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In reply to the discussion: Massachusetts: nanny-state gun control FAIL [View all]madokie
(51,076 posts)42. As only MG could put it
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Didn't Mitt Romney pass that gun law when he was Gov? Another reason not to vote for him. nt
nanabugg
Jul 2012
#28
I know,...they might even keep their adult teeth past the age of 25....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2012
#30
Yet the violent crime rate in Massachusetts is more than 3 times higher than New Hampshire...
LAGC
Jul 2012
#9
the violent crime rate in Massachusetts is more than 3 times higher than New Hampshire...
AlbertCat
Jul 2012
#61
"nations with extremely strict gun control still have higher suicide rates"
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2012
#32
That's a bit of a problem since Chicago is practically a nation unto itself.
Egalitarian Thug
Jul 2012
#35
That would be a really interesting statement if you showed MA had a high gun death rate prior to
AtheistCrusader
Jul 2012
#25
You should have lived there before all the assholes from Texas and the east coast moved in and
Egalitarian Thug
Jul 2012
#36
My brother in law, who is a hunter and has been since he was a kid, is a MA resident.
MADem
Jul 2012
#26
If you picked 2009 instead of 2010, you'd show it was level or decreasing
MannyGoldstein
Jul 2012
#45
first they will want you to register your guns - then they will want you to register your car.
Douglas Carpenter
Jul 2012
#48
Of Course Mass. Has Tough Gun Laws. Without Them, The Red Sox Wouldn't Be Able To Field A Team
Yavin4
Jul 2012
#49
Same with the DUI laws. Was it really worth all the profits and jobs to stiffen DUI laws?
brewens
Jul 2012
#51
I don't know where you got your pseudo-statistics, but they're not even close to accurate
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#53
there were 12,996 murders in the US. Of those, 8,775 were caused by firearms.
Kalidurga
Jul 2012
#78