Americans are lining up to buy guns in unprecedented numbers in the wake of the Newtown school shooting and the debate around tightening gun controls, with federal background checks on prospective buyers running at record levels.
The FBI’s latest list of the top 10 highest days since 1998 in terms of the number of gun background checks initiated tells a dramatic story. The record was set with 177,170 requests for NICS checks on Friday, 21 December - exactly one week after the Newtown massacre.
Over 1600 people have died so far since the schoolhouse massacre in Newtown, Conn., on the morning of Dec. 14.
A new study commissioned by Mayors Against Illegal Violence concludes that there have been 43 mass shootings in 25 states over the past four years - or nearly one per month.
Obviously these figures of death will all drastically drop now due to even more Americans being armed, as we all know that the best way to stop people killing each other with guns is for more people to have guns.
You don't see mass shootings in Utah because everyone is packing.
Utah is an open carry state. Everyone that has gun legally can carry a gun visible to everyone. Normally people don't but we also have a concealed firearms law which means with a permit you can carry a loaded firearm concealed.
Denz wrote:You don't see mass shootings in Utah because everyone is packing.
Utah is an open carry state. Everyone that has gun legally can carry a gun visible to everyone. Normally people don't but we also have a concealed firearms law which means with a permit you can carry a loaded firearm concealed.
Talk about the wild wild west modernized.
Hello cowboy western reject. The year 1830 called and wants its attitude back.
As far as general gun-crime statistic go though, Utah actually is one of the better states. Not saying their laws are the reason why or supporting them, just pointing that out.
