Impact of Assault Weapons Ban - Illustration-

[krispos42]

81. From the peak in about 1991 or so.

And our country's population is about 20% higher than in the mid-1980's, so if the absolute number of gun-related homicides remains steady while the population increases, I call that progress, because the per-capita declines by 17%.


The bulk of violent crimes comes from poverty and drug-gang activities. If you mapped out on Google Maps every single homicide in the country, there would be clusters. If you are not in or around a cluster, then your homicide rate is pretty damn low, probably approaching the European levels we compare ourselves to.

We have to stop the War on Drug, and we have to return to some kind of economic sanity. We need to cut our prison population by about 2/3rds, we need better schools, we need unions, we need to tax the rich to keep them from distorting our economy and our representative government, we need USP health insurance, we need to get out of the WTO and NAFTA, we need to break up the corporate monopolies and oligarchies, and we need cheap college.