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The statistic in the article I linked below for nossy says 75% of gun deaths in 5% of ZIP codes. Tom Send a noteboard - 04/10/2017 06:15:15 PM

This also ties back neatly into the whole Black Lives Matter nonsense - the real issue is violence in the black community. Police brutality happens, I don't think it's mostly racist, but the legacy of past institutional racism is that most black Americans live in high-crime neighborhoods. They are 12% of the population but account for nearly 29% of crimes committed and almost half of violent crimes. This isn't because of some horrendous flaw in their DNA but it is another legacy of the poverty that followed slavery. So if they get shot by police more often it's not because police are evil racist bastards (obviously, exceptions exist) but due to the demographics of crime. They're also, of course, far more likely to be victims of crime as well. If we really care about making peoples' lives better, we figure out ways to reduce that violence rather than just caring about mass shootings.

Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

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Las Vegas shooter had 12 guns modified with bump-stocks TheCrownless - 04/10/2017 03:15:33 AM 1301 Views
The House Bill the SHARE Act also was going to legalize Armor Piercing Bullets has 212 cosponsors Roland00 - 04/10/2017 05:38:08 AM 806 Views
Bump stocks are considered legal because they are not mechanical devices and... damookster - 04/10/2017 06:01:31 AM 580 Views
Yup *NM* TheCrownless - 05/10/2017 02:55:59 AM 270 Views
Hold your fire. Nargs - 04/10/2017 06:39:03 AM 732 Views
There's a very significant correlation between eliminating firearms and reducing suicide. Ghavrel - 04/10/2017 07:54:27 AM 746 Views
Wrong Nargs - 04/10/2017 08:50:24 AM 549 Views
Did you actually look at the graph you posted? Ghavrel - 05/10/2017 10:01:09 AM 558 Views
looks like the study was structured more for politics than science random thoughts - 04/10/2017 02:33:59 PM 614 Views
People are more complicated than airplanes and buildings, so the science is more complicated as well Ghavrel - 05/10/2017 10:03:45 AM 493 Views
Studies show that 90% of studies show what the person doing the study wanted to prove random thoughts - 05/10/2017 12:09:51 PM 500 Views
The statistic in the article I linked below for nossy says 75% of gun deaths in 5% of ZIP codes. Tom - 04/10/2017 06:15:15 PM 566 Views
We have an audio of the attack and that was little better than a round a second random thoughts - 04/10/2017 02:21:35 PM 592 Views
good point damookster - 04/10/2017 03:57:37 PM 604 Views
I wouldn't oppose banning bump-stocks but I am not it would have changed the out come here random thoughts - 04/10/2017 06:11:27 PM 473 Views
me too damookster - 04/10/2017 06:41:55 PM 632 Views
Re: I wouldn't oppose banning bump-stocks but I am not it would have changed the out come here *NM* random thoughts - 05/10/2017 03:28:06 AM 291 Views
Why edit when you can double post? *NM* random thoughts - 05/10/2017 03:36:22 AM 292 Views
Easy enough to ban both. *NM* TheCrownless - 05/10/2017 02:59:15 AM 262 Views
and blocking stuff like that is one of the reasons I don't support the NRA random thoughts - 05/10/2017 06:37:36 PM 596 Views
I found this article interesting. nossy - 04/10/2017 03:22:20 PM 804 Views
It was an interesting article (here comes the "but" damookster - 04/10/2017 03:43:13 PM 556 Views
Don't talk about my butt nossy - 04/10/2017 06:00:58 PM 575 Views
would I do that? damookster - 04/10/2017 06:39:37 PM 532 Views
of course most people should be more worried about being shot by a family memeber random thoughts - 04/10/2017 06:31:05 PM 490 Views
Many won't fear it unless they've seen it happen. nossy - 04/10/2017 06:38:03 PM 569 Views
Re: Many won't fear it unless they've seen it happen. nossy - 04/10/2017 06:51:09 PM 546 Views
My nephew wasn't Child when he shot himself. random thoughts - 05/10/2017 03:35:37 AM 497 Views
Sorry, I didn't mean to suggest it's only small children. nossy - 05/10/2017 11:13:22 AM 537 Views
Sorry if I came off as be offended random thoughts - 05/10/2017 12:14:32 PM 533 Views
This is getting very apologetic. nossy - 05/10/2017 12:21:43 PM 543 Views
Re: Sorry if I came off as be offended *NM* random thoughts - 09/10/2017 08:38:11 PM 264 Views
This article questions the findings of that. PS - Vox is really biased. Tom - 04/10/2017 06:08:44 PM 718 Views
the problem is the stats on the US ignore facts that don't sell the narrative random thoughts - 04/10/2017 06:23:48 PM 611 Views
Thanks. nossy - 04/10/2017 06:24:40 PM 508 Views
There's nothing wrong with an AR-15 per se. It's a good hunting rifle. Tom - 04/10/2017 06:02:56 PM 595 Views
I live in Alabama, but I've never owned a gun, and could never understand the use of an AR15... TyrReborn - 04/10/2017 06:55:26 PM 564 Views
I knew a guy in Florida who also hunted wild boar. damookster - 04/10/2017 06:58:44 PM 541 Views
It's also great for killing dozens of people in a crowd from a 32 story window TheCrownless - 05/10/2017 02:58:48 AM 504 Views
no it isn't random thoughts - 05/10/2017 03:50:09 AM 570 Views
Nothing was done after 20 or so little kids were slaughtered at Sandy Hook. Vodalus - 04/10/2017 11:14:26 PM 501 Views
It's the same debate from the same place we were then.... Jeordam - 04/10/2017 11:24:28 PM 500 Views
That was a rhetorical question. *NM* Vodalus - 04/10/2017 11:32:48 PM 300 Views
"None of the proposed ideas would have stopped the incident." TheCrownless - 05/10/2017 03:01:55 AM 492 Views
Personal rights are more important than incidental murders. Cannoli - 06/10/2017 11:46:44 PM 583 Views
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