Guess what, stewie – they don’t! Not nearly as many as we do! We have around 10,000 deaths by handgun in a year, a typical European country has far fewer. For example: Germany 269, Spain 97, Switzerland 68, Austria 25, UK 14, Ireland 12. Even correcting for size, we’re in the Third-World-Nation zone.
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_wit_fir-crime-murders-with-firearms
Dale : what mental case are you speaking about? The one who shot the cops because he thought they would send him back to jail (Calif); the one who shot the cops because his mother was having him evicted (Penn); the one who shot all the immigrants because he was upset that he’d been laid off and the English classes at the immigrant’s center had not helped his accent; or someone else?
Nobody gets off on temporary insanity, believe me. I worked as a psychiatric nurse on a Forensic unit (criminal court commitments) for 15 years. The ones that were truly psychotic were sent to Farview and the ones that were psychotic but eventually were tried because they were in remission, were sent to the penitentiary. I worked at a penitentiary after transferring from the forensic unit, and saw many of my old patients. Many of them destabilized in prison and had to be sent to Farview. Either option kept them from being released, prematurely, if indeed, they ever got out.
tracht47 about 15 years ago
Judge not, lest ye be judged.
Motivemagus about 15 years ago
Guess what, stewie – they don’t! Not nearly as many as we do! We have around 10,000 deaths by handgun in a year, a typical European country has far fewer. For example: Germany 269, Spain 97, Switzerland 68, Austria 25, UK 14, Ireland 12. Even correcting for size, we’re in the Third-World-Nation zone. http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_wit_fir-crime-murders-with-firearms
MaryWorth Premium Member about 15 years ago
Sorry, but I can’t call a mental case a criminal, Stewiez…
WillBerry about 15 years ago
Dale : what mental case are you speaking about? The one who shot the cops because he thought they would send him back to jail (Calif); the one who shot the cops because his mother was having him evicted (Penn); the one who shot all the immigrants because he was upset that he’d been laid off and the English classes at the immigrant’s center had not helped his accent; or someone else?
MaryWorth Premium Member about 15 years ago
Right!
deadheadzan about 15 years ago
Nobody gets off on temporary insanity, believe me. I worked as a psychiatric nurse on a Forensic unit (criminal court commitments) for 15 years. The ones that were truly psychotic were sent to Farview and the ones that were psychotic but eventually were tried because they were in remission, were sent to the penitentiary. I worked at a penitentiary after transferring from the forensic unit, and saw many of my old patients. Many of them destabilized in prison and had to be sent to Farview. Either option kept them from being released, prematurely, if indeed, they ever got out.