I was hesitant about posting this. Primarily because I feel much better about being able to possibly reduce a threat if necessary. One of my 1st memories of life was riding with my dad's mother in the seat of a horse drawn wagon while she hunted for roadside rabbits. Later at about seven years old I was shooting squirrels and rabbits for food.

Additionally I've had one relative, a nephew, that was shot in the back by one of three illegal hispanic teenagers. An attractive hispanic female had ' lured ' him to her apartment parking lot where she had two friends waiting to rob him.

After about 10 years of being paralyzed he died of infection as a result of that incident.

The statistics about mass shootings are horrific, but I believe guns are about the only effective deterrent if something happens where you wish you had one. It takes too long for the police to show up, but just a few seconds for the bad guy to kill you.

We spend almost every night now at a friend's lakeside property. I do the caretaking and provide security. Everyday we have trespassers since it is lakefront and a pleasant place to walk or ride an ATV. Our big worry is a ' druggie ' crash house next to the entry gate. One of the guys has seven pitbulls. Sheriff will do nothing unless a crime is commited. If called, it takes about 5 to 20 minutes for them to respond with a return phone call or visit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2022

Breaking down those morbid statistics into news you can use:

Six states with no mass shootings last year:

Vermont
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming


Killed and injured by state:

Utah 4
Hawaii 4
Alaska 4
North Dakota 4
West Virginia 4
United States Virgin Islands 5
Kansas 8
Delaware 8
Puerto Rico 9
Iowa 12
Connecticut 12
Massachusetts 18
Nebraska 24
New Mexico 24
Oregon 33
New Jersey 35
District of Columbia 45
Nevada 45
Oklahoma 50
Arkansas 52
Kentucky 55
Minnesota 59
Washington 62
Indiana 76
Mississippi 78
Maryland 80
Missouri 85
Colorado 88
Alabama 92
Wisconsin 93
Ohio 97
Tennessee 98
Arizona 102
South Carolina 111
Virginia 112
North Carolina 121
Michigan 125
Louisiana 163
Florida 164
New York 168
Georgia 169
Pennsylvania 177
California 263
Texas 331
Illinois 333



K&I per 1000 residents:

United States Virgin Islands 0.0481
District of Columbia 0.0455
Louisiana 0.0350
Mississippi 0.0263
Illinois 0.0260
South Carolina 0.0217
Alabama 0.0183
Arkansas 0.0173
Wisconsin 0.0158
Georgia 0.0158
Colorado 0.0152
Nevada 0.0145
Arizona 0.0143
Tennessee 0.0142
Missouri 0.0138
Pennsylvania 0.0136
Virginia 0.0130
Maryland 0.0130
Oklahoma 0.0126
Michigan 0.0124
Nebraska 0.0122
Kentucky 0.0122
Delaware 0.0116
North Carolina 0.0116
Texas 0.0114
New Mexico 0.0113
Indiana 0.0112
Minnesota 0.0103
New York 0.0083
Ohio 0.0082
Washington 0.0080
Oregon 0.0078
Florida 0.0076
California 0.0067
Alaska 0.0055
North Dakota 0.0051
New Jersey 0.0038
Iowa 0.0037
Connecticut 0.0033
Hawaii 0.0027
Kansas 0.0027
Massachusetts 0.0026
Puerto Rico 0.0024
West Virginia 0.0022
Utah 0.0012

having firearms is okay as long as you're properly trained and practice regularly, this tends to take the thrill out of it and costs money so few Americans bother .

Teaching basic firearm safety in grade school would be an easy and cost effective way to reduce problems .

I happen to live in the Ghetto and don't feel the need to carry one, I did when young then I realized it was usually a primer for violence .

I don't know if TEXAS is an open carry state .

Those in charge of things have a vested interest in keeping you afraid .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better