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MASS SHOOTING PROFILES The statistics show that most mass shootings are NOT carried out by the “criminal element” but by “normal” citizens in crisis or troubled male individuals in the 20 to 25 age range. Most often than not, the weapons used have been obtained legally and borrowed or stolen from legal owners. If the individual does NOT already have a gun, the time between obtaining the weapon and using it is usually short–within months. Thus, it is rarely an underground illegal purchase, as these “criminal” connections need time to be established with these disturbed individuals. The argument that criminals don’t obey gun laws is true but, a fallacious one. “Criminals” are NOT the perpetrators of these mass shootings. The statistics show that it is most always disgruntled workers, and mentally disturbed people (See statistics of mass shooting below). IMPLEMENTATION OF SMART GUN TECHNOLOGIES There are two other possible technologies. Biometrics User Recognition and TriggerSmart. BIOMETRICS This concept taken from a James Bond movie, Biometrics uses the unique fingerprints and hand signature of the owner in the handle of the gun before the gun will fire. It’s a costly system and the recognition activation time is deemed slow. Thirty seconds to a minute. It is also unreliable and expensive. TRIGGERSMART TriggerSmart is a useful “Proof of Concept”. It uses an RFID chip. When the radio signal from the chip is detected, the gun is disabled. A prototype of the gun can be seen here on YouTube. However, it was initially designed for child safety concerns and the infrastructure for a nationwide application is not established as it is the GPSLock and GPS system. Moreover, TriggerSmart needs an individual RFID network is each and every location where needed and it currently operates at very relatively short distances and is not a national or global coverage system as is In contrast to Biometrics and TriggerSmart above, all the GPS infrastructure and available electronic components for a This The The development of a It’s anticipated that the total implementation time from design, prototype to full marketplace participation could be completed within 4 years.
PROTECTING 2ND AMENDMENT RIGHTS The NRA's objections to such a system would be that the Government could "turn off" their guns and 2nd Amendment rights in the process. One solution to defend the 2nd Amendment from a flip of a switch would be this: A Democratically controlled GPSLock system. It could be "owned" and operated by elected citizens (with expertise and training of course). It could also be that the NRA and gun rights groups are a "private sector agency" and HAVE the "GPS controls" and NOT the Government. The "NRA's" would take the responsibility for the locked and unlocked zones and the "policing". With this concept, whatever the type of firearm, Any argument against the CREATING GUN-SAFE According to the www.GPS.gov, the accuracy of the location of GPS is 3 to 10 feet as of 2011. Thus, a clear set of reliable zones can be set up in all high risk and heavily populated or public areas. However individuals may also choose to have their property and firearm
LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL All law enforcement personnel firearms will remain REGISTRATION AND THE LAW All individuals must register, install Registered and enabled guns stolen from friends or relatives will not fire in Conversely, registered and authorized1 owners can have their COMMERCE Sales of all firearms without a All U.S. gun manufactures must immediately retool to the new technology. Any manufacturer distributing firearms without a GPS location devices already exists for the elderly, for lost pets and lost kids and are already available at retail for around $50.00. Given that some firearms may range from $600 to $2000 dollars, a As there are already gun buy back programs, government assistance or rebates will help smooth the conversion path no differently than solar energy or other environmental programs the government has set up. According to ATF reports, in 2010 there were 5,459,240 new firearms manufactured in the United States, nearly all (95 percent) for the U.S. market. For the gun industry, this is only good news, as sales will skyrocket as these conversions go to market. Thus, the GPSLock system will not hamper U.S. Gun manufactures. Probably the reverse, as millions of gun enthusiast turn in their old firearms for the latest hi-tech CULPABILITY AND GUN VIOLENCE Under the current gun registration laws, the total responsibility for mayhem lies with the perpetrator of a gun crime and mass slaughter. Neither the NRA, gun manufactures, retailers and gun show sellers take complicit responsibility for gun violence. With their support of As is now the case, many blame the NRA and gun owners for the spread of firearms and, to some degree, assign them the responsibility for society’s gun violence. However, with GPSLock and a full compliance of the NRA and gun owners, when there IS the illegal use and sale of non- BLACK MARKET WEAPONS No matter what measures are implemented, the criminal element will remain to some degree. There will be weapons on the streets that will fire anywhere. For the most part, so will Remember that 95% of all firearms are produce and distributed into the U.S. market. Through search and seizers of criminals and drug bust, it is anticipated that the flow of illegal weapons without Given the complexities of all the gun control issues, PROS • • GPS satellites are already in place for • zones. • • • The economics of the gun manufacturing industry will be incentivized rather then thwarted with the production of the new digitally smart firearms. • Law enforcement firearms will fire anywhere. • Lost or stolen firearms can be located by • Having any firearm WITHOUT a • The illegal weapons trade will be impacted by fewer and fewer unlocked firearms being made and distributed by U.S. manufacturers. • Old guns may be traded in for program with possible Government assistance.
CONS • Design and implementation may be a long process and is not an immediate solution. • Curbing illegal weapons will be difficult but no more difficult than it already is. • Gun rights groups may oppose this as a subversive 2nd Amendment Government ploy to “turn off” their guns. • Since violence and random home shootings may be less affected by this program.
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2It may be a 2 year period is equally feasible for implantation.
3 When a jamming device it turned on and there are then TWO signals detected by a GPSLock firearm in a LOCKED or UNLOCKED zone, the gun locks. MASS KILLINGS SINCE 1999
4April 1999 - two teenage schoolboys shot and killed 12 schoolmates and a teacher at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, before killing themselves. July 1999 - a stock exchange trader in Atlanta, Georgia, killed 12 people including his wife and two children before taking his own life. September 1999 - a gunman opened fire at a prayer service in Fort Worth, Texas, killing six people before committing suicide. October 2002 - a series of sniper-style shootings occurred in Washington DC, leaving 10 dead. August 2003 - in Chicago, a laid-off worker shot and killed six of his former workmates. November 2004 - in Birchwood, Wisconsin, a hunter killed six other hunters and wounded two others after an argument with them. March 2005 - a man opened fire at a church service in Brookfield, Wisconsin, killing seven people. October 2006 - a truck driver killed five schoolgirls and seriously wounded six others in a school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania before taking his own life. April 2007 - student Seung-Hui Cho shot and killed 32 people and wounded 15 others at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, before shooting himself, making it the deadliest mass shooting in the United States after 2000. August 2007 - Three Delaware State University students were shot and killed in “execution style” by a 28-year-old and two 15-year-old boys. A fourth student was shot and stabbed. December 2007 - a 20-year-old man killed nine people and injured five others in a shopping center in Omaha, Nebraska. December 2007 - a woman and her boyfriend shot dead six members of her family on Christmas Eve in Carnation, Washington. February 2008 - a shooter who is still at large tied up and shot six women at a suburban clothing store in Chicago, leaving five of them dead and the remaining one injured. February 2008 - a man opened fire in a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois, killing five students and wounding 16 others before laying down his weapon and surrendering. September 2008 - a mentally ill man who was released from jail one month earlier shot eight people in Alger, Washington, leaving six of them dead and the rest two wounded. December 2008 - a man dressed in a Santa Claus suit opened fire at a family Christmas party in Covina, California, then set fire on the house and killed himself. Police later found nine people dead in the debris of the house. March 2009 - a 28-year-old laid-off worker opened fire while driving a car through several towns in Alabama, killing 10 people. March 2009 - a heavily armed gunman shot dead eight people, many of them elderly and sick people, in a private-owned nursing home in North Carolina. March 2009 - six people were shot dead in a high-grade apartment building in Santa Clara, California. April 2009 - a man shot dead 13 people at a civic center in Binghamton, New York. July 2009 - Six people, including one student, were shot in a drive-by shooting at a community rally on the campus of Texas Southern University, Houston. November 2009 - U.S. army psychologist Major Nidal Hasan opened fire at a military base in Fort Hood, Texas, leaving 13 dead and 42 others wounded. February 2010 – A professor opened fire 50 minutes into at a Biological Sciences Department faculty meeting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, killing three colleagues and wounding three others. January 2011 - a gunman (suspended student) opened fire at a public gathering outside a grocery in Tucson, Arizona, killing six people including a 9-year-old girl and wounding at least 12 others. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was severely injured with a gunshot to the head. April 2 - A gunman kills seven people and wounds three in a shooting rampage at a Christian college in Oakland. July 20 - A masked gunman kills 12 people and wounds 58 when he opens fire on moviegoers at a showing of the Batman film "The Dark Knight Rises" in Aurora, a suburb of Denver, Colorado. Aug. 5 - A gunman kills six people during Sunday services at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, before he is shot dead by a police officer. Aug. 24 - Two people are killed and eight wounded in a shooting outside the landmark Empire State Building in New York City at the height of the tourist season. Sept. 27 - A disgruntled former employee kills five people and takes his own life in a shooting rampage at a Minneapolis sign company from which he had been fired. Oct. 21 - Three people are killed in a Milwaukee area spa including the estranged wife of the suspected gunman, who then killed himself. Dec. 14 - A 20 year old shooter opens fire at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, killing several people including children.
MORE in 2012
February 2012 - A, 59-year-old male walked into a spa in Norcross, Georgia and shot and killed four people, then turned the gun on himself. Weapon used: .45 caliber pistol; bought legally.
February 2012 - A 17-year-old male walked into the cafeteria of Chardon High School, Chardon, Ohio, and pulled out a handgun and began shooting at students gathered there before class killing three people and wounding three others. Weapon used: .22 caliber pistol; not known if bought legally.
March 2012 - Three people were wounded when a 23-year-old male opened fire outside the Tulsa County Courthouse in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Gun used: .357 revolver; not bought legally.
March 2012 – A 30-year-old male entered the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and began shooting. One person was killed and seven wounded in the attack. Weapon used: Two 9mm handguns; not bought legally.
April 2012 – A 43-year-old male killed seven people and injured three more when he opened fire at the small Christian college in Oakland, California. Weapons used: A semiautomatic handgun with four magazines of ammunition; bought legally.
May 2012 – A 40-year-old male started shooting inside a Seattle, Washington, café near the University of Washington-Seattle campus killing four people inside the café and shooting a woman near the Town Hall and stole her SUV. Weapons used: Two .45 caliber automatic handguns; Bought legally.
June 2012 – During an afternoon pool party in an apartment complex near the Auburn University campus in Auburn, Alabama, a, 22-year-old male opened fire killing three people and injuring three others. Weapon(s) used: unclear;
July 2012 – A 44-year-old male opened fire in a crowded bar near the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa injuring 17 people. Weapon used: unclear, but thought by police to have been an AK-47-type rifle.
July 2012 – A male gunman entered a Theater screening the new Batman film and began firing, killing 12 people and injuring 58 others. Weapons used: a semiautomatic AR-15 rifle, a shotgun and a .40 caliber handgun; all bought legally.
August 2012 – A male gunman killed six people at Sikh temple in Wisconsin before being shot dead by police. Weapon used: 9mm handgun; bought legally.
October 2012 – A 45-year-old male opened fire in a spa in Spa, Brookfield., Wisconsin, killing his wife, and two other women, and injuring four others before killing himself. Weapon used: .40mm semiautomatics handgun; unclear whether bought legally.
December 2012 – A, 22-year-old male opened fire on holiday shoppers at the Clackamas Town Center in Oregon, killing two people and then himself. Weapon used: AR-15 rifle; weapon stolen.
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ed firearm is a paradigm shift in national gun safety. It completely defeats all the rhetoric of the NRA, the arguments over 2nd amendment rights, gun bans or armed guards in every school as the only path to a viable solution to school gun violence.