Gun Control & RKBA

Eleanors38

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46. The drop in homicide is more like decade-to-decade.

Thu Mar 20, 2014, 12:19 PM

Mar 2014

Unless you wish to question the drop in homicide over the last 20+ yrs, I'll assume you wish to ignore that data. But it's still there.

The only question is "Why?" If anyone has credible research which would shine a light on the answer, we might be able to lower the homicide rate even more by fashioning policies around that research.

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10 things the gun industry will not tell you. [View all] mfcorey1 Mar 2014 OP

#5 daleanime Mar 2014 #1

what the article forgot mention gejohnston Mar 2014 #3

What the article didn't mention about those health studies gejohnston Mar 2014 #2

Shhh! Don't upset the gun lovers. Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #4

that has actually been debunked as a gejohnston Mar 2014 #5

I believe that gun defenders are either NRA, or behave as if they were. Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #8

Actually the article was complete nonsense gejohnston Mar 2014 #9

LOL! Says someone who uses as data a letter from students. :) nt Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #10

says someone who gejohnston Mar 2014 #11

I'm not interested in discussing the greatness of murder-machines with a murder-machine lover. nt Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #14

Why didn't you just say, La la la la I can't hear you. clffrdjk Mar 2014 #15

You know, when I meet a gun lover that admits the truth, I might be more pleasant Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #16

So now you are calling me, 4 other people in this thread and countless others liars . clffrdjk Mar 2014 #17

Yes. I'd love to hear a gun lover tell the truth for once. nt Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #18

Why don't you tell US the truth? And be able to argue for it. n/t oneshooter Mar 2014 #21

Where have I lied? clffrdjk Mar 2014 #22

Look, until you people start admitting the truth, that guns have created a nightmarish environment Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #27

guns have created a nightmarish environment gejohnston Mar 2014 #30

Sorry you are right the world was perfect before the Chinese invented gunpowder. clffrdjk Mar 2014 #32

What is this "a group such as yours" you speak of? pipoman Mar 2014 #38

Not a singular group clffrdjk Mar 2014 #39

Mr. Johnson what do you do just lurk around waiting to doc03 Mar 2014 #34

Actually I do gejohnston Mar 2014 #35

It just seems like anyone I know that has your position on guns doc03 Mar 2014 #36

Like I said, I have positions on other issues gejohnston Mar 2014 #40

Here is the United Nations study Lurks Often Mar 2014 #12

There are 106 countries that have a lower rate of murder per capita than the U.S. Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #13

That last sentence in the OP. Eleanors38 Mar 2014 #24

That last comment... Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #26

so the UN, FBI and CDC are gun lovers? gejohnston Mar 2014 #28

They're not private citizens packing heat. The private citizens packing heat are the problem. Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #29

drug dealers who kill each other gejohnston Mar 2014 #31

La la la la she can't hear you clffrdjk Mar 2014 #33

That was Nixon's exit strategy from Vietnam. Straw Man Mar 2014 #41

The drop in homicide is more like decade-to-decade. Eleanors38 Mar 2014 #46

And there were 102 countries with a higher murder rate Lurks Often Mar 2014 #42

You must have a sh*t opinion of the U.S. unless you failed to notice which have the higher rates. Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #43

Bermuda, Greenland, the Bahamas and Jamaica are dangerous, war torn countries? Lurks Often Mar 2014 #44

Once again this is a strange place for you to be if you don't want to have a conversation clffrdjk Mar 2014 #45

"Inventive insults" now include "White Wing." Eleanors38 Mar 2014 #47

Guns are inherently dangerous. MicaelS Mar 2014 #19

That's far more honest than what I've heard so far. Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #20

So you believe that the firearms do fire without outside assistance? n/t oneshooter Mar 2014 #23

lie about stats gejohnston Mar 2014 #25

Guns are Token Republican Mar 2014 #37

Humans killed each other for thousands of years.. MicaelS Mar 2014 #48

Makes sense Token Republican Mar 2014 #6

Thanks anyway...I'd rather be safe than sorry. ileus Mar 2014 #7