Ongoing gun violence/injury thread

...at least 722 nonself-defense deaths since 2007 were attributable to individuals with legal permits to carry concealed weapons.

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The National Rifle Association reportedly advised its members against participating in a study released this week that shows a majority of gun sellers want tougher background checks for gun buyers.

The NRA apparently was unaware that the University of California professor behind the study -- himself an NRA member -- received the email discrediting his research.

Garen Wintemute, director of the UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program, conducted a survey of 1,601 federally licensed gun dealers and pawnbrokers across the country in 2011. Fifty-five percent of respondents supported comprehensive background checks.

But when Wintemute started interviewing gun vendors for his study, he received an email essentially advising him against himself.

"If you are a federally licensed dealer in firearms, you may recently have received a survey questionnaire from gun control supporter Dr. Garen Wintemute, of the University of California, Davis," said the email, obtained by Al Jazeera.

"Why is Dr. Wintemute sending the survey?" it continued. "Consider the source. Over the years, he has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from anti-gun organizations to conduct 'studies' designed to promote gun control."

Wintemute said he never received any money from anti-gun groups. "I've turned it down, in fact," he said.

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State Rep. Alan Clemmons is attempting to keep the pro-gun momentum going through legislation that would force the topic of guns into classrooms, front and center. The bill, the Second Amendment Education Act, would mandate a three-week National Rifle Association–developed Second Amendment curriculum in all public elementary, middle and high schools.

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WFFaithful said:

http://america.aljazeera.com/articl...iendly-through-nra-curriculum-in-schools.html

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“If any need for a change in curriculum is identified, it should come from the local school board, with input from parents and the community,” she added. “In addition, we believe that the proposed designation of Dec. 15 as Second Amendment Awareness Day is highly insensitive, considering that the anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Connecticut is Dec. 14.”

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WFFaithful said:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/11/o...rod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share&_r=1

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ONW said:

"The Las Vegas woman who was shot dead by a gunman in what police are calling a road rage incident was killed after she and her son — who was armed with a gun of his own — went looking for the angry driver who had confronted her and her daughter a short time before, police said Tuesday."

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...meyers-went-looking-suspect-road-rage-n307896

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