Posts Made By: Mel Maki

Originally Posted by Patrick Keafer

James, 

When the news is more about the reporter than the answer to the question being asked it is time to question whether it is in the best interests of news organization and the country to have that reporter there. All Acosta does is go there to illicit a reaction from the President. He's a troll. He should ask the question and sit down.  CNN really should replace him with someone else. 

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Let me see,
Homicides: 5.1 per 100,000 people. US leads the 15 industrialized countries globally. And that doesn't include the assaults where somebody pulls a gun on somebody.
https://www.vox.com/2018/6/21/17488024/gun-ownership-violence-shootings-us
PER capita, it rises to to 10.6 putting it on par the Dominican Republic.
I previously referenced a study where kids in red states with loose gun restrictions are far more likely to die from guns than those in blue states with more restrictive gun restrictions. Oh, I forgot, guns don't kill kids, kids kill kids, right?
And as far as the inane and ludicrous comparison to abortions is concerned, I'll simply state the obvious, abortions performed legally are just that and not "murder"...

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

I still don't see Fred, Rich or Greg addressing the initial post of this thread, especially with regards to Fred's "excellent post", the one in which he calls the murders by gun violence with the particular set of stats he refers to as "statistically insignificant." But nowhere in Fred's "excellent post" did he reference gun violence related to assaults, wounded, maimed or paralyzed patients, the same kinds of patients modern medicine saves and who would otherwise appear in Fred's "statistically insignificant" numbers. You know, the very ones the trauma surgeons are talking about in the post. 
And the NRA's response to all of this? "Stay in your lane"...
Geez.. 
Oh"
"But when it comes to gun deaths per capita, the U.S. ranks 20th, at a rate of 10.6 per 100,000 deaths — putting it on par with the Dominican Republic. Many places with high gun death rates had fewer deaths than the U.S. because of smaller populations."
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/theres-a-new-global-ranking-of-gun-deaths-heres-where-the-u-s-stands

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Mel,
I won't even bother with Rich's BS but I'll respond to yours:
Here are the recent stats:
"According to the website Gun Violence Archive, more than 12,000 people have been killed by firearms in the US so far this year, including about 3,000 people under the age of 18.
That number does not include an annual estimate of 22,000 suicides via firearms."
Mel, that's a lot. Victims of the Las Vegas shooting were present at the Thousand Oaks Bar and Grill shooting this past week. One of them was hit and killed. His mother said this:
"I don't want prayers, I don't want thoughts, I want gun control"
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46150847
The shooter's mother said the same thing. And that's still not addressing those who were assaulted, wounded, paralyzed or otherwise disabled by firearms, ie the same ones not addressed by you or anyone else here, ie the same patients the traumas surgeons are talking about. The NRA's response remains the same "stay in your lane" and refused invitation for air time on CNN to respond... 

Originally Posted by Russ Carroll

People show their character, and character rules in ones life. This is why I am confident Trump will be the first President to spend time in jail after leaving office.