to the BoJ, remember the people who actually tract these things, the total number of gun deaths in 2005 was 11,346. The total number of non-gun homicides is 5,346.
If you add in accidental deaths the numbers skew even harder toward the inherent dangers of guns.
The only way that gun deaths come out as less is if you add in every other possible thing that could kill a person versus gun homicides. Don't do that. It's lying.
Since I'm NOT lying. I have no problem linking my sources.
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/homicide/weapons.cfm
P.S. BINGO http://isobeldebrujah.wordpress.com/2012/12/17/pro-gun-bingo/
In addition to assuming things about me that you clearly do not know, you are less than a talking head. As far as statistics, the numbers and charts speak for themselves, thus leaving me no reason to lie. Your irrational bent to call someone a liar that you do not even know anything about tells me all I need to know of your character, as does your juvenile ranting. I do not lie, nor do the statistics released by the FBI. The FBI is a governmental agency belonging to the United States Department of Justice (DOJ)that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency. BoJ.....What is that??? Bank of Japan...LOL!!
DeleteI NEVER stated that homicides were not most often committed by guns, especially handguns. Instead, I said, 'According to the CDC...more people died via automobiles in 2009 alone than died in gun-related deaths for the years 2005, 2006, and 2007 combined.' These stats can be found on the links below. Your figures are wrong as this link proves:
http://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2009/offenses/expanded_information/data/shrtable_08.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/Injury/wisqars/pdf/Leading_Causes_injury_Deaths_Age_GRoup_Highlighting_Unintentional_Injury%20Deaths_US_2009-a.pdf
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-11
And this link gives many more stats relating to causes of death over the past 5-6 years:
http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/LeadingCauses.html This is where you can find the 10 Leading Causes of Injury Deaths by Age Group Highlighting
Violence-Related Injury Deaths, United States – 2009; Unintentional MV Traffic deaths for 2009 - 34,485; Homicide Firearm for 2009 - 11,493.
See how this works?
isobeldebrujah:
DeleteIt is unfortunate that you need to be molly coddled to the point of having to provide direct links to prove your ignorance. Again, the point here is that those like yourself who claim to be concerned with the welfare of our nations children in the wake of the tragedy in Sandy Hook are proving to be disingenuous. This is a case in point: As of Dec. 19, 2012 the cesspool known as Chicago probably has the toughest gun laws in the country, yet despite all the shootings, murders, and bloodshed, you never hear a peep about this from the corrupt state run media. In Chicago, there have been 446 school age children shot in the leftist utopia run by Rahm Emanuel and that produced Obama, Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan, etc. 62 school aged children have actually been killed by crazed nuts in Chicago so far this year with almost two weeks to go. So why isn’t this news worthy? Is it because it would embarrass those anti second amendment nuts who brag about Chicago’s tough gun laws? Is it because most of the kids who were shot and killed were minorities? Or is it because the corrupt media doesn’t want to show Chicago in a bad light? Where has all the rage been on behalf of these children? Where is all the rage over those cars that kill three times as many people as guns do? The hypocrisy is intolerable to anyone but those espousing it in light of the fact that Chicago has the most strict gun laws in the nation but some of the highest incidence of gun violence. That would be because strict gun laws only serve to make the law abiding citizens into victims while doing little to nothing in curtailing the use of firearms by those who care nothing for laws. Chicago is a glaring example of the lunacy of this type of illogical thinking from those wishing to enact strict gun laws across our country.
To grind this back even farther, the fact of the matter is that Americans have a right to keep and bear arms according to our Constitution. If you do not want a gun, don't get one; you are not going to be forced to own a gun. I will not be forced to disarm. It would be unconstitutional and against my morals to be unable to defend my family and myself in today's society.
As far as my knowledge of guns - my practice today consisted of a .22 revolver pistol. All but one of my dozens of shots hit the bulls eye. I train extensively with all types of handguns and rifles. After all, if the occasion ever arises that I need to defend my family or myself, I am confident that my training will pay off and I will hit my intended target.
I also posted the above comment to you.
ALOE
Hey remember when I said, "The only way that gun deaths come out as less is if you add in every other possible thing that could kill a person versus gun homicides. Don't do that. It's lying." before? It's still lying. You should stop because we can see your statistics (finally) and you're embarrassing yourself.
DeleteThe car argument is a canard and illogical on its face.
Adding together the total number of deaths by firearms in the CDC data, or any data really but the CDC data is the only one that also track suicides, and adjusting for the difference in interactions, (most people come in close proximity to a car daily whereas few and few individuals have interactions with guns) you're actually looking at FAR greater danger from firearms than is represented by the statistics.
Leaving aside those arguments that are just silly, because I don't need to fill up my BINGO card yet again let's examine the...OK< wait I'll find one...nope. Sorry. You've got nothing.
Sorry, but it is you that is an embarrassment, as the stats prove, so you then lash out with irrational nonsense. This latest attack on the second amendment has nothing to do with suicides. But, to show that you are painfully mistaken, or willfully ignorant, let's figure those numbers in as well:
DeleteSuicide Firearm deaths for 2009 - 18,735.
Homicide Firearm deaths for 2009 - 11,493.
You still come up about 4,000 plus short in comparison to the MV Traffic deaths.
You cannot possibly get more simple than:
Unintentional Motor Vehicle Traffic deaths for 2009 - 34,485;
Homicide Firearm deaths for 2009 - 11,493.
And this is simple as well:
Total number of deaths via falls in 2009 was 24,792.
Homicide Firearm deaths for 2009 - 11,493.
'...you're actually looking at FAR greater danger from firearms than is represented by the statistics.' So you claim to know more than the FBI and CDC. Sorry, I believe them to be a much more credible and reliable source than some school boy, intellectual wannabe.
And, of course, you have no legitimate argument for anything else I said, so you dismiss them as 'silly', and then you deflect and run....typical. You must be really young.
ALOA
Oh buckshit...your information is totally wrong! Get your facts and report accurately
ReplyDeleteProve it. Or are you even capable of presenting anything at all that is factual? These FACTS come straight from FBI crime stats and the stats of the CDC. Yet, all you are providing is juvenile ranting. I know....darn those pesky facts, they only trip you up.
ReplyDeleteALOA