It's hard to add it all up, when you consider what life-support procedures cost for ten years. Plus the earlier shooting in 2000, which probably involved some emergency room treatment in the very least. Then add to that the brother's case in which three men are in prison for life.Springfield police said a shooting victim who had been on life support since 2002 has died, turning the incident into a homicide investigation in which detectives are seeking new leads.
The Republican of Springfield reported that Louis L. White, 30, died Dec. 2, more than nine years after being shot while walking on a city street.
Police and Hampden District Attorney Mark Mastroianni said they hope people will step forward with new leads in White's shooting, which was attributed at the time to tensions among youth gangs.
White had also been shot in 2000, but had recovered before the 2002 shooting that left him on life support.
His brother, Adrian White, was also killed in an unrelated 2005 robbery for which three men are serving life prison terms.
Yet, our gun-rights friends continue with their double-talk about "rights" and about how this story has nothing to do with them.
What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.
If you want to do cold calculations like this, you should also the savings in future healthcare expenses from people murdered, and also the gun industry's contribution to GDP.
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We don't use double talk. We speak plainly. We have a right to firearms. From the report, it seems that the victim participated in or at least was in the area in which gang violence is a problem. Focus on gang violence, not good citizens who happen to own guns.
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ReplyDelete"If you want to do cold calculations like this, you should also the savings in future healthcare expenses from people murdered, and also the gun industry's contribution to GDP.
You're being awfully selective about costs and benefits.
December 20, 2011 3:24 PM"
Yeah, right.
Total economic activity for gunz and gunz stuff was a little south of $28b in 2009, according to this article (http://www.guns.com/how-ammunition-is-helping-to-save-the-us-economy.html).
The article does not state whether it includes ALL gunz manufacturing activity (I suspect it does) so it's tough to tell what portion of that amount was NOT for LEO's or DOD.
The cost of treating and burying gunshot victims, rehabilitating and counselling survivors, raising orphaned children and a lot of other things that are the direct result of gunshot injuries is reckoned in the billions. Of course that doesn't generate a profit for the gunzloonz and their suppliers--so why would they give a fuck.
The point of the post is that with gun violence comes a tremendous cost which is often overlooked because it's beyond the ones actually shot and killed. This is something you guys don't like to look at, for obvious reasons.
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