Gun Control & RKBA

friendly_iconoclast

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10. 4x as many guns since 1960, so why isn't there 4x the rates of murder and violent crime?

Thu Aug 13, 2015, 04:23 PM

Aug 2015

I also wouldn't harp on the "lowest crime per capita" too much, as 9 out of the
10 lowest states on your link have very lax gun laws and thriving gun cultures:

Lowest Crime Per Capita

1. Maine: 122.7
2. Vermont: 142.6
3. New Hampshire: 187.9
4. Virginia: 190.1
5. Wyoming: 201.4
6. Utah: 205.8
7. Idaho: 207.9
8. Kentucky: 222.6
9. Minnesota: 230.9
10. Hawaii: 239.2

Seems that you need reminding once again that the weight of verbiage used in an
argument is not indicative of the strength of said argument...

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Do More Guns Really Mean More Safety? [View all] SecularMotion Aug 2015 OP

Not really you should only need 6. ileus Aug 2015 #1

Why no mention of Garland TX? Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2015 #2

That's the wrong question. the band leader Aug 2015 #3

How about Hawaii and Alaska? Buzz cook Aug 2015 #4

The article mixes suicides with crime gejohnston Aug 2015 #5

Suicide is a crime is it not? Buzz cook Aug 2015 #6

Why only focus on states, when you can really dig down with the geography and demographics? branford Aug 2015 #7

More Guns, More Lies jimmy the one Aug 2015 #9

4x as many guns since 1960, so why isn't there 4x the rates of murder and violent crime? friendly_iconoclast Aug 2015 #10

Hah. beevul Aug 2015 #11

"Wallotext" posts inevitably remind me of these: friendly_iconoclast Aug 2015 #13

Alaska has very little gun crime actually-19 gun homicides in 2013 to be specific the band leader Aug 2015 #8

Since the early 1980s, shall-issue CCW has increased what, tenfold? benEzra Aug 2015 #12