Gun Control & RKBA

gcomeau

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16. Are you completely delusional?

Wed Oct 31, 2012, 11:15 AM

Oct 2012

The WORST homicide rates in any individual isolated cities get up around 50 per 100,000 people.

Homicide rates in the 19th century west THAT WE KNOW OF (and it's not like record keeping was up to today's standards, so this is only counting the ones we retained records of) was *way higher* than that.

http://cjrc.osu.edu/researchprojects/hvd/hom%20rates%20west.html

Monterey County CA : 609 per 100,000
Gila County, AZ: 164 per 100,000
CA ranching counties (Los Angeles, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara): 140 per 100,000
Denver, Colorado: 105 per 100,000

And I repeat, those are MINIMUM rates based on homicides that actually got reported, recorded, and then the records survived until now. Pull yourself out of fantasy land.

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Awesome news for RKBA folks! [View all] darkangel218 Oct 2012 OP

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True i guess :) darkangel218 Oct 2012 #2

It's your right to go out in public with your face uncovered. PavePusher Oct 2012 #37

Explain the awesome. -eom gcomeau Oct 2012 #3

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So the opposite of awesome then... gcomeau Oct 2012 #9

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What the hell are you talking about! darkangel218 Oct 2012 #14

I'm talking about what I said. Reading comprehension issues? gcomeau Oct 2012 #17

Lmao!! darkangel218 Oct 2012 #21

Bull gcomeau Oct 2012 #23

Incidence of what? the number of criminals deterred from engaging in crimes? darkangel218 Oct 2012 #27

Bull rl6214 Oct 2012 #48

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And the problem with that is...? PavePusher Oct 2012 #38

"I'm talking about what I said" holdencaufield Oct 2012 #61

the murder rate is four times gejohnston Oct 2012 #30

Wild west huh? glacierbay Oct 2012 #11

Are you completely delusional? gcomeau Oct 2012 #16

This comes from a study that extrapolates one single murder to equal around 78 murders. rDigital Oct 2012 #18

Ahem. gcomeau Oct 2012 #20

The extrapolations are bogus. Not much to see there. rDigital Oct 2012 #24

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I won, get used to it. rDigital Oct 2012 #31

Learn math. gcomeau Oct 2012 #34

You're allowed to stomp your feet because your ox is getting gored, just remember rDigital Oct 2012 #40

Deal. With. The. Numbers. gcomeau Oct 2012 #41

This statement throws serious doubt on his claim. glacierbay Oct 2012 #43

Since it's an unsubstantiated second hand claim of a statement... gcomeau Nov 2012 #64

So you think that Lott is lying about what Roth said? glacierbay Nov 2012 #65

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Why should we believe anything from him glacierbay Oct 2012 #51

The data sets are so small that the sampling error is taken to an egregious level. rDigital Oct 2012 #54

really? gejohnston Oct 2012 #56

Of course we're questioning the author glacierbay Oct 2012 #47

This is even better than what I found glacierbay Oct 2012 #42

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After reading up on this guy glacierbay Oct 2012 #39

A few caveats sarisataka Oct 2012 #49

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There, i fixed the title. darkangel218 Oct 2012 #6

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No, not yahoos. Only those who already have their concealed weapon permit. darkangel218 Oct 2012 #7

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Probably, JoeyT Oct 2012 #62

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