Shocking statistics has been published in the USA – for four last years as a result of using fire weapon one and a half people more were killed in the country than for nine previous years. Every year the number of “fire showdown” victims in the USA keeps rising, and this gives rise to heated discussions on whether free sale of weapon is good or evil. However, it is easier not to adopt anything rather than adopt, but then forbid, especially if this concerns business with billionth annual turnover. The issue has been studied by the experts of “US News” Department of the “Market Leader”.
Number of Incidents with Use of Fire Weapon in the USA Rises Exponentially
The issue of fire weapon in the USA was raised in the course of the meeting of International Association of Chiefs of Police in Philadelphia on October 21. The Head of US Department of Justice Eric Holder made it clear that if sale of fire weapon cannot be banned, training of law enforcement officers should be changed.
As stated by the minister, for the short period of time the number of incidents with use of fire weapon in the USA has increased three times; in this reference during the period of 2009-2012 one and a half times more people died because of firearm wounds than during the period of 2000-2008. “If at the beginning of last decade about five incidents with active use of fire weapon were registered every year (this concerns mass murders), today their number has increased three times. For example, for the incomplete year of 2013 twelve incidents with active use of fire weapon have been registered in the USA; more and more people die in these incidents,” highlighted the minister.
Statistics shows that during the period of 2000-2008 145 people were killed and 324 people were wounded in incidents with use of fire weapon, whereas during the period of 2009-2012 207 people were killed and 404 people were wounded.
Police are to Pass New Instructions and Training
Minister has stated the necessity to change training of policemen, for criminals are ready to use fire weapon more and more frequently. “Earlier, policemen arriving to a “firearm” incident were supposed to restrain a criminal until the arrival of special forces (of course, if a criminal did not start shooting and people’s lives were at risk). At this point it would be better if the police took more severe and active actions towards people ready to use or using weapon without waiting for the arrival of special forces,” said Eric Holder.
“Today “ordinary” policemen are not ready to withstand armed and well prepared criminals, for a “clerk” with a gun and a bandit, to whom a gun is no stranger and who is not afraid to shoot a person, are two absolutely different things. It is particularly dangerous when an armed criminal is faced with in a confined space. Sometimes waiting for the special forces to arrive is an impermissible waste of time, as many people may be killed or wounded until they arrive. Therefore, policemen are to pass additional training and get new instructions about acting in similar situations,” admitted US Minister of Justice.
Killing Continues
It is indicative that on the day when the issue of fire weapon was being discussed in Philadelphia, there happened another incident in the USA. In Nevada state a student has come to a class with a weapon, killed a teacher, seriously wounded two other students, and then killed himself.
Barack Obama failed to overcome the repulsion of deputies and arms lobby and adopt the law on serious restrictions on free sale of weapon. Thus, a representative of legislative authority in Texas state has threatened the president with impeachment if only Obama dares to limit the constitutional right of Americans to purchase and own fire weapon.
Today in the USA almost any adult citizen may freely buy a fire weapon, even a semi-automatic rifle (many mass murders have been done with the use of this type of weapon). Weapon is forbidden to be sold to emotionally disturbed people, but reality shows that such people (as well as teenagers) have free access to weapon. For example, in Aurora city a man regularly attending a psychiatrist has killed over ten people in the cinema. A real armory has been found in his apartment, a part of which he has purchased by the Internet.
As previously informed by the “Market Leader”, the Senate has blocked a ban on sale of automatic military weapon.
