- not my usual post, this has left me completely disgusted with my "peers", & I shutter to call this man a peer. But, undoubtedly in many ways he is.
- Is it a tragedy when a child dies? What a stupid question, right? But there it is ...
- Is it tragic when we lose a loved one? Same stupid question, but there it is.
How many cancer sufferers might have survived had we the education regarding tobacco products, even fifty years ago, right?
- Tragedy is, we did. The freedom of information act makes information available that would curl most of our toenails, and what's certainly most laughable, is that any one of us could pop into the Free library tomorrow and read it. This is not as much of a cover up any more as it is the media nourished, CNN placated, North American public that take every Katie Couric, A Channel, News Broadcast as gospel, and refuse to question anything anymore!
- Let's look at some readily available facts ...
- The US gun death rates are far higher than other industrialized countries, and among the highest recorded in the world. 2005 statistics indicate that the US had 10,100 gun homicides compared to 222 in Canada. While Canada and the US have comparable rates of homicides without guns (1.79 vs. 1.35 per 100 000), the US firearm homicide rate is 5 times Canada's (3.8 vs. 0.69 per 100 000) and the US handgun homicide rate is 7 times Canada's (2.83 vs. 0.39 per 100 000). The US also has 5.8 times the rates per 100,000 of robberies committed with firearms even though rates of robberies without guns are comparable. While some American states have regulations comparable to other industrialized countries, guns flow freely across state borders. The USA's 220 millions guns account for almost 1/3 of all the guns in the world. American guns don’t just kill Americans - they fuel the illegal gun trade and gun violence world-wide. At least half of the illegal handguns recovered in Canada and 80% of crime guns in Mexico originate from the US.
- please, read on ...
- Gun deaths in Canada continue to decline; Statistics Canada report shows death rates related to firearms lower over the past 25 years. Gun-related deaths are trending steadily downward in Canada, says Statistics Canada, even as high-profile shooting tragedies continue to raise public hackles. A report released Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - (as police in London, Ont., continued to investigate the horrific murder of a mother and two children) -shows that death rates related to firearms fell by more than half for men and by three quarters among women over the last 25 years. Gun-related homicides, suicides and accidents all declined in relation to the population size between 1979 and 2002, said the Statistics Canada study based on death certificates.
- but what about Toronto's summer of the gun ?
- Mike Hargreaves, is a fugitive from Canadian justice, living in a modest, two-storey stucco home a few kilometres from Disney World. Many of the 32 to 35 guns stolen from his Toronto apartment (machine guns, Glock handguns and assault rifles) are still on the streets.Though he once had many friends on the Toronto police force (Hargreaves was the man who successfully lobbied the force during the early 1990s to adopt the Glock semi-automatic handgun as its standard issue), that same force has a warrant out for his arrest, alleging his arsenal was improperly stored.
- that's right, Toronto' "Summer of The Gun", can be traced back to one collector. While Speculation abounds, regarding the "improper storage", of this man's firearms, his home was broken into and his firearms were stolen. The once, well respected, trainer of Toronto's Finest, and lobbier for the firearm that now protects them, and the residents they serve, a fugitive, or Scapegoat.
- I'm not here to lobby for firearms, I'm disgusted by a man who refused to take a $5000.00 donation from kids who broke their backs to raise money for their school. If Mr. Bill Tucker, did a little research, and looked at these readily available facts, as I did. (all info quoted from the net!) maybe he'd recognize what a fool he's making of himself. These same kids who's interests you profess to protect, have been, once again, let down by the adults their taught to respect. Good thing we have decent role models, like the ones you might find at EESA. Willing to teach, educate and encourage them. This same club has sent countless "students", off to represent their country at the Canada Games, and you liken them to killers, and criminals, how dare you sir! The numbers speak for themselves, whatever policies, and laws that are continually bickered in The House of Commons, our laws must be doing something right. We are a proud and humble Nation, the likes of Bill Tucker, and his ilk, will happily be gone and in the ground by the time this next generation takes over, trust me when I say, that's one thought they are holding onto, dearly. It is sad to say, but I hear it everyday, they are so sickened by the constant one minded, force feeding of opinion, they've had enough, and I sympathize. Ours is a "community household", it's full of kids everyday, playing music, studying, and generally hanging around. These are good kids, they're not running the streets, and they soak up the love we provide, un-conditionally. People like Bill Tucker, and his friends, re-enforce, the things that they find wrong with the world they live in, honor their efforts, don't stifle them!
- hope someone is paying attention !
- Love, S.
- Is it a tragedy when a child dies? What a stupid question, right? But there it is ...
- Is it tragic when we lose a loved one? Same stupid question, but there it is.
How many cancer sufferers might have survived had we the education regarding tobacco products, even fifty years ago, right?
- Tragedy is, we did. The freedom of information act makes information available that would curl most of our toenails, and what's certainly most laughable, is that any one of us could pop into the Free library tomorrow and read it. This is not as much of a cover up any more as it is the media nourished, CNN placated, North American public that take every Katie Couric, A Channel, News Broadcast as gospel, and refuse to question anything anymore!
- Let's look at some readily available facts ...
- The US gun death rates are far higher than other industrialized countries, and among the highest recorded in the world. 2005 statistics indicate that the US had 10,100 gun homicides compared to 222 in Canada. While Canada and the US have comparable rates of homicides without guns (1.79 vs. 1.35 per 100 000), the US firearm homicide rate is 5 times Canada's (3.8 vs. 0.69 per 100 000) and the US handgun homicide rate is 7 times Canada's (2.83 vs. 0.39 per 100 000). The US also has 5.8 times the rates per 100,000 of robberies committed with firearms even though rates of robberies without guns are comparable. While some American states have regulations comparable to other industrialized countries, guns flow freely across state borders. The USA's 220 millions guns account for almost 1/3 of all the guns in the world. American guns don’t just kill Americans - they fuel the illegal gun trade and gun violence world-wide. At least half of the illegal handguns recovered in Canada and 80% of crime guns in Mexico originate from the US.
- please, read on ...
- Gun deaths in Canada continue to decline; Statistics Canada report shows death rates related to firearms lower over the past 25 years. Gun-related deaths are trending steadily downward in Canada, says Statistics Canada, even as high-profile shooting tragedies continue to raise public hackles. A report released Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - (as police in London, Ont., continued to investigate the horrific murder of a mother and two children) -shows that death rates related to firearms fell by more than half for men and by three quarters among women over the last 25 years. Gun-related homicides, suicides and accidents all declined in relation to the population size between 1979 and 2002, said the Statistics Canada study based on death certificates.
- but what about Toronto's summer of the gun ?
- Mike Hargreaves, is a fugitive from Canadian justice, living in a modest, two-storey stucco home a few kilometres from Disney World. Many of the 32 to 35 guns stolen from his Toronto apartment (machine guns, Glock handguns and assault rifles) are still on the streets.Though he once had many friends on the Toronto police force (Hargreaves was the man who successfully lobbied the force during the early 1990s to adopt the Glock semi-automatic handgun as its standard issue), that same force has a warrant out for his arrest, alleging his arsenal was improperly stored.
- that's right, Toronto' "Summer of The Gun", can be traced back to one collector. While Speculation abounds, regarding the "improper storage", of this man's firearms, his home was broken into and his firearms were stolen. The once, well respected, trainer of Toronto's Finest, and lobbier for the firearm that now protects them, and the residents they serve, a fugitive, or Scapegoat.
- I'm not here to lobby for firearms, I'm disgusted by a man who refused to take a $5000.00 donation from kids who broke their backs to raise money for their school. If Mr. Bill Tucker, did a little research, and looked at these readily available facts, as I did. (all info quoted from the net!) maybe he'd recognize what a fool he's making of himself. These same kids who's interests you profess to protect, have been, once again, let down by the adults their taught to respect. Good thing we have decent role models, like the ones you might find at EESA. Willing to teach, educate and encourage them. This same club has sent countless "students", off to represent their country at the Canada Games, and you liken them to killers, and criminals, how dare you sir! The numbers speak for themselves, whatever policies, and laws that are continually bickered in The House of Commons, our laws must be doing something right. We are a proud and humble Nation, the likes of Bill Tucker, and his ilk, will happily be gone and in the ground by the time this next generation takes over, trust me when I say, that's one thought they are holding onto, dearly. It is sad to say, but I hear it everyday, they are so sickened by the constant one minded, force feeding of opinion, they've had enough, and I sympathize. Ours is a "community household", it's full of kids everyday, playing music, studying, and generally hanging around. These are good kids, they're not running the streets, and they soak up the love we provide, un-conditionally. People like Bill Tucker, and his friends, re-enforce, the things that they find wrong with the world they live in, honor their efforts, don't stifle them!
- hope someone is paying attention !
- Love, S.
