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In reply to the discussion: WaPo Article Contends "Zero" Correlation Between State Gun Laws and State Homicide Rates [View all]Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)83. Stupid article, stupid premise. Stupid conclusion.
The states with the highest murder rates? Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Of the states in the top fifteen by murder rate? Only three have a rating of C or better from the Brady campaign. Those three? Maryland, Michigan, and Illinois. The numbers for those three states are skewed by Baltimore, Detroit, and Chicago. Major cities with large populations of people in poverty have high crime rates, including murder? Shocking! (And Volokh is a right-wing Libertarian whose agenda here is not the truth.)
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WaPo Article Contends "Zero" Correlation Between State Gun Laws and State Homicide Rates [View all]
TeddyR
Oct 2015
OP
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
"If Gothamites can't get guns in Gotham, then they'll get them from Green Acres."
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2015
#98
"federal legislation that severely limits the availability...and makes the illicit trade prohibitive
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2015
#104
I doubt the results, but fact is, people with gunz are intimidaters, quite often racists, more
Hoyt
Oct 2015
#58
Volokh is cited all the time by people across the political spectrum, including SCOTUS,
branford
Oct 2015
#3
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
After reading my entire post, in a general discussion about correlation between gun laws
branford
Oct 2015
#33
If guns are as efficient as you claim, the correlation should be obvious, but it's not.
branford
Oct 2015
#14
"other comparable western countries would have lower incidences of successful suicide attempts"
loyalsister
Oct 2015
#59
Do you ever wonder why gun control is losing so badly in the courts, Congress and public opinion?
branford
Oct 2015
#35