Gun Control & RKBA

krispos42

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18. Thank for for the expansion

Sat Jul 29, 2017, 02:53 PM

Jul 2017

I didn't say DC was the worst, I said it was relatively hefty, and the numbers seem to bear it out.

40 years ago the murder rate was over twice as high as it is now, but NYC was something like 5 or six times what it is now.

It's not just guns; there's an array of social, societal, economic, and environmental reasons besides the hardware issue.

Warring drug gangs will, by and large, fight and kill each other; thus the murder rate in a city may be driven by a violent subset of career criminals. This would not necessarily reflect on how widespread LEGAL gun ownership affects a city, but more on the choice to outlaw certain drugs and force the business to go underground.

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U.S. appeals court blocks D.C. law restricting gun rights [View all] Eugene Jul 2017 OP

THE most most protected area in the US DK504 Jul 2017 #1

Given what it takes to get a concealed gun permit hack89 Jul 2017 #2

+1 discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2017 #3

DC has a pretty hefty crime rate krispos42 Jul 2017 #4

You don't seem to understand discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2017 #5

I like to ask those types a question: Why, then, hasn't the Taliban been eliminated? friendly_iconoclast Jul 2017 #6

But isn't that really just an indictment... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2017 #7

"I changed the subject and moved the goal posts both at the same time." That you did friendly_iconoclast Jul 2017 #8

I was eavesdropping when a little goose explained it to a gander discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2017 #12

several pro gun cities worse than DC jimmy the one Jul 2017 #10

So it is gun-"control" that works in NYC but not in DC? discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2017 #13

You weren't supposed to notice that- or notice a few other inconvenient things, such as... friendly_iconoclast Jul 2017 #14

re: "Seems as if gun laws have little relation to documented crime and murder rates." discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2017 #15

Thank for for the expansion krispos42 Jul 2017 #18

The most protected part doesn't extend beyond building and the 1%. ileus Jul 2017 #9

If it's THE most protected area, why was the murder rate so high? X_Digger Aug 2017 #19

Run Bowser, Run! jimmy the one Jul 2017 #11

It's ironic.. virginia mountainman Jul 2017 #16

I found an interesting take on it, gejohnston Jul 2017 #17

Have they started to issue permits yet in DC? Alea Aug 2017 #20