AA, Here is a link to the FBI Website. http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/01cius.htm As for a breakdown of total murder, i will leave the details to those who want to poke around. In 2001 there were 13752 Murders 63.4% were by firearm. Victim to offender relationship. Husband-142 Wife-600 Mother-94 Father-110 Son-253 Daughter-218 Brother-73 Sister-26 Other Family-284 acquaintance - 2979 Friend-342 Boyfriend-153 Girlfriend-434 neighbor - 88 Employee-5 Employer-12 -------------------------- Total-- 5813 Stranger-1803 Unknown Relationship-6136 Better double check my Christmas card list this year.
i actually feel bad for williamson because he is going to jail ( rightfully so) but the bottom line was he had not intent to harm...he was just drunk and stupid. Truthfully, I almost got a gun once but decided against it...i don't have the temperament...How many of you have ever been cut of driving by some a$$ and you start driving after them screaming, cursing and trying to get them to pull over???? If I kept a gun in the car I'd be in jail in week for shooting up some old ladies car down here in boca!!
trdrmac - Thanks for the additional info - pretty interesting. Looks like those people you meet in a bar a couple of times are the most dangerous - geez, not only do you have to use condoms for fear of AIDS, now you also have to wear Kevlar underwear
...call me nostalgic, but i yearn for the old days when if you had a family dispute, you took your brother, cousin or uncle outside and duked it out like men...then you got drunk and cried and hugged and both took the blame for it.... I miss the old days when you had a fight....if you won, you gloated, pumped up your chest and exaggerated the five second fight until it resembled Ali - Frazier II....And if you lost....well, you swallowed your pride and laid low for a couple of days and dreaded having to walk into school...tito, pass me a tissue, I think im going to cry! today , if you lose a fight you either a) call a cop or a lawyer and sue ...or b) get a gun and shoot the guy inthe back who beat your ass fair and square!
Statistics show that 2 out of every 3 people are nuts....so look at the person to your left and the person on your right...if they seem normal...Your and F*ing maniac! >>>>robin williams or richard prior said that
TM, if they would stop whispering in my ears, I would turn my head and look. Actually though, I don't think that is too far off the mark. I left a party about a week back where the host and hostess were the perfect couple. As I past the garage, I thought he was in there with Medusa or Cybill. The 15 minutes I spent listening to the fight were some of the most shocking of my life.