Actually spoke to a sheriff about that not too long ago. He has no problem signing off. Maybe you're just talking about people who live in big cities where the police aren't directly responsible to the citizens.
I see what you did there. Your Jedi mindtricks dont work on me, boy. Ho-ho-ho-ho.
When the UK banned guns, their crime rates skyrocketed. During the same period, gun ownership increased drastically in the US over the same period that the economy went in the toilet and remained there for a decade, economic inequality increased astronomically, and violent crime rates plummeted to basically an all-time low in the history of the country. I would like to see you explain this in light of your theory that you pulled out of your ass based on nothing.
Since you probably have little to no experience doing either, I doubt that your opinion on this is particularly relevant.
Which "ban" are you talking about specifically? The biggest gun control change in the UK in the past 20+ years was in 1997 after the Dunblane incident, and near as I can tell, crime continued to drop after that:BrutulTM_sl said:
It was from that UK violent crime debunking article I linked a page or two back. Strange that things don't match up.
Looks like Eomers chart is showing rate per 10,000, and your chart is showing raw numbers. Maybe crime went up, but not as much as the population. Also, don't forget that the home office was caught lying about their crime rates a while back. Can't remember when that was, I think it was at least a decade ago, but there's always a possibility that one of the charts was made with the falsified data.
Of course it is, and to be clear, I'm not trying to suggest that the UK gun ban caused crime to go up or that increased gun ownership caused crime to drop in the US. It is a complex issue and trying to tie it to a single factor is just plain dumb. That said, none of the statistics I have seen are a very effective commercial for gun control. I am against gun control because like the vast majority of gun owners, I like to use firearms in completely harmless ways and I think that for some people they are important for safety or at least peace of mind and because I think that they serve as a check on the government as well. If I knew that crime could be reduced by banning guns I would still weigh it against those factors, but the conclusion that I keep coming to is that banning guns would not be particularly likely to achieve it's desired effect and all of the negative aspects of losing the right to keep and bear arms would be for little or no benefit.
Statistics are definitely a great way to lie to people. I have googled this many times in recent years though and found plenty of graphs that look like mine but never seen one that looks like his.
We are still waiting on that reason.
I don't know if you have some kind of sick burn chambered, but the reason is obvious. A 95 lb woman that gets attacked by Brock Lesnar has zero chance of defending herself unless she has a gun.
This has actually been studied at length.
Jimmies rustled much? Did I say I want your precious guns taken away and didn't realize it or something? It would be utterly futile to prove that I have been to such far off and exotic locations like London or Burlington, so you win lol. I've actually never left Dallas and live in a trailer park with my grandma. Better?BrutulTM_sl said:
I'm not sure what you are not understanding, but the saying comes from the fact that firearms allow otherwise less strong and more vulnerable people to more easily defend themselves against more physically dominating foes who wish to do them harm. Specifically I would point to women being able to more easily defend themselves against potential rape with a gun.
Also "The old saying goes that God made men, but Sam Colt made them equal." It isn't some saying I made up, it has been around a long time.
So you went to London on vacation and didn't get mugged, therefore London is safe right? And how many times a week do you usually get mugged when you vacation in an American city? Like I said, your feelings are meaningless on the topic.
