Posted on 03/19/2002 11:06:18 PM PST by davidosborne
I was amused, but not surprised, to see that recently durring a City Council meeting (Tallahassee) that Mayor Scott Maddox nearly had a fit when a councilman merely "suggested" that the City look into offering firearms training for VICTIMS of Domestic Violence and other violent crimes.....
< sarcasm>How dare we arm citizens to protect themselves the Government is doing a fine job...< /sarcasm>
FReegards,
David
Item 1 – Received a report from the Domestic Violence Coordinating Group updating the Commission on the status of domestic violence in Tallahassee and Leon County during the period 1997 through 2000
Ms. Joanne Snair, of the Domestic Violence Coordinating Group, appeared before the Commission and presented the report.
Ms. Maureen O’Neil, Chair of the Domestic Violence Coordinating Group and representative of The Refuge House, also appeared before the Commission relative to this item.
The Commission discussed 1) the need for improved communication with the Court Administrator’s Office and the need to increase participation in the New Hope Batterers Intervention Program; 2) the importance of keeping statistics on the different cases such as cases where there unemployment, education level, or drug use were factors, as well as some data on demographics of those assigned to alternative programs; and 3) suggested looking at other locales that were attempting different solutions, such as hiring volunteer bodyguards or taking some psychological approaches.
Notice how the firearms training suggestion was "convieniently" left OUT of the reported minutes...
And the boy-mayor is nothing but an Al Gore wannabe.
Alachua (Gainesville), Broward and Palm Beach are all worse than Leon County (Tallahassee) but thats not saying much.
Thru 1999 only 72 permits of the approximate 383,400 issued (less than 0.019% or 19 thousandths of 1%) have been revoked (and not necessarily due to a violent crime or the use of a gun).
In 1979, the Carter Justice Department found that of more than 32,000 attempted rapes, only 32% were actually committed (approximately 10,240). But when a woman was armed with a gun or knife, only 3% of the attempted rapes were actually successful. Almost 11 times less.
In 1966-1967 Orlando was plagued by numerous rapes - the media publicized a safety course teaching women to use a gun. Rapes fell 88% in 1967 while the rate in the rest of the state (and nation) remained the same.
In 1995 law-abiding citizens use guns to defend themselves against criminals as many as 2.5 million times every year -- or about 6,850 times a day.
For those that are interested, the March/April issue of American Handgunner conatins an article by Massad Ayoob referring to a watchmaker named Thomas. Mr. Thomas was attacked on 4 separate occasions, by a total of 11 assailants - one incident involved 5 attackers. Mr. Thomas saved his own life in each instance, receiving multiple gunshot wounds, but managed to kill 4 of the 11, the rest fleeing for their lives.
I just have to shake my head about this. What is it about these tin-plated politicians that make them think they always have to cater to the lowest-common-"PC"-denominator? Don't any of these buggers have the cojones to stand up for "the people" they supposedly serve? It's despicable and disgusting. Worms, all.
Semper Gumby
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