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Re: Giffords Gun Control Org Releases Annual Gun Control Scorecard - How Did Your State Do? 

By: Beldin in POPE 5 | Recommend this post (2)
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Texas did not enact any firearm-related legislation in 2018. The state has very weak gun safety laws and is a major exporter of crime guns. To raise its grade above an F and save lives from gun violence, Texas should pass universal background checks, prohibit hate crime offenders from accessing guns, and repeal its dangerous campus carry law.

We got an F from Giffords' Gun Control Org, eh? Tejas got a PERFECT score !!! 

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We didn't need to enact any firearms-related legislation ... we have concealed carry and open carry. To save lives from gun violence, we do need to convince even more Texans to carry firearms at all times ... on campus, as well as, off ... so we can shoot and kill violent criminals that much more quickly. However, I must concede that Texas does need to enact one piece of general legislation that would drastically help curb gun violence and a whole host of other nasty problems ... permanently rescind the right to vote for anyone who has ever been a registered Democrat. 




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Re: Giffords Gun Control Org Releases Annual Gun Control Scorecard � How Did Your State Do?
By: Zimbler0 in POPE 5
Tue, 12 Feb 19 2:13 AM 		Msg. 24111 of 62138

California’s gun-related homicide rate up, reversing years of decline

http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article177540461.html

Seven teenagers were shot to death in Sacramento County last year, including a young man found dead in a relative’s garage and a popular Sacramento High School football player allegedly shot by a family friend. In Los Angeles, police tackled a wave of gang-related shootings and the number of homicides rose for the third straight year in 2016. Murders went up significantly in San Diego, San Jose and San Bernardino.

More people were killed with guns in California last year than in any other year since 2008, new state figures show.

Killers used guns in 1,368 California homicides in 2016, up by about 200 homicides from 2014, when killings fell to a historic low, according to the California Department of Justice. The firearm homicide rate, which adjusts for population changes, increased by 15 percent from 2014 to 2016.

Guns were used in 72 percent of California homicides last year, while the number of homicides using other weapons fell slightly from 2015 to 2016, the state figures show. California’s gun homicide spike mirrored the nationwide trend. More than 11,000 people across the country were murdered with firearms last year, a 35 percent increase over 2014.

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