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Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)
20. Actually it IS entirely correct
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 11:32 AM
Oct 2013

That's another thing I've noticed gun nuts do. Whenever you bring up that red states have more gun violence, they ALWAYS bring up Washington D.C. Guess what? It's an outlier. It's also primarily a dirt poor ghetto.

When you have overwhelming evidence of greater gun violence in areas with no gun control, one city that doesn't fit with that doesn't take away from the many other STATES that do. It's like saying New York is more racist than Mississippi because there's one small town in it that dominated by the Klan, while ignoring that for many decades the entire state of Mississippi was dominated by the Klan.

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Hmmm...right about the time that righties were wailing about how everybody should go out Downtown Hound Oct 2013 #1
Oh no, we can't come to that conclusion without a 20 year study Hoyt Oct 2013 #2
Jeez, are we sure about this? Paladin Oct 2013 #3
It's the FBI & DOJ statistics telling us that the murder rate has been Lurks Often Oct 2013 #4
More guns than ever in the hands of lunatics. That's what I know. Paladin Oct 2013 #5
We need to address the social, economic and mental health issues that cause violence Lurks Often Oct 2013 #6
Just a word billh58 Oct 2013 #8
Are you that afraid of rational discussion? n/t Lurks Often Oct 2013 #9
No, not at all, billh58 Oct 2013 #13
The process of obtaining a gun is different in every state Downtown Hound Oct 2013 #10
One of the best examples billh58 Oct 2013 #15
That was insightful Kolesar Oct 2013 #26
Glad you enjoyed billh58 Oct 2013 #27
Not entirely correct Lurks Often Oct 2013 #16
Actually it IS entirely correct Downtown Hound Oct 2013 #20
The Gungeoneers never billh58 Oct 2013 #7
Whether or not the drop in the crime rate, especially the overall murder Lurks Often Oct 2013 #11
Bullshit Downtown Hound Oct 2013 #12
Supposition on your part Lurks Often Oct 2013 #18
Actually I don't fail to address those issues Downtown Hound Oct 2013 #21
That one even would need a study to determine that more guns result in more deaths BainsBane Oct 2013 #25
The main reason billh58 Oct 2013 #14
So much for rational discussion Lurks Often Oct 2013 #17
The NRA, and those billh58 Oct 2013 #19
how to make a more valid comparison jimmy the one Oct 2013 #22
the bigger picture jimmy the one Oct 2013 #24
Yet despite that, mass shootings have increased. BainsBane Oct 2013 #23
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