Massive shooting in Colorado during The Dark Knight, 14 dead
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Here's my shot at quantifying that, for what it's worth
I don't think that's the best quantifier. We (US) spend a shitton of money on weapons and research we'll never use. In practice though, yeah the chart supports the assertion.
Violence as I see it is much more philosophical, which is why I asked for a definition first and not a statistic. For example, is a violent threat violent?
When talking about the United States, please realize, we are a country of many different states. Most of our states are the size of different countries in Europe, so it would be best to compare ALL of Europe to ALL of the United States if you REALLY want to be honest.
Furthermore, gun laws can be VERY state specific in the US. States like Illinois , California, New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Hawaii would make any European jump for joy with their restrictions. In other states, some municipalities have enacted extremely strict enforcement as well. Not all of the continental US consists of gun-toting rednecks.
Note, that the #1 US state has a median murder rate lower than ANY European country. The 4 states with the lowest crime rates in the US have very little gun control, and all allow for CCW permits to be issued.
If you REALLY want to look at gun crime as a whole, you start to learn it's more about socio-economic issues than it is about whether guns are accessible to the public or not.
Another example I would like to show everyone is :
Australia 1.23 New Zealand 1.25
Now, out of these two countries, one makes it EXTREMELY hard to own or posses firearms. The other allows the majority of citizens to own handguns, rifles, shotguns , belt fed machine guns and anti aircraft missiles. Statistically speaking, these two countries have near-identical crime rates, yet one of them is significantly more lax on guns. If you compare socio-economic issues, both countries are nearly identical in terms of PPP, GDP and wage gaps.
Furthermore, gun laws can be VERY state specific in the US. States like Illinois , California, New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Hawaii would make any European jump for joy with their restrictions. In other states, some municipalities have enacted extremely strict enforcement as well. Not all of the continental US consists of gun-toting rednecks.
Note, that the #1 US state has a median murder rate lower than ANY European country. The 4 states with the lowest crime rates in the US have very little gun control, and all allow for CCW permits to be issued.
If you REALLY want to look at gun crime as a whole, you start to learn it's more about socio-economic issues than it is about whether guns are accessible to the public or not.
Another example I would like to show everyone is :
Australia 1.23 New Zealand 1.25
Now, out of these two countries, one makes it EXTREMELY hard to own or posses firearms. The other allows the majority of citizens to own handguns, rifles, shotguns , belt fed machine guns and anti aircraft missiles. Statistically speaking, these two countries have near-identical crime rates, yet one of them is significantly more lax on guns. If you compare socio-economic issues, both countries are nearly identical in terms of PPP, GDP and wage gaps.
Strange bit of news related to the Aurora episode...
Last month, a girl named Jessica Ghawi was at a food court in Eaton Centre in Toronto. She left her seat. A few moments later, a gunman sat down in her seat and opened fire into the crowd. You can find Ghawi's impressions of the event at her blog here.
She was one of the fatalities in Aurora.
Good grief. That is wildly coincidental.
Is that a second person that was previously almost shot that died in Aurora? The blogger being the other?
Maybe there is much more to this guys shooting spree? One a coincidence, but two out of 13?
That guy's got some pretty good stuff. My favorite is the fruit nazi videos:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGf9lmtcWvY]4409 -- FRUIT NAZI SHOWDOWN - PART 1 - YouTube[/ame]
Also how recent is the data? Just wondering because conceal carry went in to effect late last year for Wisconsin.
As recent as statistics provided, US data was 2010, Europe was from 2010 to as late as 2005 as some countries don't track data like we do in the US.
^No, young batman's parents were shot and killed at the theatre.
Anyone think this nutcase was just trying to make the world a better place by doing this to the children of the victims that night? Given the choice of movie, you really just can't rule that out...
@Gun haters: Governments go bad 100% of the time, bros. 100%. You can't escape it, you can only plan to survive it if it happens in your lifetime. (And guns would really come in handy then, wouldn't they?)
You poor saps that don't have freedom of gun laws, your country is closer to the top of the list.
Also: The USA isn't even close to being the only place with gun freedom. There are over 100 countries that let their citizenry be armed!
Anyone think this nutcase was just trying to make the world a better place by doing this to the children of the victims that night? Given the choice of movie, you really just can't rule that out...
@Gun haters: Governments go bad 100% of the time, bros. 100%. You can't escape it, you can only plan to survive it if it happens in your lifetime. (And guns would really come in handy then, wouldn't they?)
You poor saps that don't have freedom of gun laws, your country is closer to the top of the list.
Also: The USA isn't even close to being the only place with gun freedom. There are over 100 countries that let their citizenry be armed!
Oh, sorry tyGoldberg, the parents of Bruce Wayne (who is also Batman, goldberg) were shot outside of a theater.
Here is a Yahoo source: How do Bruce Wayne's parents die? - Yahoo! Answers
As for Spiderman's parents,
Here is a Yahoo source: How do Bruce Wayne's parents die? - Yahoo! Answers
As for Spiderman's parents,
--source: Richard and Mary Parker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia