America Has a Gun Problem
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By the way here are some numbers that might help explain the amount of violence and crime and some of the countries Woody wants to move to.
You're welcome.
WSS
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I don't either but it came up okay for me, sorry. I figured you guys on the left wouldn't complain about wapo.
WSS
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By the way here are some numbers that might help explain the amount of violence and crime and some of the countries Woody wants to move to.
You're welcome.
WSS
I don't have a subscription and can't view the article
I don't have a subscription and can't view the article
Just tapped on the lake again from the BB page and it works fine. Oh well.
WSS
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Do you think video takes cause gun violence?
I believe there exist data/ arguments that suggest that it does. It's just that I have not looked into it deep enough to make a decision.
My gut feeling is no.
Besides, you hijacked your own thread. Are we talking about a gun problem, or do video games cause gun violence?
I believe there exist data/ arguments that suggest that it does. It's just that I have not looked into it deep enough to make a decision.
My gut feeling is no.
Besides, you hijacked your own thread. Are we talking about a gun problem, or do video games cause gun violence?
If people are apt to act out in violence, it's tough to say that violent games inspire it or not. Mental illness is the key.
Violence has been prevalent in history, long, long before video games. So, I think not. A lot of kids watching westerns...and the Three Stooges - none of us ever went around slapping, shooting with guns, .... that I know of.
and the violence in other cartoons. I have never read where anyone ever was violently influenced by Wiley E. Coyote's violent attempts towards the Roadrunner. And how many times did Boris and Natasha try to kill Bullwinkle and Rocky?
Charles Manson was born in 1934....the first video game was created about 1982......
We don't incarcerate/exterminate every one who displeases authority. We are America.
Throughout history - look at the violence in the Bible. Reaching for video games is nonsense, I think.
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So do you all think it is fine to use Santa for promoting concealed carry... Literal days after a school shooting?
Or are most of you just going to jerk each other off over Alec Baldwin?
So do you all think it is fine to use Santa for promoting concealed carry... Literal days after a school shooting?
Or are most of you just going to jerk each other off over Alec Baldwin?
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A very, very stupid graph.
- Only three countries in the world currently have a constitutional right to own a gun: the US, Mexico, and Guatemala.
- Six other countries used to have a constitutional right to bear arms, but they've since repealed those laws.
- The US is the only country with a right to keep and bear arms with no constitutional restrictions.
Do you think video takes cause gun violence?
Do you think video takes cause gun violence?
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So, let's take a look at how the simple anti-conservative "gun problem" is a lot of hooey.
FBI stats show 5 times more murders by knives than rifles ...
knowing that certain people won't open the link:" When you have read and digested the following information, ask yourself how many children had to be murdered every day since 1973 to now number above 55 million? Ask yourself why every democrat running for president promises two things: 1) To take away our Constitutional rights under the Second Amendment to own and bear arms; and 2) To not only keep the killing of babies legal, but to expand the murder of children to include after they are born and healthy if the parent decides they do not want the child. "" So technically, “gun violence” is not 30,000 annually, but drops to 5,100. Still too many? Now lets look at how those deaths spanned across the nation.- 480 homicides (9.4%) were in Chicago
- 344 homicides (6.7%) were in Baltimore
- 333 homicides (6.5%) were in Detroit
- 119 homicides (2.3%) were in Washington D.C. (a 54% increase over prior years)
So basically, 25% of all gun crime happens in just 4 cities. All 4 of those cities have strict gun laws, so it is not the lack of law that is the root cause.
This basically leaves 3,825 for the entire rest of the nation, or about 75 deaths per state. That is an average because some States have much higher rates than others. For example , California had 1,169 and Alabama had 1.
Now, who has the strictest gun laws by far? California, of course, but understand, it is not guns causing this. It is a crime rate spawned by the number of criminal persons residing in those cities and states. So, if all cities and states are not created equal, then there must be something other than the tool causing the gun deaths."
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CONCLUSION:
A simple emotional manipulative one liner is not as valid as a complicated truth. anyone may quote me on that.
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So do you all think it is fine to use Santa for promoting concealed carry... Literal days after a school shooting?
Or are most of you just going to jerk each other off over Alec Baldwin?
So do you all think it is fine to use Santa for promoting concealed carry... Literal days after a school shooting?
Santa must have a gig coming up in the inner city.
Besides, Christmas is coming up. How long should have Santa waited? Time is of the essence this time of year for him!
But seriously, days after a school shooting has no relevance here. What you did was take advantage of a school shooting in order to manufacture outrage.
Had the website provided in the Tweet made mention of Santa applying for conceal carry, then yes, you could argue that this was "promoting", otherwise many reading that tweet other than liberals would find it amusing, like I did.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States_by_state
Per the link - the top two gun murder states are Texas and California. Political and gun control OPPOSITES.
The first number is population, the fourth is gun murders. California - 1275. Texas - 906.
Gun control is NOT the answer.
California 38,993,940 1,861 1,861 1,275 20.1 4.8 4.8 3.3 Texas 27,429,639 1,316 1,276 906 35.7 4.8 4.7 3.3 -
So do you all think it is fine to use Santa for promoting concealed carry... Literal days after a school shooting?
Or are most of you just going to jerk each other off over Alec Baldwin?
So do you all think it is fine to use Santa for promoting concealed carry... Literal days after a school shooting?
Or are most of you just going to jerk each other off over Alec Baldwin?
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So do you all think it is fine to use Santa for promoting concealed carry... Literal days after a school shooting?
Or are most of you just going to jerk each other off over Alec Baldwin?
So do you all think it is fine to use Santa for promoting concealed carry... Literal days after a school shooting?
Or are most of you just going to jerk each other off over Alec Baldwin?
I think Santa, your mailman, Kyle Rittenhouse, or who ever is entitled to defend themselves.
Alec Baldwin is a case of Karma being a bitch….enjoy!
Two things that will define you: Your determination when you have nothing. Your attitude when you have everything. - Mike McCartney -
Do you think video takes cause gun violence?
I believe there exist data/ arguments that suggest that it does. It's just that I have not looked into it deep enough to make a decision.
My gut feeling is no.
Besides, you hijacked your own thread. Are we talking about a gun problem, or do video games cause gun violence?
I believe there exist data/ arguments that suggest that it does. It's just that I have not looked into it deep enough to make a decision.
My gut feeling is no.
Besides, you hijacked your own thread. Are we talking about a gun problem, or do video games cause gun violence?
Video games are uses as a scapegoat when discussing our gun violence issue. Dumbass CNN was pushing that take after the Oxford shooting. I brought it up because they're tied together.
But video games do not cause gun violence any more than ice cream sales cause crime (correlation vs causation)
Ja.brill Peppers - Cleveland Brown OldBrownsFan, on 02 Jun 2017 - 5:09PM said: "No you are not the work of the devil but you are deceived by the devil." Who's got it better than us? Nooooobody! -
So do you all think it is fine to use Santa for promoting concealed carry... Literal days after a school shooting?
Santa must have a gig coming up in the inner city.
Besides, Christmas is coming up. How long should have Santa waited? Time is of the essence this time of year for him!
But seriously, days after a school shooting has no relevance here. What you did was take advantage of a school shooting in order to manufacture outrage.
Had the website provided in the Tweet made mention of Santa applying for conceal carry, then yes, you could argue that this was "promoting", otherwise many reading that tweet other than liberals would find it amusing, like I did.
Santa must have a gig coming up in the inner city.
Besides, Christmas is coming up. How long should have Santa waited? Time is of the essence this time of year for him!
But seriously, days after a school shooting has no relevance here. What you did was take advantage of a school shooting in order to manufacture outrage.
Had the website provided in the Tweet made mention of Santa applying for conceal carry, then yes, you could argue that this was "promoting", otherwise many reading that tweet other than liberals would find it amusing, like I did.
You can take the school shooting angle out of it. Even then it seems insane to have Santa get a concealed carry permit. Who's next, Jesus?
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So do you all think it is fine to use Santa for promoting concealed carry... Literal days after a school shooting?
Or are most of you just going to jerk each other off over Alec Baldwin?
I think Santa, your mailman, Kyle Rittenhouse, or who ever is entitled to defend themselves.
Alec Baldwin is a case of Karma being a bitch….enjoy!
I think Santa, your mailman, Kyle Rittenhouse, or who ever is entitled to defend themselves.
Alec Baldwin is case of Karma being a bitch….enjoy!
Someone died in a terrible accident. Someone connected to this board.
And your response is "karma is a bitch" as you fall over others to attack Baldwin in an attempt to "own the libs"...
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I think Santa, your mailman, Kyle Rittenhouse, or who ever is entitled to defend themselves.
Alec Baldwin is case of Karma being a bitch….enjoy!
Someone died in a terrible accident. Someone connected to this board.
And your response is "karma is a bitch" as you fall over others to attack Baldwin in an attempt to "own the libs"...
Someone died in a terrible accident. Someone connected to this board.
And your response is "karma is a bitch" as you fall over others to attack Baldwin in an attempt to "own the libs"...
My wife died 6 months ago in a terrible accident, I had to deal with it.
Baldwin got his jollies publicly shaming law enforcement officers forced to shoot people in the line of duty.
Now it’s his turn to squirm, see how that works? Deal with it.
Two things that will define you: Your determination when you have nothing. Your attitude when you have everything. - Mike McCartney -
A very, very stupid graph.
- Only three countries in the world currently have a constitutional right to own a gun: the US, Mexico, and Guatemala.
- Six other countries used to have a constitutional right to bear arms, but they've since repealed those laws.
- The US is the only country with a right to keep and bear arms with no constitutional restrictions.
Do you think video takes cause gun violence?
Do you think video takes cause gun violence?
I think that from about 10 years on up a steady daily indoctrination of mass killing and general mindless violence coupled with a general decline of morals in our country leads to all of the mass killing fields in America today...... hundreds of deaths now in our schools. When I went to school that number was ZERO !
And yes I'm a. GUN GUY and have owned and/or used our guns since I was 11 some 60 years now.
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1. Guns don't kill people nutjobs with guns do.
2. The only really successful way to stop a nutjob with a gun is a good guy with a gun.
3. Some gun safety training and licensing should be required to carry a concealed firearm.
Just the basics.
.....oh edit add, our one grand nephew from when he was maybe 10-12 used to go in his room and play his games and you'd hear. " kill him, kill him " coming from his room. Now he's a good kid from a good family -but- what if....... you can finish that.......
GO BUCKEYES, BROWNS, INDIANS, CAVS, YSU, NAVY and yes I like ND! -
I think the inundation of social media is a big reason random acts of violence happen. Not exactly the same for garden variety Thug shootings in the Inner City. Crazy people are now instant celebrities that other crazy people see that and they want to be celebrities too.
WSS
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Someone died in a terrible accident. Someone connected to this board.
And your response is "karma is a bitch" as you fall over others to attack Baldwin in an attempt to "own the libs"...
My wife died 6 months ago in a terrible accident, I had to deal with it.
Baldwin got his jollies publicly shaming law enforcement officers forced to shoot people in the line of duty.
Now it’s his turn to squirm, see how that works? Deal with it.
My wife died 6 months ago in a terrible accident, I had to deal with it.
Baldwin got his jollies publicly shaming law enforcement officers forced to shoot people in the line of duty.
Now it’s his turn to squirm, see how that works? Deal with it.
I'm sorry you had something terrible happen you you. Really am.
I don't think negativity in one area warrants negativity here.
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Do you think video takes cause gun violence?
I think that from about 10 years on up a steady daily indoctrination of mass killing and general mindless violence coupled with a general decline of morals in our country leads to all of the mass killing fields in America today...... hundreds of deaths now in our schools. When I went to school that number was ZERO !
And yes I'm a. GUN GUY and have owned and/or used our guns since I was 11 some 60 years now.
~ REMEMBER ~
1. Guns don't kill people nutjobs with guns do.
2. The only really successful way to stop a nutjob with a gun is a good guy with a gun.
3. Some gun safety training and licensing should be required to carry a concealed firearm.
Just the basics.
.....oh edit add, our one grand nephew from when he was maybe 10-12 used to go in his room and play his games and you'd hear. " kill him, kill him " coming from his room. Now he's a good kid from a good family -but- what if....... you can finish that.......
I think that from about 10 years on up a steady daily indoctrination of mass killing and general mindless violence coupled with a general decline of morals in our country leads to all of the mass killing fields in America today...... hundreds of deaths now in our schools. When I went to school that number was ZERO !
And yes I'm a. GUN GUY and have owned and/or used our guns since I was 11 some 60 years now.
~ REMEMBER ~
1. Guns don't kill people nutjobs with guns do.
2. The only really successful way to stop a nutjob with a gun is a good guy with a gun.
3. Some gun safety training and licensing should be required to carry a concealed firearm.
Just the basics.
I'd argue the only really successful way to stop a nutjob with a gun is to make sure they never get a gun to begin with.
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I think that from about 10 years on up a steady daily indoctrination of mass killing and general mindless violence coupled with a general decline of morals in our country leads to all of the mass killing fields in America today...... hundreds of deaths now in our schools. When I went to school that number was ZERO !
And yes I'm a. GUN GUY and have owned and/or used our guns since I was 11 some 60 years now.
~ REMEMBER ~
1. Guns don't kill people nutjobs with guns do.
2. The only really successful way to stop a nutjob with a gun is a good guy with a gun.
3. Some gun safety training and licensing should be required to carry a concealed firearm.
Just the basics.
I'd argue the only really successful way to stop a nutjob with a gun is to make sure they never get a gun to begin with.
I'd argue the only really successful way to stop a nutjob with a gun is to make sure they never get a gun to begin with.
First it's way too late for that with millions of guns already out there we've been a gun culture since before 1776.
Second nut ? jobs would steal or just get them on the black market. It's a tough problem starting with the kids now...... easy answers ??????
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