Posted on 09/01/2015 4:48:28 AM PDT by lowbridge
It was really relevant to point that out, wasn't it? No bias there.
In addition, those killed in the act of committing crimes are included as well.
Total horseshit. John Lott studied this extensively, scientifically and his peer reviewed findings of “more guns, less crime” has never been refuted by any reputable source. This crap is just more lies. The old lies didn’t work too well, so lets try new ones and see if they stick.
Typically. areas with fewer guns have a much higher violent crime rate overall. In addition, does the study consider the number of defensive gun uses? Are those numbers higher or lower than other areas? Ignoring that side of things makes the study immediately flawed because it only shows one side of the equation and is just a subset of the entire situation.
My thoughts exactly. lol Poor reporting.
Gun related crime/murders are in direct proportion to the overall Negro population of the state.
Liberals know this but that is not relevant to their goals. Actually is is advantageous to them to have more shootings and crime. It serves to keep the middle calls off balance and serves to produce excuses for more administrative laws and greater bureaucratic control of the population.
Does that indicate a need for more blacks control?
That would depopulate a place after a while, don’t you think?
A reputable study would factor in the demographics, note the disproportionate number of black underclass homicides, and separate things out by demographics.
I notice they didn't mention Vermont, a state which had NO license needed to carry, plus low homicide rates.
They say that like its a bad thing.
haha— Poor writing and editing-— 4.2 per capita..
Lots of rational, analytical comments here. Kudos.
All this misses the point - the purpose of this “study” is to provide talking points to condition the uninterested in supporting (or at least acquiescing in) more gun control.
When your first reaction is a reasoned, “Nobody would believe such crap,” you are wrong. Remember, “well, they need to do SOMETHING” has unusual power over the uninformed, misinformed, and incapable of becoming informed masses.
Guess they missed Chicago.
PS - Also must be all those “Gun Free” zone signs they put up.
How are their rates of people getting whacked with machetes?
Like Connecticut’s tough gun law stopped a massacre in 2012 of school children and their teachers. And we all know that Chicago’s tough guns laws have eliminated shooting deaths in that city.
I call shenanigans on this study.
Well, first we need to know which states have strict machete control laws.
This is useless without the counts of other causes of death, like knifing and bludgeoning, for instance.
That's a lot of gun deaths. I bet they were decimated to the last man!
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