Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Baltimore Shootings

The Baltimore Sun reports on the latest rash of shootings. There were four, non-fatal shootings reported Monday, a couple of which were interesting.

The victim ran and boarded a passing bus before he realized he was shot.

Now this is a black kid from the ghetto, but did you notice the similarity to our Polish friend in Germany?

And get a load of this one.

And early Monday morning, police found a victim sitting on the steps in the 600 block of Pulaski Street bleeding from a large laceration across the abdomen and multiple gunshot wounds.

He was SITTING there, seemingly unaware of his wounds. Get it?

Now, seriously, this is a shocking new development in the gun debate. The implications are tremendous. Whatever statistics the CDC or FBI have been offering have to be disregarded completely and vamped way up. We have absolutely no way of knowing how many people are shot and don't report it, the ones who go on riding the bus or sitting on the porch until the police somehow identify them and take them in for help. Imagine how many go undetected.

What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.

5 comments:

  1. You'd be shocked how many not only walk themselves to a emergency room after being shot but also know who shot them and refuse to tell the cops.

    Meanwhile politicians sit in their ivory towers dreaming up worthless bans and buybacks when they should be building trust in the communities.

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  2. "Now this is a black kid from the ghetto, but did you notice the similarity to our Polish friend in Germany?

    Yes, both live in places that have supposedly "good" gun control.

    "Whatever statistics the CDC or FBI have been offering have to be disregarded completely and vamped way up. We have absolutely no way of knowing how many people are shot and don't report it, the ones who go on riding the bus or sitting on the porch until the police somehow identify them and take them in for help. Imagine how many go undetected."

    Yep. Just like DGU's.

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  3. This is shocking. I wonder how many other people don't know if they have been shot or not. Come to think of it, sitting here I do not know whether I have been shot or not! Some serious dollars need to be thrown at this situation, pronto!

    Maybe we could classify this as a new category called "Maybe Shot, Maybe Not". I've got a theory in it's infant stages, but it basically gives an approximation on how many people out there that are "Maybe Shot, Maybe Not"'s. I call it the More Famous 100%.

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  4. I think as soon as our free government health care kicks in, I'll run down and demand a free cat scan to see if I've been shot or not.

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  5. "...carry a 25 if it makes you feel good, but do not ever load it. If you load it you may shoot it. If you shoot it you may hit somebody, and if you hit somebody - and he finds out about it - he may be very angry with you."

    Apparently, Jeff Cooper was right.

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