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You understand two things can both be true, right? damookster Send a noteboard - 26/05/2022 10:19:56 PM

Yes, gun deaths per capita are down compared to the bad old days of the 70s and 80s. But that steady decline turned back upwards as the pandemic restrictions eased. So, down relative to years ago but up compared to 2019.

That’s the problem with data. Often perspective changes interpretation.

Mook

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If no one else wants to open this can of worms, I guess I’ll have to do it damookster - 26/05/2022 02:07:18 AM 1077 Views
Unfortunately, there's not much to say. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 04:26:10 PM 354 Views
You are not going to get a non emotional discussion about guns, it will never ever be rational Roland00 - 26/05/2022 08:04:55 PM 310 Views
Re: You are not going to get a non emotional discussion about guns, it will never ever be rational Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 08:36:34 PM 345 Views
There are so many (partial)-solutions and no single one is going to solve it. Roland00 - 26/05/2022 09:03:10 PM 315 Views
Unfortunately every time there is a mass shooting, gun sales spike. damookster - 26/05/2022 09:26:09 PM 364 Views
Yes Roland00 - 26/05/2022 09:55:14 PM 308 Views
Re: There are so many (partial)-solutions and no single one is going to solve it. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 09:56:23 PM 314 Views
You understand two things can both be true, right? damookster - 26/05/2022 10:19:56 PM 296 Views
In such a way Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 10:27:52 PM 320 Views
What Mookie said, Sense and Sensibility with Perspective Roland00 - 26/05/2022 10:29:04 PM 303 Views
Oh yes, everyone is to blame, and hence no one fionwe1987 - 26/05/2022 04:58:37 PM 332 Views
You obviously don't know anything about Canada's gun laws. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 05:20:25 PM 357 Views
Remarkable fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 03:55:54 AM 315 Views
4% PAL acquisition is, in essence, a ban. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 04:13:45 AM 300 Views
Well, that was a load of chickenshit fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 05:08:29 AM 325 Views
He said, running away. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 11:34:19 AM 287 Views
He said, running away. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 11:34:20 AM 295 Views
You are the RAFO poster child for inability to hold a rational discussion that includes disagreement damookster - 26/05/2022 06:50:11 PM 345 Views
No, we're just disagreeing on what is rational, that is all... fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 03:42:23 AM 313 Views
You just don’t get it. damookster - 27/05/2022 04:22:55 AM 359 Views
I think the same of you... fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 05:05:43 AM 330 Views
Article VI, Clause II damookster - 27/05/2022 05:17:40 AM 318 Views
You're like a broken record. fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 05:23:52 AM 314 Views
Bro you literally come from a country that plays nuclear chicken with Pakistan. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 11:40:07 AM 337 Views
And? fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 02:24:09 PM 316 Views
Lol Parody account confirmed. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 04:04:56 PM 348 Views
Your repertoire of insults needs expansion. Keep trying. fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 04:27:35 PM 293 Views
He said, not coming up with any retort of his own. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 09:58:30 PM 314 Views
whooops *NM* Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 09:58:03 PM 187 Views
Oh, fuck off. TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 06:21:45 PM 335 Views
Why is liking the Constitution a binary thing? Roland00 - 27/05/2022 08:36:12 PM 305 Views
As you point out, it isn’t binary at all. damookster - 27/05/2022 09:16:18 PM 313 Views
*NM* Roland00 - 27/05/2022 09:55:28 PM 189 Views
Loyalty is to God, Family, Community, and only then State. TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 09:55:58 PM 320 Views
The founding fathers have a dream, where dreams start and reality begin Roland00 - 27/05/2022 11:39:07 PM 327 Views
This is wonderfully meandering and thought-provoking, but woefully insubstantial for understanding. *NM* TyrReborn - 28/05/2022 12:10:04 AM 189 Views
It is not fionwe1987 - 28/05/2022 07:19:32 AM 306 Views
Re: Oh, fuck off. fionwe1987 - 28/05/2022 06:53:38 AM 318 Views
That's a lot of words to say absolutely nothing. TyrReborn - 28/05/2022 06:56:05 PM 322 Views
When you shut your eyes, of course you can only see nothing fionwe1987 - 28/05/2022 09:43:13 PM 323 Views
A dead child for freedom is the choice made every abortion. TyrReborn - 30/05/2022 08:16:18 PM 305 Views
Oh really? Then explain to me... fionwe1987 - 31/05/2022 08:41:09 PM 344 Views
That baby isn't a baby, but that man is a woman TyrReborn - 01/06/2022 01:57:40 AM 315 Views
How would the world be different Roland00 - 26/05/2022 07:03:22 PM 316 Views
Yes and if my aunt had balls she would be my uncle damookster - 26/05/2022 07:14:08 PM 314 Views
I do not believe the original thread was made with curiosity or charity in mind. Roland00 - 26/05/2022 07:24:20 PM 293 Views
Well isn’t this the pot calling the kettle black. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 07:33:12 PM 311 Views
Well it is about respectability politics you see Roland00 - 26/05/2022 07:38:59 PM 326 Views
You're one of those men. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 08:27:53 PM 327 Views
Hypocrisy Roland00 - 26/05/2022 08:42:17 PM 281 Views
I don't know whether English is your first language Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 10:00:04 PM 302 Views
Your attempt at mind reading is an abject failure. damookster - 26/05/2022 07:58:07 PM 299 Views
You started with Foreclosure Roland00 - 26/05/2022 08:08:36 PM 289 Views
Foreclosure, huh damookster - 26/05/2022 08:48:50 PM 305 Views
My advice is listen to the podcast I linked Dragonsoul *NM* Roland00 - 26/05/2022 09:05:13 PM 154 Views
One more thing Roland00 - 26/05/2022 07:25:22 PM 320 Views
And I guess this post proves my point, lol. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 07:34:48 PM 312 Views
Did I trigger you? damookster - 26/05/2022 07:50:02 PM 272 Views
You screaming get off my lawn is inherently causes an urge to egg your house *NM* Roland00 - 26/05/2022 08:05:48 PM 171 Views
~soaks Roland with the jet nozzle as I hose the egg off my front porch~ *NM* damookster - 26/05/2022 08:50:22 PM 166 Views
Never owned a gun, but I support gun rights. But... TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 02:51:26 AM 316 Views
I pretty much agree. damookster - 27/05/2022 03:18:38 AM 325 Views
Yep, what Tyr said *NM* Roland00 - 27/05/2022 03:27:33 AM 168 Views
The NY Yankees are now tweeting about guns. Roland00 - 27/05/2022 03:26:45 AM 283 Views
Bah damookster - 27/05/2022 04:25:25 AM 317 Views
Baseball twitter is bad Roland00 - 27/05/2022 04:29:15 AM 282 Views
UPDATE on the shooter, Salvador Ramos damookster - 27/05/2022 03:27:59 PM 347 Views
Can't be more of a disgrace than waiting an hour to go in and kill him. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 04:05:58 PM 266 Views
Re: Can't be more of a disgrace than waiting an hour to go in and kill him. damookster - 27/05/2022 04:15:22 PM 324 Views
I disagree. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 10:02:23 PM 291 Views
And if one of the fathers went in and accidentally killed another child and not the shooter? Roland00 - 27/05/2022 11:46:17 PM 288 Views
Thats a good point, and something I didn’t consider when I wrote my response. Dragonsoul - 28/05/2022 12:08:48 AM 288 Views
Understanding with Madness and all that stuff Roland00 - 28/05/2022 12:50:35 AM 305 Views
It's funny how the left thinks only cops should have guns, but also ACAB. TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 06:15:23 PM 296 Views
They already lost their balls. damookster - 27/05/2022 06:52:52 PM 332 Views
I am glad you protect your family Roland00 - 27/05/2022 08:46:05 PM 283 Views
But see, this is why the death of community and religion is bad for America. TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 10:12:49 PM 291 Views
Charles Whitman took his rifles to the tower at UT Austin in 1966 and killed 14 random people. damookster - 27/05/2022 10:21:42 PM 312 Views
And in May 1928, a maniac bombed a school in Michigan, killing 44. TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 11:46:34 PM 300 Views
I think the presence of visual imagery provides a mimetic response Roland00 - 27/05/2022 11:52:32 PM 317 Views
Reasonable, but even then, that's merely another condemnation for the modern world. TyrReborn - 28/05/2022 12:06:30 AM 300 Views
I agree Roland00 - 28/05/2022 12:56:10 AM 298 Views
I haven't said "bAn GuNs!1" Roland00 - 27/05/2022 11:33:43 PM 317 Views
This is taken from the late Justice Scalia’s majority opinion in 2008’s DC vs. Heller damookster - 27/05/2022 11:50:40 PM 329 Views
Please do not relitigate Heller with me Roland00 - 27/05/2022 11:59:21 PM 315 Views
I wasn’t and will not. damookster - 28/05/2022 01:01:59 AM 288 Views
We would scare them off that is what Roland00 - 28/05/2022 01:43:11 AM 295 Views
You chose wisely damookster - 28/05/2022 02:59:47 AM 303 Views
You did not. My apologies. TyrReborn - 28/05/2022 12:03:43 AM 294 Views
Why not 'harden' all schools and kindergartens with armed guards ? AgentApple - 30/05/2022 03:40:06 PM 293 Views
You're completely right and I hate it. TyrReborn - 30/05/2022 08:24:29 PM 265 Views
Another podcast I enjoyed Roland00 - 27/05/2022 08:26:56 PM 314 Views
This thread is reminiscint of the classic Wotmania debates from the aughts. damookster - 29/05/2022 12:22:47 AM 338 Views
Nobody would like my idea, but personally, I think Korea's 2 year mandatory service would do us good TyrReborn - 30/05/2022 08:30:37 PM 286 Views
Yep there is zero chance that will happen. Roland00 - 31/05/2022 10:32:06 PM 334 Views
Interesting damookster - 31/05/2022 10:56:53 PM 317 Views
Re: Yep there is zero chance that will happen. TyrReborn - 01/06/2022 01:50:37 AM 291 Views
Believe it or not I am not always a Grump Roland00 - 01/06/2022 03:38:16 AM 307 Views
Hot damn, Moolin Rouge was fantastic! *NM* entyti - 01/06/2022 09:36:04 PM 307 Views
What about trans-men entyti - 31/05/2022 10:07:21 PM 321 Views
an intriguing question damookster - 31/05/2022 10:34:39 PM 322 Views
It's all tongue-in-cheek, and isn't that dumb? TyrReborn - 01/06/2022 02:01:04 AM 309 Views
Can the 21 year olds Roland00 - 01/06/2022 03:44:08 AM 318 Views
You know, fair enough. If they're old enough to smoke, and they have a doctor that'll rx it, sure. *NM* TyrReborn - 01/06/2022 03:59:17 AM 170 Views
Something tells me this won't factor in anyone's favor... entyti - 01/06/2022 09:08:31 PM 332 Views
Wait, the *late* conservative Justice Alito? fionwe1987 - 01/06/2022 03:56:19 PM 326 Views
my bad damookster - 01/06/2022 05:09:22 PM 304 Views
The Uvalde Police Department and the Uvalde Independent School District police force are no longer Roland00 - 31/05/2022 11:45:32 PM 357 Views
The Uvalde police incompetence is totally indistinguishable from a cover-up at this point Roland00 - 04/06/2022 07:50:04 PM 364 Views
Until the existing gun laws are actually enforced, I am not willing to entertain any new ones HyogaRott - 09/06/2022 09:55:41 PM 355 Views
Oh yeah, and I am sick of the hyperbolic gaslighting by both sides HyogaRott - 09/06/2022 10:02:25 PM 348 Views
Anarchy, the State, and UTOPIA ! Roland00 - 10/06/2022 08:25:05 PM 320 Views
It gets darker and darker Roland00 - 22/06/2022 02:10:08 AM 300 Views
It's so bad dude. So bad. Those poor souls... *NM* TyrReborn - 30/06/2022 05:04:56 PM 157 Views
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