The GVP Report - September 17, 2013 |
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► In the largest firearm violence study to date, American Journal of Public Health, The Relationship Between Gun Ownership and Firearm Homicide Rates in the U.S.,1981-2010, Michael Siegel, et al, found a "robust correlation" between a state's rate of gun ownership and its homicide rate. For each one-percentage point increase in the prevalence of gun ownership, the state's homicide rate increased by .9 percent. ► ► A new report from the Center for American Progress, License to Kill: How Lax Concealed Carry Laws Can Combine with Stand Your Ground Laws to Produce Deadly Results, looks at the intersection of these laws that allow potentially dangerous individuals to carry hidden guns in public with little law enforcement oversight. ► A new study from the Urban Institute, The Hospital Costs of Gun Violence, found emergency room and inpatient procedures related to firearm injuries cost $629 million in 2010 alone. U.S. taxpayers subsidized over half the costs of the treatments through public insurance programs. ► A new report from Mayors Against Illegal Guns,Shoot First: 'Stand Your Ground' Laws and Their Effect on Violent Crime and the Criminal Justice System, shows many of the states with these laws have experienced a striking increase in the numbers of justifiable homicides committed by private citizens. ► A recent Ball State University study by researcher Jagdish Khubchandani shows that most Midwestern college students don't support guns on campus. Four out of five students surveyed opposed concealed handguns on campus and would not obtain a permit to carry one if it were made legal. ► Gun advocates were defeated by one vote in their attempt to override Missouri Governor Nixon's veto of a bill that would have nullified all federal gun laws in the state. The failed bill would have allowed the state to prosecute federal agents who attempt to enforce federal gun laws, allow those subject to a protection from abuse order to possess firearms and allow suspected criminals to sue federal agents who arrest them on gun charges. ► North Carolina's new law forbids law enforcement from destroying guns collected in gun buyback programs. The new law mandates these guns must be resold or kept by the state. A similar law recently passed in Arizona and has been introduced in several state legislatures across the country.
► ► E. J. Dionne, Jr., Washington Post, The Colorado Recall's Morality Lesson on Guns. Colorado shows that when sane legislation is enacted, its supporters need to sell the benefits far more effectively. And they should follow the NRA in never allowing setbacks to demobilize them. ► Rick Perlstein, The Nation, The Gun Control Debate and Our Civic Life. The political answer is obvious. Don't mourn. Expose the fact that the NRA and its acolytes violate all the bounds of civility that make democratic deliberation possible. Embarrass the pundits who refuse to recognize this. Knock on doors on election day. Organize. ► Megan Hamilton, Bubblews, Life Hangs in the Balance in Front of the Barrel of a Gun. There are times when life hangs in the balance, crystal clear like an image reflected in a tear drop. I became aware of this after having a gun waved in my face and the evening stood still, grinding the world to a halt. ► David Sirota, Salon, Colorado Proves Politicians Can't Fear Gun Reform. If the gun lobby is going to continue turning a policy debate into a cultural one, then an equally powerful cultural argument needs to be made in response. ► Katie McDonough, Salon, Take His Guns Away, Already: Why the George Zimmermans Are So Protected. What does a person have to do in this country to get a gun taken away? Or lose the right to a concealed carry permit? Turns out: quite a terrifying lot. ► Joseph Ellis, Los Angeles Times, There's No Unlimited Right To Bear Arms. No matter how prevalent or fervently held, the opinion that the Bill of Rights supports and the high court acknowledges an absolute right to gun ownership is just plain wrong. ► Brady Dennis, Washington Post, Bike Ride Interrupted by Aurora Shooting Finally Completed. The 23-year-olds standing on the San Francisco shoreline were different men than the 22-year-olds who had begun in Virginia Beach last year. They had set out to discover America. And they found it - in all its beauty, all its kindness, all is savagery, all its uncertainty.
► The Atlantic, The Gun Lobbying Group You Don't Know About. The National Shooting Sports Foundation's 8,000 members are gun and ammunition manufacturers and dealers. ► CNN Money, New Rifle Mimics Machine Gun's Rapid Fire - And It's Legal. Machine guns are illegal in the U.S. for most people, but one small company has found a way around that. ► The Nation, Is America's Militia Movement on the Rise? Militias are building a dangerous movement of zealots, with appeals laced with predictions of violence. The possibility of future violence rises in direct proportion to the proliferation of weapons. ► The Tenth Amendment Center has launched a new website, 2nd Amendment Preservation Act Tracking and Action Center. The campaign is focused solely on one effort - nullify federal gun laws, rules, orders, regulations, and the like. |
► Colorado Ceasefire statement on the recall results: We at Colorado Ceasefire have one word to describe Senators Morse and Giron: HEROES. ► Brady Campaign and its 25 California Chapters applaud the CA Legislature for passing a package of gun reform bills, also known as the LIFE Act.
► Newtown Action Alliance, Open Letter to Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks. We are very concerned that your policy to allow guns in your stores undermines the safety and well-being of our citizens. ► Mark Walsh, Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence, will be the featured seminar presenter at the Violence Prevention Collaborative's Peace Awards seminar and luncheon in Rockford, IL. ► Wesleyan University will host Marching On: A Conference on Gun Violence Prevention. The conference is organized by CT Against Gun Violence. CT Governor Dan Malloy will be the keynote speaker.
Aaron Alexis, 34, shot and killed twelve people and wounded several others at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. Alexis was armed with an assault rifle and two other guns. Alexis was killed during the incident. Dr. Janis Orlowski, chief medical officer at MedStart Washington Hospital Center told press, "There's something evil in our society that we as Americans have to work to try and eradicate. There's something wrong here when we have multiple shootings, these multiple injuries. I would like you to put my trauma center our of business. I would like to not be an expert on gunshots." |
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
New Studies on Guns
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