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Lack of Great Leadership in Chicago shows again this past weekend. Why do these people vote for people who don't enforce the laws?
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“Would-be mass shooter has no ties to the community”
While no one was hurt during the incident and it’s unclear as to whether Podgorny’s motive was to commit a hate crime, it’s suspect that this white man who lives in a predominantly white community 30 miles from Chicago drove and chose to shoot up this park in a predominantly Black community. “
From August 2022’ … but didn’t make national news … mind you he fired rounds & anyone could been killed.
In the EXACT same scenario
had he been American-African/Black he wouldn’t :
A.) Be alive
B.) If he was taken alive he damn sure wasn’t getting no “30 month probation”.
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Suburban Man Arrested Near Englewood Park With 5 Guns, Notes About Mass Shootings, ‘Significant’ Amount Of Ammo: Police
9:44 PM CDT on Aug 7, 2022
Alexander Podgorny was found with “a large number of handwritten notes ... many of which contain incoherent rants and references to mass shooting events," after cops responded to a Shotspotter alert, police said.
CHICAGO — A suburban man has been arrested and charged after police found him in an Englewood park early Thursday with five guns, a significant amount of ammunition and notes referencing mass shootings.
Woodridge resident Alexander Podgorny, 29, was charged with five counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon in felony bond court Friday. Judge Maryam Ahmad set bond at $300,000, according to state’s attorney spokesperson Tandra Simonton.
Police responded to a ShotSpotter report of a shot fired around 3:30 a.m. Thursday near Moran Park, 5727 S. Racine Ave., according to the Tribune. When officers arrived, they found Podgorny near a minivan with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and other weapons. They reviewed nearby camera footage “which showed a round from what looked like a shotgun had been fired into a nearby park,” the paper reported.
Officers also found a loaded handgun in Podgorny’s pocket, the Tribune reported.
Podgorny had a valid firearm owner’s identification card, but did not have a concealed carry license and was found with five guns and a “significant” amount of ammunition, police said.
A police spokesperson said officers also found “a large number of handwritten notes” in the van, “many of which contain incoherent rants and references to mass shooting events.”
Police said that another person was inside the vehicle during the incident, but that person was not arrested.
“There was another person in the vehicle, but [Podgorny] was the person on the POD camera, and the person who appeared to be firing,” the spokesperson said.
Podgorny was not charged with shooting the handgun, but the spokesperson credited POD cameras and Strategic Decision Support Center staff who notified police about the shooter as major factors in the arrest.
“That’s why we have people monitoring those cameras 24 hours a day,” the spokesman said.
SOURCE : https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/08/07/suburban-man-arrested-near-englewood-park-with-5-guns-notes-about-mass-shootings-significant-amount-of-ammo-police/
2.) WOODRIDGE MAN ARRESTED FOR FIRING SHOTS INTO ENGLEWOOD PARK HAD GUNS, 1K ROUNDS OF AMMO, CPD SAYS
By ABC7 Chicago Digital Team
Saturday, August 6, 2022
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Woodridge man has been charged after he was found with guns, 1,000 rounds of ammunition and notes about mass shootings, police said.
Chicago police said Alexander Podgorny fired shots at Moran Park in Englewood Thursday morning. A gunshot detection system alerted police to the incident
When officers arrived, they found Podgorny in a van with a shotgun, an AR-15, two other handguns and ammunition.
During the incident, police said he ranted about his brother, drug addiction and his missing dog.
Podgorny was placed under arrest and was charged with unlawful use of a weapon.
SOURCE : https://abc7chicago.com/amp/chicago-shooting-englewood-shots-fired-moran-park-alexander-podgorny/12105958/
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BONUS :
“ He had a 1,000 rounds of ammunition shooting in a black neighborhood”
Was Chicago almost a replication of the Buffalo mass shooting?
August 9, 2022Updated September 16, 2022
Last Thursday, 29-year-old Woodridge, Illinois resident, Alexander Podgorny, was arrested for firing a gun at a vacant park on the southside of Chicago.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, a gunshot detection system alerted police to a round fired there about 3:30 a.m. Responding officers found the man near his minivan at the scene with a loaded handgun in his pocket, police said. No one else was at the park.
Upon apprehending the suspect, police found a loaded shotgun, an AR-15, two other handguns, more than a thousand rounds of ammo and more than 300 spent shell casings of various calibers. They also recovered a number of handwritten letters with ramblings of incoherent notes and references to other mass shootings.
the time of the shooting, Podgorny possessed a FOID card which allowed him to legally own firearms. But he did not have a concealed carry license, permitting him to have those weapons in public.
Authorities narrowly prevent mass shooting in Chicago
In court, Podgorny was charged with five counts of felony unlawful use of a weapon and his bond was set at $300,000. He’s now free and on electronic monitoring after posting 10% of that bond with the possibility of more charges to follow.
Community activists on the Southside are disappointed with the lack of media coverage around this incident and Podgorny’s bail release. Tio Hardiman, the Executive Director of Violence Interrupters said, “If this happened up in Highland Park, it would be on the news each and every day of the week, sincerely. Just because this is a Black community, nobody appears to really, really care,”.
I echo Hardiman’s sentiments, and I’d also like to highlight how eerily close this came to being a replica of the Buffalo, New York mass shooting that occurred in May of this year–and still could be.
Would-be mass shooter has no ties to the community
While no one was hurt during the incident and it’s unclear as to whether Podgorny’s motive was to commit a hate crime, it’s suspect that this white man who lives in a predominantly white community 30 miles from Chicago drove and chose to shoot up this park in a predominantly Black community.
As far as we know, Podgorny has no ties to the Englewood community–commonalities shared by the Uvalde and Highland Park offenders.
So was his intent to visit the area he planned to carry out a mass shooting, similar to how Payton Gendron staked out Tops Grocery Store two months before he killed 10 Black people at that same location? Until more details come out, we don’t know. But to me, this Chicago duck is quacking like the Buffalo duck.
Second, Hardiman was right to call out the lack of alarm surrounding this occurrence compared to the recent mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois.
SOURCE : https://theblackwallsttimes.com/2022/08/09/was-chicago-almost-a-replication-of-the-buffalo-mass-shooting/
While no one was hurt during the incident and it’s unclear as to whether Podgorny’s motive was to commit a hate crime, it’s suspect that this white man who lives in a predominantly white community 30 miles from Chicago drove and chose to shoot up this park in a predominantly Black community. “
From August 2022’ … but didn’t make national news … mind you he fired rounds & anyone could been killed.
In the EXACT same scenario
had he been American-African/Black he wouldn’t :
A.) Be alive
B.) If he was taken alive he damn sure wasn’t getting no “30 month probation”.
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Suburban Man Arrested Near Englewood Park With 5 Guns, Notes About Mass Shootings, ‘Significant’ Amount Of Ammo: Police
9:44 PM CDT on Aug 7, 2022
Alexander Podgorny was found with “a large number of handwritten notes ... many of which contain incoherent rants and references to mass shooting events," after cops responded to a Shotspotter alert, police said.
CHICAGO — A suburban man has been arrested and charged after police found him in an Englewood park early Thursday with five guns, a significant amount of ammunition and notes referencing mass shootings.
Woodridge resident Alexander Podgorny, 29, was charged with five counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon in felony bond court Friday. Judge Maryam Ahmad set bond at $300,000, according to state’s attorney spokesperson Tandra Simonton.
Police responded to a ShotSpotter report of a shot fired around 3:30 a.m. Thursday near Moran Park, 5727 S. Racine Ave., according to the Tribune. When officers arrived, they found Podgorny near a minivan with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and other weapons. They reviewed nearby camera footage “which showed a round from what looked like a shotgun had been fired into a nearby park,” the paper reported.
Officers also found a loaded handgun in Podgorny’s pocket, the Tribune reported.
Podgorny had a valid firearm owner’s identification card, but did not have a concealed carry license and was found with five guns and a “significant” amount of ammunition, police said.
A police spokesperson said officers also found “a large number of handwritten notes” in the van, “many of which contain incoherent rants and references to mass shooting events.”
Police said that another person was inside the vehicle during the incident, but that person was not arrested.
“There was another person in the vehicle, but [Podgorny] was the person on the POD camera, and the person who appeared to be firing,” the spokesperson said.
Podgorny was not charged with shooting the handgun, but the spokesperson credited POD cameras and Strategic Decision Support Center staff who notified police about the shooter as major factors in the arrest.
“That’s why we have people monitoring those cameras 24 hours a day,” the spokesman said.
SOURCE : https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/08/07/suburban-man-arrested-near-englewood-park-with-5-guns-notes-about-mass-shootings-significant-amount-of-ammo-police/
2.) WOODRIDGE MAN ARRESTED FOR FIRING SHOTS INTO ENGLEWOOD PARK HAD GUNS, 1K ROUNDS OF AMMO, CPD SAYS
By ABC7 Chicago Digital Team
Saturday, August 6, 2022
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Woodridge man has been charged after he was found with guns, 1,000 rounds of ammunition and notes about mass shootings, police said.
Chicago police said Alexander Podgorny fired shots at Moran Park in Englewood Thursday morning. A gunshot detection system alerted police to the incident
When officers arrived, they found Podgorny in a van with a shotgun, an AR-15, two other handguns and ammunition.
During the incident, police said he ranted about his brother, drug addiction and his missing dog.
Podgorny was placed under arrest and was charged with unlawful use of a weapon.
SOURCE : https://abc7chicago.com/amp/chicago-shooting-englewood-shots-fired-moran-park-alexander-podgorny/12105958/
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BONUS :
“ He had a 1,000 rounds of ammunition shooting in a black neighborhood”
Was Chicago almost a replication of the Buffalo mass shooting?
August 9, 2022Updated September 16, 2022
Last Thursday, 29-year-old Woodridge, Illinois resident, Alexander Podgorny, was arrested for firing a gun at a vacant park on the southside of Chicago.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, a gunshot detection system alerted police to a round fired there about 3:30 a.m. Responding officers found the man near his minivan at the scene with a loaded handgun in his pocket, police said. No one else was at the park.
Upon apprehending the suspect, police found a loaded shotgun, an AR-15, two other handguns, more than a thousand rounds of ammo and more than 300 spent shell casings of various calibers. They also recovered a number of handwritten letters with ramblings of incoherent notes and references to other mass shootings.
the time of the shooting, Podgorny possessed a FOID card which allowed him to legally own firearms. But he did not have a concealed carry license, permitting him to have those weapons in public.
Authorities narrowly prevent mass shooting in Chicago
In court, Podgorny was charged with five counts of felony unlawful use of a weapon and his bond was set at $300,000. He’s now free and on electronic monitoring after posting 10% of that bond with the possibility of more charges to follow.
Community activists on the Southside are disappointed with the lack of media coverage around this incident and Podgorny’s bail release. Tio Hardiman, the Executive Director of Violence Interrupters said, “If this happened up in Highland Park, it would be on the news each and every day of the week, sincerely. Just because this is a Black community, nobody appears to really, really care,”.
I echo Hardiman’s sentiments, and I’d also like to highlight how eerily close this came to being a replica of the Buffalo, New York mass shooting that occurred in May of this year–and still could be.
Would-be mass shooter has no ties to the community
While no one was hurt during the incident and it’s unclear as to whether Podgorny’s motive was to commit a hate crime, it’s suspect that this white man who lives in a predominantly white community 30 miles from Chicago drove and chose to shoot up this park in a predominantly Black community.
As far as we know, Podgorny has no ties to the Englewood community–commonalities shared by the Uvalde and Highland Park offenders.
So was his intent to visit the area he planned to carry out a mass shooting, similar to how Payton Gendron staked out Tops Grocery Store two months before he killed 10 Black people at that same location? Until more details come out, we don’t know. But to me, this Chicago duck is quacking like the Buffalo duck.
Second, Hardiman was right to call out the lack of alarm surrounding this occurrence compared to the recent mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois.
SOURCE : https://theblackwallsttimes.com/2022/08/09/was-chicago-almost-a-replication-of-the-buffalo-mass-shooting/
Suburban Man Arrested Near Englewood Park With 5 Guns, Notes About Mass Shootings, 'Significant'...
Alexander Podgorny was found with “a large number of handwritten notes ... many of which contain incoherent rants and references to mass shooting events," after cops responded to a Shotspotter alert, police said.
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Deadly start to 2023 as mass shootings pervade nation
Alex Wagner reports on Vice President Kamala Harris visiting a memorial for the victims of the Monterey Bay gun massacre, and notes that the body of the shoo...
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1.) 9 mass shootings over the weekend rock US cities, leaving 5 dead, 56 injured
"Our community was shaken to the core by violence," said the mayor of one city.
ByBill Hutchinson
July 31, 2023, 5:55 PM
At least nine mass shootings rocked cities across the nation over the weekend, leaving five people dead and 56 wounded, according to a national website that tracks gun violence.
The mass casualty shootings occurred at parties, outside of a nightclub and a convenience store, during a street game of dominoes and even at a community meeting on how to combat gun violence, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as a single event with four or more victims either injured or killed.
The weekend violence upped the number of mass shootings in 2023 to 419, with still five months left in the year. The number of mass shootings this year has already surpassed the total number that occurred in all of 2019, according to data from the Gun Violence Archive.
1.) 1 dead, 19 injured in Muncie, Indiana
2.) 9 injured, 1 fatally, in drive-by shooting in Chicago
3.) Michigan shopping center shooting leaves 5 wounded
4.) 5 shot Seattle community outreach meeting
5.) Dominoes game prompts Fort Lauderdale shooting
6.) 7 shot outside Texas nightclub
7.) 4 shot, 1 fatally, in Tampa Bay
8.) Los Angeles shooting leaves 1 dead, 3 injured
9.) Shooting in suburban Chicago leaves 1 dead, 4 shot
SOURCE : https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/9-mass-shootings-weekend-rock-us-cities-leaving/story?id=101870324
2.) MASS SHOOTINGS IN 2023
SOURCE : https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass-shooting
1.) 9 mass shootings over the weekend rock US cities, leaving 5 dead, 56 injured
"Our community was shaken to the core by violence," said the mayor of one city.
ByBill Hutchinson
July 31, 2023, 5:55 PM
At least nine mass shootings rocked cities across the nation over the weekend, leaving five people dead and 56 wounded, according to a national website that tracks gun violence.
The mass casualty shootings occurred at parties, outside of a nightclub and a convenience store, during a street game of dominoes and even at a community meeting on how to combat gun violence, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as a single event with four or more victims either injured or killed.
The weekend violence upped the number of mass shootings in 2023 to 419, with still five months left in the year. The number of mass shootings this year has already surpassed the total number that occurred in all of 2019, according to data from the Gun Violence Archive.
1.) 1 dead, 19 injured in Muncie, Indiana
2.) 9 injured, 1 fatally, in drive-by shooting in Chicago
3.) Michigan shopping center shooting leaves 5 wounded
4.) 5 shot Seattle community outreach meeting
5.) Dominoes game prompts Fort Lauderdale shooting
6.) 7 shot outside Texas nightclub
7.) 4 shot, 1 fatally, in Tampa Bay
8.) Los Angeles shooting leaves 1 dead, 3 injured
9.) Shooting in suburban Chicago leaves 1 dead, 4 shot
SOURCE : https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/9-mass-shootings-weekend-rock-us-cities-leaving/story?id=101870324
2.) MASS SHOOTINGS IN 2023
SOURCE : https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass-shooting
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From what I see briefly it appears almost all mass shooting happen in areas that are under Democrat control for a very long time. Thanks for the information.
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What is going on with mass shootings in the United States? | 7.30
In the past decade mass shootings in the US have become more frequent and a lot more deadly. What is going on and what is being done to stop them?For more fr...
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US sees over 14,000 gun-related deaths and over 200 mass shootings in 2023 so far
The United States has had more mass shootings in 2023 than there were days in the year so far.
Data collected by the Gun Violence Archive (GVA), a nonprofit organization that collects and compiles information about gun deaths in America, paints a stark image of gun violence in America.
The GVA defines a mass shooting as having a ‘minimum of four victims shot, either injured or killed, not including any shooter who may also have been killed or injured in the incident’.
SOURCE : https://www.google.com/amp/s/metro.co.uk/2023/05/09/map-shows-which-us-states-have-had-the-most-mass-shootings-in-2 [login to see] 3/amp/
1.) The Surprising Geography of Gun Violence
America’s regions are poles apart when it comes to gun deaths and the cultural and ideological forces that drive them.
Deep South has highest rate of gun deaths among major regions
Average of annual gun deaths per 100,000 people in each region from 2010-2020 Nationwide rate: 11.4 gun deaths per 100,000 people
SOURCE : https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/04/23/surprising-geography-of-gun-violence-00092413
2.). The Two-Decade Red State Murder Problem
Takeaways
* The murder rate in the 25 states that voted for Donald Trump has exceeded the murder rate in the 25 states that voted for Joe Biden in every year from 2000 to 2020.
* Over this 21-year span, this Red State murder gap has steadily widened from a low of 9% more per capita red state murders in 2003 and 2004 to 44% more per capita red state murders in 2019, before settling back to 43% in 2020.
* Altogether, the per capita Red State murder rate was 23% higher than the Blue State murder rate when all 21 years were combined.
* If Blue State murder rates were as high as Red State murder rates, Biden-voting states would have suffered over 45,000 more murders between 2000 and 2020.
* Even when murders in the largest cities in red states are removed, overall murder rates in Trump-voting states were 12% higher than Biden-voting states across this 21-year period and were higher in 18 of the 21 years observed.
The murder rate in Trump-voting states has exceeded Biden-voting states every year this century.
Despite the “Democrat-caused crime crisis,” murder rates in Trump-voting states have been higher than Biden-voting states every single year this century (see graph below). In 2000, the murder rate in Trump-voting states was 6.35 per 100,000 residents compared to Biden states’ 5.47 per 100,000 residents, 16% higher. At its lowest, in 2003 and 2004, murder rates in Trump states were 9% higher than in Biden states. At its highest, in 2019, murder rates in Trump states were 44% higher than in Biden states.
Overall, when looking at 2000-2020, murder rates were on average 23% higher in Trump states. The average murder rate in Trump states between 2000 and 2020 was 6.44 per 100,000 residents compared to 5.23 per 100,000 residents in Biden states. If Biden states had the same murder rate as Trump states, they would have seen 5,000 more murders in 2020 alone. Between 2000 and 2020, they would have suffered an additional 45,400 murders.
SOURCE : https://www.thirdway.org/report/the-two-decade-red-state-murder-problem
3.) Number of mass shootings in the United States between 1982 and July 2023, by state
https://www.statista.com/statistics/811541/mass-shootings-in-the-us-by-state/
https://youtu.be/vXcEUuuyt_Q
US sees over 14,000 gun-related deaths and over 200 mass shootings in 2023 so far
The United States has had more mass shootings in 2023 than there were days in the year so far.
Data collected by the Gun Violence Archive (GVA), a nonprofit organization that collects and compiles information about gun deaths in America, paints a stark image of gun violence in America.
The GVA defines a mass shooting as having a ‘minimum of four victims shot, either injured or killed, not including any shooter who may also have been killed or injured in the incident’.
SOURCE : https://www.google.com/amp/s/metro.co.uk/2023/05/09/map-shows-which-us-states-have-had-the-most-mass-shootings-in-2 [login to see] 3/amp/
1.) The Surprising Geography of Gun Violence
America’s regions are poles apart when it comes to gun deaths and the cultural and ideological forces that drive them.
Deep South has highest rate of gun deaths among major regions
Average of annual gun deaths per 100,000 people in each region from 2010-2020 Nationwide rate: 11.4 gun deaths per 100,000 people
SOURCE : https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/04/23/surprising-geography-of-gun-violence-00092413
2.). The Two-Decade Red State Murder Problem
Takeaways
* The murder rate in the 25 states that voted for Donald Trump has exceeded the murder rate in the 25 states that voted for Joe Biden in every year from 2000 to 2020.
* Over this 21-year span, this Red State murder gap has steadily widened from a low of 9% more per capita red state murders in 2003 and 2004 to 44% more per capita red state murders in 2019, before settling back to 43% in 2020.
* Altogether, the per capita Red State murder rate was 23% higher than the Blue State murder rate when all 21 years were combined.
* If Blue State murder rates were as high as Red State murder rates, Biden-voting states would have suffered over 45,000 more murders between 2000 and 2020.
* Even when murders in the largest cities in red states are removed, overall murder rates in Trump-voting states were 12% higher than Biden-voting states across this 21-year period and were higher in 18 of the 21 years observed.
The murder rate in Trump-voting states has exceeded Biden-voting states every year this century.
Despite the “Democrat-caused crime crisis,” murder rates in Trump-voting states have been higher than Biden-voting states every single year this century (see graph below). In 2000, the murder rate in Trump-voting states was 6.35 per 100,000 residents compared to Biden states’ 5.47 per 100,000 residents, 16% higher. At its lowest, in 2003 and 2004, murder rates in Trump states were 9% higher than in Biden states. At its highest, in 2019, murder rates in Trump states were 44% higher than in Biden states.
Overall, when looking at 2000-2020, murder rates were on average 23% higher in Trump states. The average murder rate in Trump states between 2000 and 2020 was 6.44 per 100,000 residents compared to 5.23 per 100,000 residents in Biden states. If Biden states had the same murder rate as Trump states, they would have seen 5,000 more murders in 2020 alone. Between 2000 and 2020, they would have suffered an additional 45,400 murders.
SOURCE : https://www.thirdway.org/report/the-two-decade-red-state-murder-problem
3.) Number of mass shootings in the United States between 1982 and July 2023, by state
https://www.statista.com/statistics/811541/mass-shootings-in-the-us-by-state/
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SFC (Join to see) While people chose to play … “look at them/what about them” I deal in FACTS.
BOTH democrats and republicans have purposely failed their fellow American citizens who they see as cattle.
As my favorite CSM used to say :
“Common Sense ain’t Common”
I ALWAYS have and will be :
“No Political Affiliation” because I’ve understood American politics since childhood …. Understanding the FACTS, I use common sense to look at legislation, bills and laws and not the attachment 99.9% USA citizens gravitate to : The popularity contest for the vote while not looking at or comprehend legislation.
Most people don’t vote for judges, comp controllers, aldermen, etc., because they have NO IDEA what those positions do on local/state/federal levels.
“Mass-murderers are not like us. They want to kill us and they do not want to get into a gunfight. They deliberately attack innocent victims where we are disarmed. Let me repeat that so I’m sure you understand.”
Mass-murderers attempt to attack us in “gun-free” zones 49-out-of-50 times.
* An FBI report covering active shooter incidents in the United States between 2000 and 2013 found that most assailants had not been diagnosed with a mental illness.8
* A 2015 research study examining 226 men who committed or attempted to commit a mass shooting found that only 22 percent could be categorized as mentally ill.9
* In 2021, researchers found that only 8 percent of people who perpetrate mass shootings have a history of documented psychotic symptoms.10
In fact, a number of risk factors are more closely associated with gun violence than mental illness, including adverse childhood experiences, gender and age demographics, and, most importantly, access to firearms.11 Research demonstrates that only about 4 percent of violence in the United States can be attributed to mental illness, with data indicating most individuals living with mental illness will never perpetrate violence.
12 However, while the expansion of mental health resources is unlikely to decrease interpersonal gun violence or mass shootings, it is likely to help prevent gun suicide.13
The insistence that mental illness is to blame for mass violence is a deliberate attempt to shift public attention and political momentum from strengthening gun laws in America and will consistently fail to meaningfully address the gun violence epidemic.
SOURCE : https://www.americanprogress.org/article/debunking-myths-the-gun-lobby-perpetuates-following-mass-shootings/
2.) RAND
* Research
* Gun Policy in America
* Research Review
* >Gun-Free Zones
The Effects of Gun-Free Zones
Updated January 10, 2023
Outcomes
MAY INCREASE
We found no qualifying studies showing that gun-free zones increased any of the eight outcomes we investigated.
MAY DECREASE
We found no qualifying studies showing that gun-free zones decreased any of the eight outcomes we investigated.
INCONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE
* Violent Crime
NO STUDIES MET OUR CRITERIA
SOURCE: https://www.rand.org/research/gun-policy/analysis/gun-free-zones.html
3.) Gun Violence: Prediction, Prevention, and Policy
“Gun violence is an urgent, complex, and multifaceted problem. It requires evidence-based, multifaceted solutions.
Psychology can make important contributions to policies that prevent gun violence. Toward this end, in February 2013 the American Psychological Association commissioned this report by a panel of experts to convey research-based conclusions and recommendations (and to identify gaps in such knowledge) on how to reduce the incidence of gun violence — whether by homicide, suicide, or mass shootings — nationwide.”
[ What Works: Gun Violence Prevention at the Community Level
Prevention of violence occurs along a continuum that begins in early childhood with programs to help parents raise emotionally healthy children and ends with efforts to identify and intervene with troubled individuals who are threatening violence. ]
SOURCE : https://www.apa.org/pubs/reports/gun-violence-prevention
Enjoy your evening
BOTH democrats and republicans have purposely failed their fellow American citizens who they see as cattle.
As my favorite CSM used to say :
“Common Sense ain’t Common”
I ALWAYS have and will be :
“No Political Affiliation” because I’ve understood American politics since childhood …. Understanding the FACTS, I use common sense to look at legislation, bills and laws and not the attachment 99.9% USA citizens gravitate to : The popularity contest for the vote while not looking at or comprehend legislation.
Most people don’t vote for judges, comp controllers, aldermen, etc., because they have NO IDEA what those positions do on local/state/federal levels.
“Mass-murderers are not like us. They want to kill us and they do not want to get into a gunfight. They deliberately attack innocent victims where we are disarmed. Let me repeat that so I’m sure you understand.”
Mass-murderers attempt to attack us in “gun-free” zones 49-out-of-50 times.
* An FBI report covering active shooter incidents in the United States between 2000 and 2013 found that most assailants had not been diagnosed with a mental illness.8
* A 2015 research study examining 226 men who committed or attempted to commit a mass shooting found that only 22 percent could be categorized as mentally ill.9
* In 2021, researchers found that only 8 percent of people who perpetrate mass shootings have a history of documented psychotic symptoms.10
In fact, a number of risk factors are more closely associated with gun violence than mental illness, including adverse childhood experiences, gender and age demographics, and, most importantly, access to firearms.11 Research demonstrates that only about 4 percent of violence in the United States can be attributed to mental illness, with data indicating most individuals living with mental illness will never perpetrate violence.
12 However, while the expansion of mental health resources is unlikely to decrease interpersonal gun violence or mass shootings, it is likely to help prevent gun suicide.13
The insistence that mental illness is to blame for mass violence is a deliberate attempt to shift public attention and political momentum from strengthening gun laws in America and will consistently fail to meaningfully address the gun violence epidemic.
SOURCE : https://www.americanprogress.org/article/debunking-myths-the-gun-lobby-perpetuates-following-mass-shootings/
2.) RAND
* Research
* Gun Policy in America
* Research Review
* >Gun-Free Zones
The Effects of Gun-Free Zones
Updated January 10, 2023
Outcomes
MAY INCREASE
We found no qualifying studies showing that gun-free zones increased any of the eight outcomes we investigated.
MAY DECREASE
We found no qualifying studies showing that gun-free zones decreased any of the eight outcomes we investigated.
INCONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE
* Violent Crime
NO STUDIES MET OUR CRITERIA
SOURCE: https://www.rand.org/research/gun-policy/analysis/gun-free-zones.html
3.) Gun Violence: Prediction, Prevention, and Policy
“Gun violence is an urgent, complex, and multifaceted problem. It requires evidence-based, multifaceted solutions.
Psychology can make important contributions to policies that prevent gun violence. Toward this end, in February 2013 the American Psychological Association commissioned this report by a panel of experts to convey research-based conclusions and recommendations (and to identify gaps in such knowledge) on how to reduce the incidence of gun violence — whether by homicide, suicide, or mass shootings — nationwide.”
[ What Works: Gun Violence Prevention at the Community Level
Prevention of violence occurs along a continuum that begins in early childhood with programs to help parents raise emotionally healthy children and ends with efforts to identify and intervene with troubled individuals who are threatening violence. ]
SOURCE : https://www.apa.org/pubs/reports/gun-violence-prevention
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