Sentences with phrase «about by guns»

Of those 89 deaths, 64 were brought about by guns.

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Farage, speaking on London's LBC radio, was asked about gun control by a caller.

A second challenging (and nonsensical) barrier to stemming this firearm - health crisis, he says, is the widely propagated myth that physicians can't, or shouldn't, talk to their patients about the safety risks of guns — a belief reinforced by a misunderstanding of a provision in the Affordable Care Act.

According to data collected by the Machine Gun Price Guide, which uses information from dealers, auctions and gun shows, the cost of a Tommy gun (the Thompson M1) went from about $ 9,000 in 2004 to almost $ 27,000 last July — a 200 percent increase.

Smith & Wesson's revenue forecast did not reflect any potential surge in demand caused by consumers worried about increased gun control, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Buchanan said on a conference call.

About two decades later, the Firearm Owners» Protection Act effectively banned newly manufactured machine guns from being purchased by civilians at all.

Asked about the recent arrests in Georgia, Fernandez said he was not surprised by how many guns the thieves took.

Assaults by firearm kill about 11,000 people in the US each year, which translates to a roughly 1 - in - 370 lifetime chance of death from gun violence.

A roundup of gun control and violence studies by writer German Lopez at Vox shows Americans represent less than 5 % of the world population but possess nearly 50 % of the world's civilian - owned guns, police are about three times more likely to be killed in states with high gun ownership, countries with more guns see more gun deaths, and states with tighter gun control laws see fewer gun - related deaths, among other sobering statistics.

But America has become resistant to doing anything about this issue, in large part due to a decades - long public campaign by the National Rifle Association (NRA) to convince the US public and politicians that, in fact, the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms and that more guns will actually make people safer, contrary to what the research says.

Last week, Laura Ingraham, Fox News» queen of snark, tweeted that David Hogg — a 17 - year - old who survived the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., and has been among the eloquent advocates for gun control — «whines about» being rejected by four universities...

Louis Navellier, known for his stock selection prowess, is betting on two firearms companies that have been swept up in a nationwide buying frenzy sparked by Americans concerned about President Barack Obama «s intentions regarding gun control and their safety following terrorist attacks in San Bernardino, California, and Paris late last year.

Eighteen months before Nikolas Cruz shot up Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, staff were so worried about his fascination with guns that they banned him from practicing shooting skills with the JROTC, according to mental health records obtained by the South Florida Sun Sentinel.

Broward County Commissioner Michael Udine said of the many things victims» families are angry about — the shooter's ruthlessness, the response by the armed deputy assigned to the school, the failure of the FBI and BSO in preventing the attack despite specific warnings and red flags, past missteps by the Broward school district and Florida's child - welfare agency, gun policies — the handling of families and the notification process «is down the list.»

«We really need conservatives to speak out about the commonsense idea that you do not have to interfere with gun ownership merely by doing gun safety.»

Asked about mass shootings more broadly, the public says by a roughly 2 to 1 margin that they reflect problems identifying and treating people with mental health problems rather than inadequate gun control laws.

By making more people more passionate about gun control, the movement could help close a big gap in the current debate.

do I need any approval before I practice my religion, do I have to prove my religion before I practice, my holy book further describe that you must carry a gun in 21st century because there is too much crime in this world, but it doesn't say much about if I migrate to another country these rules will still apply, Or I should modified them according to my comfort, like talking in English which is not my religious language wearing pants or not, having education or not, standing in line or not, I am so confused what should I do can someone help me, should I go back to country where my religion originated or back in time ask my guru questions about western world confusion, or just decide by myself what suites me, or preach other develop country that you guys are wrong be peaceful.

Lets talk about psychotropic drugs and our over drugged children by the «psych / pharma» complex that has become tyrannical in it's quest for money, stop demonizing guns.

About 400 worshippers were attending the service when two bombers carrying assault rifles stormed the church, triggering a gun battle in which one assailant was killed by police guards and the other opened fire at worshippers and detonated his explosives vest.

At first intimidated and sent away by abusive military guards — who machine - gun the tabernacle — Romero soon returns to pick up the hosts scattered about the floor, as the soldiers fire over his head.

i find it interesting that CNN has this article right by the one about Arkansas allowing guns in churches

But one way to determine the value of a book is by how it helps us understand Jesus and inspires us to live like Jesus, and if this book did this for you better than reading Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John, then by all means, stick to your guns and say this is the best book you have read about Jesus!

That would be about 32,000 deaths by gun violence.

The Aurora, CO shooter tried to get a membership to a gun range in Denver and was refused by the range master because he felt something was just not right about the guys mental state.

Carefully itemizing mercantile bills of sale, inventories of militia and volunteer detachments, the evidence that there was a lack of gun - smiths, records of importation of guns from Europe, the incidence of duels (three in the entire South in the 1760s, none fatal), children's books and toys, comments by eyewitnesses about the abysmal shooting ability of settlers (lacking both the weapons and the gunpowder to practice), court records, and a wide variety of other historiographical resources, the author assembles an overwhelming mass of data to show that military prowess was not, in fact, characteristic of early Americans.

Maybe the 10th Amendment, by virtue of specifics about gun ownership, could apply — giving States the decision.

This I can not square away — however, I look at the gay issue much differently than most — I think it's much to complicated and we are jumping the gun by saying we just accept gay marriage — or it's an evil sin — what about the science that says testosterone starts forming around the babies brain when they are only 8 weeks into the womb?

I would bet that the gay neighbor in the 1999 film American Beauty, who, it is implied, loves guns, collects Nazi trinkets, and turns to murder all because he represses his own urges, formed more people's views about how to regard homosexuals than did the entire decade's research into psychosexuality by the whole scientific community.

That is why I was excited to learn about a «Code of Conduct» drafted by the Mayors Against Illegal Guns.

Guns are very effective deterrents, and given that 99.9996 % of gun owners don't go out and kill anyone with guns (that's, 35000 murders (assuming one murder per gun owner, which is a generous number, divided by 100m gun owners, which own about 270m guns in the US), it's mind numbingly stupid to argue that GUNS are the problem, or that even legal gun owners are the problem, when you're more likely to get run over by a car (and 13 times more likely to just die of cancGuns are very effective deterrents, and given that 99.9996 % of gun owners don't go out and kill anyone with guns (that's, 35000 murders (assuming one murder per gun owner, which is a generous number, divided by 100m gun owners, which own about 270m guns in the US), it's mind numbingly stupid to argue that GUNS are the problem, or that even legal gun owners are the problem, when you're more likely to get run over by a car (and 13 times more likely to just die of cancGuns are very effective deterrents, and given that 99.9996 % of gun owners don't go out and kill anyone with guns (that's, 35000 murders (assuming one murder per gun owner, which is a generous number, divided by 100m gun owners, which own about 270m guns in the US), it's mind numbingly stupid to argue that GUNS are the problem, or that even legal gun owners are the problem, when you're more likely to get run over by a car (and 13 times more likely to just die of cancguns (that's, 35000 murders (assuming one murder per gun owner, which is a generous number, divided by 100m gun owners, which own about 270m guns in the US), it's mind numbingly stupid to argue that GUNS are the problem, or that even legal gun owners are the problem, when you're more likely to get run over by a car (and 13 times more likely to just die of cancguns (that's, 35000 murders (assuming one murder per gun owner, which is a generous number, divided by 100m gun owners, which own about 270m guns in the US), it's mind numbingly stupid to argue that GUNS are the problem, or that even legal gun owners are the problem, when you're more likely to get run over by a car (and 13 times more likely to just die of cancguns in the US), it's mind numbingly stupid to argue that GUNS are the problem, or that even legal gun owners are the problem, when you're more likely to get run over by a car (and 13 times more likely to just die of cancguns in the US), it's mind numbingly stupid to argue that GUNS are the problem, or that even legal gun owners are the problem, when you're more likely to get run over by a car (and 13 times more likely to just die of cancGUNS are the problem, or that even legal gun owners are the problem, when you're more likely to get run over by a car (and 13 times more likely to just die of cancGUNS are the problem, or that even legal gun owners are the problem, when you're more likely to get run over by a car (and 13 times more likely to just die of cancer).

Cares enormously about children in resettlement camps, who must drink water to fill their stomachs because there is no food; he cares about shivering women at Nyanga whose flimsy plastic shelters are being destroyed by police; He cares that the influx control system together with Bantunization are destroying black family life not accidentally but by deliberate government policy; He cares that people die mysteriously in detention; He cares that something horrible is happening in this country when a man will often mow down his family before turning the gun on himself; He cares that life seems so dirt cheap (cited in Maimela 1986:43).

If we're upset over some victims of gun violence but not others, grieved by some untimely deaths but not others, worried about some missing children but not others — we aren't concerned with the injustices at hand.

We need conversations about loopholes in the laws that allow the sale of weapons at gun shows and by private dealers without proper background checks.

The so - called «balanced approach» (a new code word that means the exact opposite from what it would seem) sought by the president is most likely going to be all about restricting guns and nothing but study on reigning in Hollywood for the culture of violence.

There is a biblical thought about guns... if you live by the sword, you will die by the sword.

People like you care more about 4 people dying in Benghazi than you do about the dozens of people killed by gun violence in the US.

This comes on the heels of some statements made by Lewis about the necessity to «build a better football team», while gunning for the AFC North with the perennially - formidable Pittsburgh Steelers.

Letters to the editor from Orland Park and Homer Glen residents: Preventive medicine Many readers have written letters to the editor about a recent piece by Tribune columnist John Kass about doctors asking teens if families have guns.

Certainly the argument is not that no babies should be born in the hospital or that all guns should be removed from the home, but rather, decisions about birthing at home should be made by the individual, just as the decisions about bringing a gun into the home belongs.

If you ever had doubts about the youth of America, solidarity shown by teens advocating for gun control during #MarchforOurLives and #NationalSchoolWalkout events across our nation served as a good reminder that this is our future.

It's funny because I make no excuses for my love of Guns N Roses, but when my sons inquire about my love of music and my favorite bands, I gush about their indcredible talent and hard work followed by a looooong lecture about how drugs and alcohol can ruin your life.

How are we supposed to be more concerned about «offending» another parent when we read stories about children like Mykah Jackson, a 9 - year - old shot and killed by another child on Monday after they were playing with a gun they found in his father's apartment?

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney has delivered letters written by Hudson Valley students about gun violence to House Speaker Paul Ryan.

Even as he voiced support for proposals generally backed by Democrats — including expanded background checks and raising the age limit to 21 for some gun buyers — the president peppered his remarks with inaccurate facts about mass shootings and gun policy.

Inspired by the students who survived the Florida shooting and are demanding more be done to keep high - powered guns out of the reach of killers, about 80 teenagers, mostly students and recent graduates of Clarence High School, gathered in a Clarence park to send a message: «Enough is enough.»

Overall, in the five years after the ban, gun suicides dropped by about as much as they had in the five years prior to the ban.

Cuomo says the changes being discussed in D.C. to bolster gun controls are «incremental at best,» and he slammed Florida Sen. Marco Rubio for saying the SAFE Act allows people to modify an automatic weapon by removing a piece of «plastic» to make it legal,» inisting: «He doesn't know what he's talking about.»

A tweet sent by Trump in 2016 in which he denied wanting guns «brought into the school classroom» has resurfaced after a White House conversation about arming teachers as a way of stopping school shootings.

Out - gunned when it comes to fundraising and out - numbered in enrollment by about five to three across the state, Republicans know they face an uphill battle in their quest to oust Cuomo in November, and they're more than willing to accept any and all assistance in softening up their target ahead of the general election.