The propaganda unleashed in this pic relies solely on the gullibility of the average American. Further it manufactures "facts" that in no way impinge on the real world, in that:
1. The FBI reports approximately 900 homicides each year (this figure jumped noticeably to its current rate in the 1970's and 1980's following the increase in the availability of illegal drugs but has stayed remarkably unchanged despite the various "anti-gun laws" since that time.
2. Of the 900 Homicides reported by the FBI each year only about three-hundred involve firearms (which numbers also include rifles and shotguns), so the reality is less than 200 homicides are handgun related in the US. This means that the other 600 odd homicides each year are NOT committed with any gun whatsoever--what are these deaths caused by you ask... The answer is a simple matter of common sense, i.e., the weapon of choice is ALWAYS whatever blunt object is available at hand, nearly always a baseball bat or hammer or other similar "weapon." NOT GUNS.
3. Of course if the makers of this film were interested in the truth, heaven forbid, they would also relate two other important facts:
a. The FBI reports that the average criminal commits 300 crimes on average each year and with over one-million in jail population and another one-million out on bail, on work-furlough or simply released due to overcrowding; the number of daily crimes in the US is truly shocking, so the real question is why aren't their more gun-related deaths in the US, the answer will shock you...
b. If you talk to police chiefs every day of the week like I do they have a simple reason for so little violence despite the number of guns--the truth that any sheriff or Police Chief will tell you is that their own deputies and officers are told by the potential victims that the bad guys were frightened away by, of all things, an ordinary citizen with a gun and the will to use it to defend a friend, a neighbor or even a complete stranger. This number is truly astounding and nearly unbelievable--especially if you believe all the anti-gun propaganda.
c. The actual number, which is fairly consistent and fairly reliable is that approximately 30,000 lives are saved each year BECAUSE of guns. These numbers, however, never get reported for one simple reason, i.e., people do not report no-crime. Further, the police have no system for reporting a crime that never happened--if a criminal makes the mistake of picking a victim in the vicinity of one or more armed civilians the crook, quite wisely, goes elsewhere, ergo no victim and no crime. And, of course, no report. So the truth is that a great many experts know of the tremendous advantage an armed victim has over an unarmed one. But of course we are never asked for these facts--it doesn't sell air-time and how would Hollywood make a movie where no one is hurt and no crime committed.
So, we see, it isn't the gun makers who benefit from selling guns it's the Billion dollar movie and TV companies who actually benefit from all the fairy tails they generate every day to make a buck, sell their notions of right and wrong and in so doing create victims out of the poor folks who believe what these fear merchants preach.
1. The FBI reports approximately 900 homicides each year (this figure jumped noticeably to its current rate in the 1970's and 1980's following the increase in the availability of illegal drugs but has stayed remarkably unchanged despite the various "anti-gun laws" since that time.
2. Of the 900 Homicides reported by the FBI each year only about three-hundred involve firearms (which numbers also include rifles and shotguns), so the reality is less than 200 homicides are handgun related in the US. This means that the other 600 odd homicides each year are NOT committed with any gun whatsoever--what are these deaths caused by you ask... The answer is a simple matter of common sense, i.e., the weapon of choice is ALWAYS whatever blunt object is available at hand, nearly always a baseball bat or hammer or other similar "weapon." NOT GUNS.
3. Of course if the makers of this film were interested in the truth, heaven forbid, they would also relate two other important facts:
a. The FBI reports that the average criminal commits 300 crimes on average each year and with over one-million in jail population and another one-million out on bail, on work-furlough or simply released due to overcrowding; the number of daily crimes in the US is truly shocking, so the real question is why aren't their more gun-related deaths in the US, the answer will shock you...
b. If you talk to police chiefs every day of the week like I do they have a simple reason for so little violence despite the number of guns--the truth that any sheriff or Police Chief will tell you is that their own deputies and officers are told by the potential victims that the bad guys were frightened away by, of all things, an ordinary citizen with a gun and the will to use it to defend a friend, a neighbor or even a complete stranger. This number is truly astounding and nearly unbelievable--especially if you believe all the anti-gun propaganda.
c. The actual number, which is fairly consistent and fairly reliable is that approximately 30,000 lives are saved each year BECAUSE of guns. These numbers, however, never get reported for one simple reason, i.e., people do not report no-crime. Further, the police have no system for reporting a crime that never happened--if a criminal makes the mistake of picking a victim in the vicinity of one or more armed civilians the crook, quite wisely, goes elsewhere, ergo no victim and no crime. And, of course, no report. So the truth is that a great many experts know of the tremendous advantage an armed victim has over an unarmed one. But of course we are never asked for these facts--it doesn't sell air-time and how would Hollywood make a movie where no one is hurt and no crime committed.
So, we see, it isn't the gun makers who benefit from selling guns it's the Billion dollar movie and TV companies who actually benefit from all the fairy tails they generate every day to make a buck, sell their notions of right and wrong and in so doing create victims out of the poor folks who believe what these fear merchants preach.
