Domestic violence involving weapons jumps 70% in Calgary

[mentalfloss]

Domestic violence involving weapons jumps 70% in Calgary, police cite economy as factor

Domestic violence is becoming more common and more severe in Calgary, a problem police believe is likely related to the economic downturn.

Police received 3,282 calls about domestic violence in 2015, marking a 10 per cent increase from the year before.

Domestic assaults involving weapons, specifically, increased by 70 per cent over 2014, according to police data.

Domestic violence involving weapons jumps 70% in Calgary, police cite economy as factor - Calgary - CBC News

 

[taxslave]

Quick. Ban domestic violence.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Quick. Ban domestic violence.

No, first we gotta ban guns, knives, tire irons, baseball bats, and beer bottles.

After that, we can focus on banning fists, feet, and shoulders.

 

[petros]

Ban Injuns.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Ban Injuns.

Did that a century or more back.

 

[petros]

Time to do it again.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Time to do it again.

Sounds good.

 

[mentalfloss]

Ban Calgary.

 

[EagleSmack]

Ban Calgary.

 

[mentalfloss]

Fine.

Edmonton.

 

[captain morgan]

Quick. Ban domestic violence.

We might want to take a look at banning Justine first... I still can't believe that he was so callous as to assault that poor women right in the middle of the Parliament buildings.

Not So Sunny Ways, I guess

 

[relic]

Assault ? the *** is clearly you. It must be terrifying for you to be in a crowd, where you might be "assaulted"

 

[Danbones]

ban 'salt

 

[MHz]

Is that native Albertans or 'imports'? One answer would suggest closing gun-stores and the other would indicate more stores and cash or trinkets accepted and the first box of ammo is free. It worked in the 'old days' when people thought cities were wide and flat.

ban 'salt

Bring back salt as ammo and allow open carry. The one who cries the loudest and longest is the LOSER.

 

[Remington1]

There has to be other factors involve, 70%!!

 

[Frankiedoodle]

I think that this is a serious subject. A 10% rise in domestic violence cases, over the course of a year, is atrocious. I think that needs to be addressed and the use of weapons issue will naturally come down. For those who think that domestic violence's victim's are all women, think again. The physical abuse is probably mostly done by men. The emotional victim's are , on a smaller scale, menu

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Is the ration of domestic disputes with weapons up or just the raw number up by the same proportion as overall domestic disputes? When money is tight, things can get tense and I would expect the overall number of disputes to rise. I would expect the same percentage to use a weapon.