Date Posted:11:51:00 08/20/06 Sun Author: ???? Subject: I agree sort of In reply to:
JOBEE
's message, "This unhappy nation" on 05:03:42 08/19/06 Sat
When I see what comes out of a London mosque and headed for this country on a plane,I ain't exactly tickled pink
>The Associated Press reported on June 24, 2004 that
>the number of violent crimes in many US cities were on
>the rise. In 2003 Chicago alone recorded 598
>homicides, 80 percent of which involvedthe use of guns.
>
> The Washington D.C. reported 41,738 murders,
>robberies and other violent crimes in 2003, averaging
>6,406.4 cases per 100,000 residents. In 2004 the
>District recorded 198 killings, or a homicide rate of
>35 per 100,000 residents. Detroit,which has less than
>1 million residents, recorded 18,724 criminal cases in
>2003, including 366 murders and 814 rapes, which
>amountedto a homicide rate of 41 per 100,000
>residents.
>
>In 2003 the homicide rate in Baltimore was 43 per
>100,000 residents. The Baltimore Sun reported on Dec.
>17, 2004 that the city reported 271 killings from
>January to early December in 2004.It was reported that
>on Sept. 8, 2004 that by Sept. 4, 2004 there had been
>368 homicides in the city, up 4.2 percent year-on-year.
> The USA Today reported on July 16, 2004 that in an
>average week inthe US workplace one employee is killed
>and at least 25 are seriously injured in violent
>assaults by current or former co-workers. The
>Cincinnati Post reported on Nov. 12, 2004 that
>homicides average 17 a week and there are nearly 5,500
>violent assaults a day at US job sites.
>
>The United States has the biggest number of gun owners
>and gun violence has affected lots of innocent lives.
>According to a survey released by the University of
>Chicago in 2001, 41.7 percentof men and 28.5 percent
>of women in the United States report having a gun in
>their homes, and 29.2 percent of men and 10.2 percent
>of women personally own a gun. The Los Angeles Times
>reported on Jul. 19, 2004 that since 2000 the number
>of firearm holders rose 28 percent in California.
>
>About 31,000 Americans are killed and 75,000 wounded
>by firearms each year, which means more than 80 people
>are shot dead each day. In 2002 there were 30,242
>firearm killings in the UnitedStates; 54 percent of
>all suicides and 67 percent of all homicideswere
>related to the use of firearms.
>
> The Associated Press reportedthat 808 people were
>shot dead in the first half of 2004 in Detroit.
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