SeniorNet gets underway again next week. I have, in conjunction with another Tutor, been writing a Blogging Course. Hope to have it finished this week then have a few test runs before introducing it. I will be teaching Internet & Email again this Term but will have a rest next term as we will be away at the start and will only be going onto the relieving list.
Guns kill - really!!!
There are 200 million privately owned guns in the US, including 65 million handguns. Firearms are now the second biggest cause of injury-related death in the country, killing 28,663 people in 2000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. For African-American teenagers aged 15 to 19, gun-related homicide is the leading cause of death, and for all American teenagers of similar age gun-related homicide and suicide come second only to motor vehicle accidents.
And they believe it is still people kill people not guns!!
The US Congress is close to passing a bill giving gun makers immunity from liability for deaths or injuries caused by their products; legislation that would place gun makers in a uniquely privileged position. The move highlights the special place granted to guns in US culture.
