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Mapped: Why Obama was right and America does have a serious gun problem
The Telegraph ^ | 24 Jul 2015 | James Rothwell

Posted on 07/24/2015 10:12:24 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

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James Rothwell, the Telegraph, the UN, Obama.
All statist slaves and gun-hating freaks. England has been cooking it’s books on violent gun crimes for years. Obama’s such a liar his dog (’BO’: megalomaniacally named after himself) won’t come when he calls. Dead fish will come back to life when wrapped in the Telegraph, and thrust themselves from it to escape the stench. If a vote were taken today by their hosts, the UN would be packing its bags.
The author looks ridiculous, a journo hack, definitely gay. This piece of tripe is a good example of why we ran the Redcoats off.


21 posted on 07/24/2015 10:41:35 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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22 posted on 07/24/2015 10:42:24 PM PDT by Up Yours Marxists
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It's essential for the anti-gunners to use "gun-murder" rates because otherwise the numbers aren't nearly as good for them.

To paraphrase Archie Bunker, "Would it make you feel any better, little girl, it they was pushed outta windas"?

Also essential is to pretend that there is no distinction between the predominantly white communities and those made up of unassimilated minorities. Without this pretense, it would be obvious what the problem is.

23 posted on 07/24/2015 10:44:17 PM PDT by William Tell
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To: Up Yours Marxists

Disarm the blacks. Save a few lives. Right?


24 posted on 07/24/2015 10:44:17 PM PDT by Up Yours Marxists
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” If you look at the number that have been killed by gun violence...”

I think he means “killed by violent people...”

Anyways, the murder and overall crime rate is actually somewhat lower now than it was in the 60s. The worst years were the eighties when it was double what it is now. And back in the turn of the last century, when I don’t think there were any gun laws, it was miniscule.

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2012/12/listening_to_the_latest_media.html


25 posted on 07/24/2015 10:45:28 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: kabar

0bama’s Death to Americans policy....


26 posted on 07/24/2015 10:51:28 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: Up Yours Marxists

I’m all for hanging out with White Females.


27 posted on 07/24/2015 10:52:24 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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Europe’s Left fails to recognize the demographics behind the gun violence? Now onto to the subject of abortion that it’s not very vocal about.


28 posted on 07/24/2015 10:53:56 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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I don't see anywhere you can comment on the article. Not surprising. Among the questions these limp-wristed Euroweenies don't want to answer is: how many of the murders committed in the US are committed by gun owners with permits and how many are committed by felons already forbidden to own guns? If you take the African American population from crime statistics, where does the US fall with respect to Europe? If you take out the Latino population where does it fall? You say 1 in 5 children have witnessed a shooting; what is a) your definition of a "child" and b) if you restrict the statistic by race and ethnicity, what percentage of white, asian, black, and Latino children under 15 have seen a shooting?

Is a picture starting to emerge?

Here is an interesting statistic they never want to talk about: the last time the FBI published a number [I believed they stopped in 2005 because the result was too embarrassing] more than half of all homicides committed in the US are committed by a person with a prior homicide arrest, conviction, or accessory to homicide conviction. If we're just going to put killers back on the streets, why shouldn't the rest of us be armed?

29 posted on 07/24/2015 10:58:30 PM PDT by FredZarguna (Next stop: anywhere but Willoughby.)
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"Mapped: Why Obama was right and America does have a serious gun problem "

No. America has a serious obama problem. Guns don't kill people, obamatrons with guns kill people.
30 posted on 07/24/2015 11:00:39 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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Well, that would be advisable for so many reasons, and the homicide rate is probably the least of them. Unfortunately, unless the white women in question were exclusively my wife and daughters, the homicide rate in this home for white males would be 100%.


31 posted on 07/24/2015 11:01:05 PM PDT by FredZarguna (Next stop: anywhere but Willoughby.)
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Sleight of hand argument.

Where is the data for “Other Means of Murder”, which starkly contrast against “Gun Murder” stats?


32 posted on 07/24/2015 11:02:14 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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And what would this look like if you removed black-on-black gun violence in areas where only illegal guns are allowed? Bet the picture would look very much different.


33 posted on 07/24/2015 11:14:43 PM PDT by Reno89519 (American Lives Matter! US Citizen, Veteran, Conservative, Republican. I vote. Trump 2016.)
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To: tumblindice
Author might need one of these?


Progressive selfie ?

34 posted on 07/24/2015 11:30:09 PM PDT by QT3.14 (California DMV: Department of Mexican Voting)
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America has a serious criminal problem. I have a fair number of guns and since they have come to live in my house none of them have been involved in any criminal activity. Before they arrived here I can't say. A few of them were newborns so it's safe to say they are innocent. I do have one that's 128 years old and a few that came from Iron Curtain countries so I can't vouch for their prior history, but I set them on the straight and narrow now.

When I strap on my CCW holster and gun it is no more my thought that I'm going to use it this day than when I get in my car and think I'm going to run over someone today. Or when I buy car, health or home insurance do I think "can't wait to use these babies". I think liberals see us as ticking time bombs because they see it in themselves. They have no self reliance and expect society to take care of them. I look at the cities where liberals are in charge and think "I need a gun". They have made criminality an accepted fact of life. They are responsible for the majority of violent crime.

I have no desire to ever use my guns on anything but targets and game, but I go forward with the knowledge that in defense of self, family, friends and others I'm at least prepared to not be a victim.

35 posted on 07/24/2015 11:46:12 PM PDT by Starstruck (I'm usually sarcastic. Deal with it.)
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We have a serious gun problem: Not enough of our citizens are packing.

My first thought too. Not enough guns in the hands of good people.

36 posted on 07/24/2015 11:58:11 PM PDT by Mark17 (When I see the mountain, covered with snow, fallen from Heaven above. Makes me feel so small)
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To: Ray76

Brits are bred for service and this one is in competition.


37 posted on 07/24/2015 11:58:49 PM PDT by x_plus_one (Islam is not another protestant denomination, it is the antichrist.)
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People kill other people with whatever they have. Comparing gun violence rates in the US (where people have guns) to the violent crime rate in England (where people don’t have guns but have knives, clubs, and fists) would be the appropriate comparison.


38 posted on 07/25/2015 12:17:47 AM PDT by ModelBreaker (')
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"Disarm the blacks. Save a few lives. Right?"

Exactly. I am completely serious. If blacks could not own weapons—and the law was enforced strictly with deterrent-inducingly harsh penalties—you'd see a drop of over 70% almost immediately.

Minimum of 20 years hard time with no chance of parole if caught with an illegal weapon, and this crap would change FAST. It's our pussyfooting and engendering of this kid-glove handout mentality that has enabled the currently misplaced sense of entitlement so universally shared within the shiftless, murderous black thug mentality innoculating America's "teens."

39 posted on 07/25/2015 12:22:23 AM PDT by Gargantua ("...fee tine a maadyy..." ;^)
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If you are one of the morons who believe America has a gun problem currently, well just

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40 posted on 07/25/2015 12:35:15 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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