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http://ritholtz.com/2017/10/gun-ownership-vs-gun-deaths/
The correlation is clear. And yes, it is not perfect because other factors are in play.
But why refuse to acknowledge and address the most obvious one?
Good point, why don't Lefties address the bigger issue of the two, suicides? Twice as many people kill THEMSELVES with a gun versus shooting OTHERS with a gun. Why is that fact overlooked by the Lefties? Isn't killing yourself an issue with mental illness versus a gun issue??
But, if we only had "common sense gun laws", expanded background checks and ban AR15's , people wouldn't commit suicide, right?
If you remove suicides, and the top 10 gun homicide cities from the statistics (all of which are Democrat controlled), the national gun homicide rate becomes minuscule.
Ah ok, so socialism is the failed real world approach. Democratic socialism is a dream that leftists have about "real socialism". Its the "I would never be like Mao if i were in charge" narcassistic fantasy.There is no functional difference. It's all forced collectivism at the barrel of a gun. Take wrong thinkers to the gulags
FP_ex sayshttp://ritholtz.com/2017/10/gun-ownership-vs-gun-deaths/
The correlation is clear. And yes, it is not perfect because other factors are in play.
Nope, no correlation because Lefties want to group suicides and homicides into the same group. That's like comparing apples to army tanks.
FP_ex saysBut why refuse to acknowledge and address the most obvious one?
Good point, why don't Lefties address the bigger issue of the two, suicides? Twice as many people kill THEMSELVES with a gun versus shooting OTHERS with a gun. Why is that fact overlooked by the Lefties? Isn't killing yourself an issue with mental illness versus a gun issue??
But, if we only had "common sense gun laws", expanded background checks and ba...
If you remove suicides, and the top 10 gun homicide cities from the statistics (all of which are Democrat controlled), the national gun homicide rate becomes minuscule.
who crys over this shit?
Here's an example, the New York City Homicide Rate.
It tends to cluster in certain neighborhoods.
Why is it difficult for leftists to make points w/o attacking others?
Labeling someone as an “-ist” who believes in an “-ism” because of the person’s policy preference is just a shortcut to playground-style name-calling, cloaked in political terminology. It’s also generally a good indication that the attacker doesn’t have a solid argument and needs a way to end debate before it has even begun.
Why is it difficult for leftists to make points w/o attacking others?
CBOEtrader saysToday's progressives would have been Nazi's FOR SURE. Group think idiocy always leads to tyranny.
Even this question is doing exactly what it accuses leftists of doing.
Goran_K says
If you remove suicides, and the top 10 gun homicide cities from the statistics (all of which are Democrat controlled), the national gun homicide rate becomes minuscule.
and the top 10 gun homicide states? all republican controlled. What about that? How do highly populated states like NY,MA,NJ have less homicides, actual homicides not rate, than shitholes like AL, LA, MS, TN where not nearly as many people live?
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Accusing others of being child killers for disagreeing about gun rights -OR- suggesting disagreement can only stem from ignorance or racism or both. This form of bigotry is so deeply rooted into the psyche of the left that it becomes almost impossible to discuss a political topic w/o letting these direct personal attacks slip.
Our forum has become an interesting case study in the leftists psychology. It is the product of $billions worth of propaganda blasting soft minds with news, and nonstop Hollywood bigotry against wrongthink. The Nazi's would be jealous of the righteousness seen in today's left, and even more jealous of the glee with which the left today enacts its fascist, anti-wrongthink agenda