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GGJohn

(9,951 posts)
44. What does that have to do with the thread?
Tue Oct 6, 2015, 05:51 PM
Oct 2015

I understand the attempt to divert the conversation when you've just has your butt handed to you, but it does nothing for the topic.

Fact Kang Colby Oct 2015 #1
The fact is that, with our porous state borders, only gun control at the federal level will work. PSPS Oct 2015 #4
Explain then why the surrounding areas with more gun freedom have less violent crime? Kang Colby Oct 2015 #6
What you're claiming is simply not true leftynyc Oct 2015 #9
Oh it's true. Your source includes suicide data. Kang Colby Oct 2015 #20
You don't consider blowing leftynyc Oct 2015 #22
People like you are trying to convince folks... Kang Colby Oct 2015 #25
All I've said is that I'm for leftynyc Oct 2015 #92
States aren't always the best for comparative analysis. branford Oct 2015 #37
Thats not what your link says. beevul Oct 2015 #65
Here's another chart that proves you wrong leftynyc Oct 2015 #17
See my earlier posts. n/t Kang Colby Oct 2015 #31
Please don't let your facts get in the way Nevernose Oct 2015 #67
It's the dishonest leftynyc Oct 2015 #93
Rates are not absolute numbers. beevul Oct 2015 #68
Maybe you should try asking the right people. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2015 #53
Cool. But that's just your opinion. Kang Colby Oct 2015 #54
It's a mistake to think of the two as distinct entities. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2015 #60
How about Gotham residents stop killing each other? n/t Kang Colby Oct 2015 #61
How about teenagers stop having sex? Act_of_Reparation Oct 2015 #72
Ridiculous comparison. Kang Colby Oct 2015 #74
The need to eat is a biological necessity. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2015 #95
"If Gothamites can't get guns in Gotham, then they'll get them from Green Acres." Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2015 #98
When the price is right. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2015 #103
"federal legislation that severely limits the availability...and makes the illicit trade prohibitive Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2015 #104
So, Detroit, Oakland and Baltimore have an extreme violence problem, branford Oct 2015 #8
The only restrictions leftynyc Oct 2015 #12
I believe we engaged in this discussion before, and yes, I support UBC's branford Oct 2015 #18
No - it'll never be passed leftynyc Oct 2015 #21
Wyoming has a higher per capita rate of gun deaths than onenote Oct 2015 #23
Wyoming has a higher per capita rate of gun deaths TeddyR Oct 2015 #56
It has a high suicide rate but low murder rate. Nt hack89 Oct 2015 #76
How did Iowa get mixed up with this? stone space Oct 2015 #102
So everyone has to suffer because Chicago and Baltimore are out of control? davidn3600 Oct 2015 #13
Define "suffer" frylock Oct 2015 #47
I wouldn't use the word "suffer" TeddyR Oct 2015 #57
Agreed. Gun crime is about poverty, gangs and drug trafficking LittleBlue Oct 2015 #32
Agreed. Kang Colby Oct 2015 #34
I doubt the results, but fact is, people with gunz are intimidaters, quite often racists, more Hoyt Oct 2015 #58
Are the inner city black gang members who are shooting and killing Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #80
My opinion is that those buying most of the gunz are racists afraid of what Hoyt Oct 2015 #81
I forget, Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #82
You are the one that keeps mentioning inner city gangs in support of your gunz. Hoyt Oct 2015 #84
So you agree with my post? Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #85
White guys walking down the street with a gun on their hip in case mobs of Hoyt Oct 2015 #94
No surprise from "a leading conservative and libertarian legal theorist.." villager Oct 2015 #2
Volokh is cited all the time by people across the political spectrum, including SCOTUS, branford Oct 2015 #3
His analysis, is, of course, shaded by his vantage point going in. villager Oct 2015 #7
You can read his short blog post as well as I. branford Oct 2015 #10
You may be no Volokh yourself, to be sure, but here's how we can tell how disingenuous your posts villager Oct 2015 #15
So, I assume you have nothing to offer in substantive rebuttal to Volokh's analysis. branford Oct 2015 #26
Here's FactCheck.org on the AWB. villager Oct 2015 #28
After reading my entire post, in a general discussion about correlation between gun laws branford Oct 2015 #33
Your perceptions were to cherry pick what I meant. villager Oct 2015 #55
I could care less about the NRA. branford Oct 2015 #62
Again, you debase yourself villager Oct 2015 #64
And this is what the gun control movement has come down to. GGJohn Oct 2015 #69
I love this stuff ryan_cats Oct 2015 #11
The writer is a well-known right-leaning legal commentator. villager Oct 2015 #16
Did ryan_cats Oct 2015 #19
Don't villager Oct 2015 #24
Not a reply but a question ryan_cats Oct 2015 #78
Not really a question, but a snark. villager Oct 2015 #79
It's the efficiency stupid!! loyalsister Oct 2015 #5
If guns are as efficient as you claim, the correlation should be obvious, but it's not. branford Oct 2015 #14
10s of millions loyalsister Oct 2015 #27
So, your argument is that with gun control, branford Oct 2015 #29
Math loyalsister Oct 2015 #39
If the fatalities are lower without guns, other comparable western countries branford Oct 2015 #42
"other comparable western countries would have lower incidences of successful suicide attempts" loyalsister Oct 2015 #59
If the USA is not culturally comparable to these other western countries, branford Oct 2015 #63
The citizens of those countries care about the common good loyalsister Oct 2015 #66
Your solution to firearm violence and other issues in the USA branford Oct 2015 #75
I'm saying that if there was a little less loyalsister Oct 2015 #77
Eugene Volokh? Give me a fucking BREAK! Paladin Oct 2015 #30
Do you ever wonder why gun control is losing so badly in the courts, Congress and public opinion? branford Oct 2015 #35
It's not working any more. No wonder you people are terrified. (nt) Paladin Oct 2015 #36
Yea, I'm near catatonic with terror over the incoming wave of gun control... branford Oct 2015 #38
Which Democratic candidate are you backing for President? (nt) Paladin Oct 2015 #40
What does that have to do with the thread? GGJohn Oct 2015 #44
Who asked you for your lame-assed opinion? Paladin Oct 2015 #48
Maybe you missed it, GGJohn Oct 2015 #49
That wasn't an opinion, it was a statement of fact. beevul Oct 2015 #70
I am currently backing Bernie, but would probably switch to Biden if he runs. branford Oct 2015 #45
Terrified? GGJohn Oct 2015 #43
It's not working any more. Paladin Oct 2015 #50
What? The truth? GGJohn Oct 2015 #51
How would they even know if it was? N/T beevul Oct 2015 #71
Nonsense. Donald Ian Rankin Oct 2015 #106
You're entitled to your beliefs. (nt) Paladin Oct 2015 #107
Gun ownership rates PowerToThePeople Oct 2015 #41
Do you have a strategy to repeal the Second Amendment, 44 state equivalents, branford Oct 2015 #46
No, they don't. Kang Colby Oct 2015 #52
Quid pro quo Kotya Oct 2015 #97
And I'm the Queen of England. All hail the queen. n/t Aerows Oct 2015 #73
Stupid article, stupid premise. Stupid conclusion. Spider Jerusalem Oct 2015 #83
So, you're not allowed to count states with large violent cities branford Oct 2015 #86
Clearly there are other factors involved there than gun laws Spider Jerusalem Oct 2015 #87
Then discuss what particular factors you believe Volokh didn't consider, branford Oct 2015 #88
Urban poverty, gang violence, population density, a number of factors Spider Jerusalem Oct 2015 #90
Volokh doesn't claim to be a sociologist or criminologist. branford Oct 2015 #91
repuke agrees with the NRA Skittles Oct 2015 #89
Take away Volokh's grad degrees, reduce his vocabulary to 2nd-grade level: Paladin Oct 2015 #96
LOL Skittles Oct 2015 #105
This just means they need to be banned in all states. geomon666 Oct 2015 #99
I think the problem is that the affect of gun laws is hidden by the fact that urban states have karynnj Oct 2015 #100
Eugene Volohk is a Libertarian hack kcr Oct 2015 #101
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