#guns
#guns femocide
FEMICIDE IN AMERICA Toxic Masculinity| WHEN MEN MURDER WOMEN: A REVIEW OF 25 YEARS OF FEMALE HOMICIDE VICTIMIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES
- More than 45,000 females were killed by males from 1996 to 2020.
Information about the weapon used was available for 41,677 homicides. More than half of the
female victims were murdered with a firearm (53 percent or 22,279 out of 41,677). Among
those, the majority were shot with a handgun (72 percent or 15,935 out of 22,279). Among
females murdered with a firearm, 61 percent were killed by an intimate partner (13,683 out
of 22,279).
- Women in the U.S. are predominantly killed by men they know, and largely by current or former intimate partners. Of all intimate partner female homicides in 2018, 92% of victims were killed by a man they knew, and 63% were killed by current husbands, boyfriends, or ex-husbands.
These staggering statistics demonstrate the misogyny behind these violent deaths — In the United States, like in so many countries across the world, women are being murdered because they are women.
The link between gender and violence in the U.S. becomes even more apparent when looking at the demographics of male homicides. Men are significantly more likely to be killed by a stranger than women; strangers kill 29% of male homicide victims compared to only 10% of female victims. And while it is true that some men are murdered by their female partners, intimate partner violence accounts for only about 5% of male homicides. Too often, these occur in the context of women acting in self-defense against their abusive male partners.
Gun violence & other risk factors
- The number of women killed in the U.S. is steadily rising— 2,997 women were murdered in 2019 compared to 1,691 women in 2014.
Firearms significantly contribute to the fatality of crimes related to intimate partner violence. Abusers with guns are 5 times more likely to kill their victims. Every month, an average of 70 women in the U.S. are shot and killed by an intimate partner.
While intimate partner violence is a global issue, the intersection between gun violence and intimate partner violence is uniquely American. In 2015, 92% of all women killed with guns in high-income countries were from the United States.
Undeniably, allowing abusers access to firearms dramatically increases the fatality of attacks against women. Simply owning a gun makes an abuser five times more likely to kill their partner, and using one to threaten or assault their partner makes the victim’s risk of being killed 20 times higher.
There are a variety of other factors that can increase the risk of femicide. Physically-abused women who are also suffering sexual violence are more than seven times more likely than other abused women to be killed; women who have been choked by their partner are seven times more likely to be killed than other abuse victims. Ultimately, the more red flags are present, the higher the risk of femicide.
https://www.vpc.org/studies/wmmw2023.pdf
Well, kids are back in school and so are shooters, apparently
#guns Gunfire reported at Georgia high school. 6 ambulances and a medical helecopter which took one person away…
kann nur echt selten solche Musik hören. Ich denk wenn dann jetzt🥵
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHcP1Ullrlw
https://word.undead-network.de/2024/08/13/kann-nur-echt-selten-solche-musik-hoeren-ich-denk-wenn-dann-jetzt%f0%9f%a5%b5/
#guns #jamaica #music #ska #skatalites
So, a guy got out his gun and shot a tree-trimmer because he was angry about the noise
#guns #guncrazy #somepeopleskids #murica
Then there was a SWAT team and a 6-hour standoff.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/schaumburg-il-shooting-man-allegedly-shoots-davey-tree/15094701/
More shooting: kids aren’t even safe walking out of daycare…
https://abcnews.go.com/US/2-killed-2-hurt-including-2-year-girl/story?id=112071147
Meanwhile, look for the increase in volume among the calls for more guns, more more more...
The GQP solution to hate & gun violence! (And adopting the Florida model of "education".)
from post on FB: Three U.S. states have introduced bullet vending machines at grocery stores to make ammunition more accessible.
American Rounds manufactures these kiosks, which operate 24/7 like ATMs. Users select their desired ammunition on a touchscreen, scan their ID, and collect the bullets from the machine.
The machines, equipped with AI, card scanning, and facial recognition, verify the buyer’s age and identity.
American Rounds plans to expand these kiosks to other states where hunting is popular.
Ammo vending machines installed in Oklahoma and Alabama grocery stores
"The machines, created by American Rounds, offer ammo to be purchased without engaging with a store clerk. They “are accessible 24/7, ensuring that you can buy ammunition on your own schedule, free from the constraints of store hours and long lines,” according to the company’s website. The company states that the machines are equipped with “the latest AI technology” with card-scanning and facial-recognition software to verify the identity and age of each buyer. "
Because This Can't Go Badly At All..
#News #Guns #Ammunition #VendingMachines #MoreRepublicanMadness #AL #OK #AI
#usa #guns #mass #shootings
GUNS. FUN AND THE SUN
AMERICA IS A CRIME SCENE IN ITS ENTIRETY. CRIME SCENE TAPE SHOULD BE PUT AROUND ALL OF ITS BORDERS.
Holiday's in America are for Shooting and Killing.
Photograph. Police work the scene of a mass shooting in Philadelphia on July 3, 2023. The US typically sees a spike in mass shootings on and around July 4, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
At least 100 people shot, 17 fatally, during violent Fourth of July weekend in Chicago – up 27% from last year’s holiday
- 4 killed, 3 injured in mass shooting at a 21st birthday party, Kentucky authorities say
- 2 dead, 19 injured after block party shooting in Detroit, police say
With "Consitutional Carry" law Louisiana becomes 29th state in which ANYONE over 18 can carry a concealed gun.
No permit, no background check, no training...
#cultureofdeath #guns
Running into old newspapers is a delight when going thru old stuff packed in boxes and the case in point is a comics/puzzle page of the local paper from July 2009. I solved the Jumble ("What the hard working baker did" answer: Loafed all day) and the Celebrity Cipher, content of which prompts this post.
After I solved it, it read, "I have a very strict gun control policy. If there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it." --Clint Eastwood
If nobody has smacked any sense into that mofo yet, now is as good a time as any to do it to make up for lost time.
#guns
#usa #guns #mass #shootings #bump #stock
June 14, 2024
Just in time for the US Mass Shooting Season and Gun Insanity.
U.S. Supreme Court Reverses Federal Ban on Deadly Firearm Bump Stock Devices.
These are devices that allow semi-automatic guns to fire at speeds close to those of a machine gun.
- The ban was put in place after the device was used in the Las Vegas Mass Shooting seven years ago that killed 60 people and close to 500 were wounded at a country music show. It was the most deadly Mass Shooting in America. The U.S. Supreme Court repealed the ruling, saying the federal agency that regulates firearms overstepped its authority when it banned bump stocks a year after that shooting in Las Vegas.
