On the elevator today at work (downtown chicago), the in-elevator television service Captivate Network (more like Captive Network) displayed a news blurb which read like the following-
A new study funded by city mayors has concluded that areas with lax gun laws have a higher rate of handgun murders with legally purchased firearms than places with stricter gun laws.
Now, on the surface that appears to be saying that Lax gun laws.= More murders., and all the antis will read that in between sips of their lattes and have this partially digested piece of information reaffirm their unfounded beliefs that firearm laws save lives and that guns are inherently evil.
But what that study fails to mention is how "lax" gun laws compare to ALL rates of murder (firearm or otherwise) and also how it compares to ILLEGAL firearm murders. Because as the study reads, places like Chicago, New York, and Washington D.C. are completely safe from LEGAL handgun murders. Great. I feel a lot safer now. I think I'll go stroll around the projects knowing that no legal firearm will kill me.
I had to share this with someone and no one around me is sympathetic to 2nd amendment rights... :banghead: It's like living in a dystopian reality here... televisions everywhere, hanging over the streets, on elevators, in businesses, in resturants... all spewing out propaganda non-stop... huge Obama banners on lightpoles... Obama posters everywhere, in cubicles, in windows... obama stickers and shirts and hats... its starting to freak me out a little... he hasn't done a thing and he's being worshipped like a deity...
If you mention guns everyone looks at you like you're an insane criminal psychopath... I mentioned firearms to my roommate's girlfriend and all she said was "They need to get rid of them all." but the way she said it was so self-righteous and like it was the most obvious solution to all society's ills. I've seen multiple rallys against firearms, and they are predominately black people with signs like "Guns killed 3 kids in my neighborhood" and it's like maybe all the gangbangers should stop shooting each other. Maybe that's the problem, not the guns? Maybe your children need to stop killing each other?
And arguing with people all around me is the most infuriating thing ever... they just are totally set in their mentality that guns need to go. But then I say something like "Okay, gun laws are lax in the suburbs. Do you feel more or less likely to be shot there than the city?" "Oh i feel safer in the suburbs of course" "Well..." "well the city is different, people are crazy here." All the more reason for people to legally own firearms...
But then I think about it... gangbangers walking into a gun store and coming out with 3 or 4 aks, fooling around with them like they are toys, totally oblivious to the responsibility they entail. I mean, is that a "safer" reality? It's complicated I suppose.
A new study funded by city mayors has concluded that areas with lax gun laws have a higher rate of handgun murders with legally purchased firearms than places with stricter gun laws.
Now, on the surface that appears to be saying that Lax gun laws.= More murders., and all the antis will read that in between sips of their lattes and have this partially digested piece of information reaffirm their unfounded beliefs that firearm laws save lives and that guns are inherently evil.
But what that study fails to mention is how "lax" gun laws compare to ALL rates of murder (firearm or otherwise) and also how it compares to ILLEGAL firearm murders. Because as the study reads, places like Chicago, New York, and Washington D.C. are completely safe from LEGAL handgun murders. Great. I feel a lot safer now. I think I'll go stroll around the projects knowing that no legal firearm will kill me.
I had to share this with someone and no one around me is sympathetic to 2nd amendment rights... :banghead: It's like living in a dystopian reality here... televisions everywhere, hanging over the streets, on elevators, in businesses, in resturants... all spewing out propaganda non-stop... huge Obama banners on lightpoles... Obama posters everywhere, in cubicles, in windows... obama stickers and shirts and hats... its starting to freak me out a little... he hasn't done a thing and he's being worshipped like a deity...
If you mention guns everyone looks at you like you're an insane criminal psychopath... I mentioned firearms to my roommate's girlfriend and all she said was "They need to get rid of them all." but the way she said it was so self-righteous and like it was the most obvious solution to all society's ills. I've seen multiple rallys against firearms, and they are predominately black people with signs like "Guns killed 3 kids in my neighborhood" and it's like maybe all the gangbangers should stop shooting each other. Maybe that's the problem, not the guns? Maybe your children need to stop killing each other?
And arguing with people all around me is the most infuriating thing ever... they just are totally set in their mentality that guns need to go. But then I say something like "Okay, gun laws are lax in the suburbs. Do you feel more or less likely to be shot there than the city?" "Oh i feel safer in the suburbs of course" "Well..." "well the city is different, people are crazy here." All the more reason for people to legally own firearms...
But then I think about it... gangbangers walking into a gun store and coming out with 3 or 4 aks, fooling around with them like they are toys, totally oblivious to the responsibility they entail. I mean, is that a "safer" reality? It's complicated I suppose.