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In the discussion thread: Massachusetts: nanny-state gun control FAIL [View all]

Response to iamthebandfanman (Reply #27)

Mon Jul 23, 2012, 01:56 AM

35. That's a bit of a problem since Chicago is practically a nation unto itself.

Located in Illinois, it has almost nothing in common with Illinois.

Springfield, the capital, is about as different from its largest population center as can be. The much maligned and fearsome inner-city where blatant criminality in both the neighborhoods and City Hall run rampant, bears almost no resemblance to the tony suburbs that surround it. MLK remarked that, despite living his whole life in the Jim Crow south, he had never encountered the raw hatred and racism he did in Chicago.

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91 replies	Author	Time	Post
Massachusetts: nanny-state gun control FAIL [View all]	MannyGoldstein	Jul 2012	OP
GASP! I don't know how you do it, NRA Manny.	xchrom	Jul 2012	#1
Thank you for your acknowledgement of our suffering	MannyGoldstein	Jul 2012	#2
where the hell do you live?	lilithsrevenge12	Jul 2012	#71
Didn't Mitt Romney pass that gun law when he was Gov? Another reason not to vote for him. nt	nanabugg	Jul 2012	#28
That gun law predates Romney's reign of error by many years	jmowreader	Jul 2012	#39
Passed in 1998	MannyGoldstein	Jul 2012	#44
I didn't know they had a new law, sorry	jmowreader	Jul 2012	#86
What a horribly disgusting place.	2ndAmForComputers	Jul 2012	#3
I fear for our children	MannyGoldstein	Jul 2012	#4
I know,...they might even keep their adult teeth past the age of 25....	Spitfire of ATJ	Jul 2012	#30
you really should add a sarcasm tag	booley	Jul 2012	#5
POE?	MannyGoldstein	Jul 2012	#6
Point of entry? I'm guessing.	Tunkamerica	Jul 2012	#17
"Poe's Law."	tblue37	Jul 2012	#34
Thanks for this	MannyGoldstein	Jul 2012	#41
I figured it out at the end	booley	Jul 2012	#56
But haven't we been told that Strict Gun Control = More Deaths?	Patiod	Jul 2012	#7
And in our gut, we know that fewer guns=more deaths	MannyGoldstein	Jul 2012	#8
Yet the violent crime rate in Massachusetts is more than 3 times higher than New Hampshire...	LAGC	Jul 2012	#9
Have you ever driven on New Hampshire roads to go kill someone?	Ian David	Jul 2012	#52
That is so true.	Jennicut	Jul 2012	#57
To get to No Weare you have to drive through Weare.	Warren Stupidity	Jul 2012	#77
the violent crime rate in Massachusetts is more than 3 times higher than New Hampshire...	AlbertCat	Jul 2012	#61
Let me clarify...	LAGC	Jul 2012	#90
Where did you get your numbers?	Blecht	Jul 2012	#10
Did you see the link I provided?	MannyGoldstein	Jul 2012	#14
I had overlooked the link	Blecht	Jul 2012	#85
If you count suicides, yes.	AtheistCrusader	Jul 2012	#24
"nations with extremely strict gun control still have higher suicide rates"	Spitfire of ATJ	Jul 2012	#32
(See Japan)	AlbertCat	Jul 2012	#63
And?	AtheistCrusader	Jul 2012	#66
Perspective is important.	AlbertCat	Jul 2012	#67
I will never go to Massachusetts!	Chorophyll	Jul 2012	#11
Oh the humanity!	beac	Jul 2012	#12
and with the Red Sox playing like they are, it's a good thing, too!	NRaleighLiberal	Jul 2012	#13
PawSox rock	MannyGoldstein	Jul 2012	#16
...and don't forget the Lowell Spinners!	FailureToCommunicate	Jul 2012	#82
Indeed! nt	MannyGoldstein	Jul 2012	#89
Wait! You mean TOUGHER gun laws mean LESS gun deaths?	Lex	Jul 2012	#15
Hey Einstien, check out Chicago murder rate and get back to me!	Logical	Jul 2012	#18
Go whisper sweet things to your gun.	Lex	Jul 2012	#19
LOL, nice excuse not to admit Chicago has tight gun laws! So much...	Logical	Jul 2012	#21
Guns wont stop murder in chicago	iamthebandfanman	Jul 2012	#27
That's a bit of a problem since Chicago is practically a nation unto itself.	Egalitarian Thug	Jul 2012	#35
That would be a really interesting statement if you showed MA had a high gun death rate prior to	AtheistCrusader	Jul 2012	#25
YUP, just like in Mexico.	Tejas	Jul 2012	#40
Higher education levels and lower levels of poverty means LESS gun deaths. nt	hack89	Jul 2012	#47
I live in opposite state Colorado	mountain grammy	Jul 2012	#20
You should have lived there before all the assholes from Texas and the east coast moved in and	Egalitarian Thug	Jul 2012	#36
I've lived here 30 years	mountain grammy	Jul 2012	#80
The sad thing?	gcomeau	Jul 2012	#22
I never leave home without my hydrogen bomb. Never know when I'll need it. nt	valerief	Jul 2012	#23
I take it you have a fast car.	Spitfire of ATJ	Jul 2012	#33
My brother in law, who is a hunter and has been since he was a kid, is a MA resident.	MADem	Jul 2012	#26
What an excellent & creative post Manny	sasha031	Jul 2012	#29
It seems that the discrepancy between MA and NH is in suicides	petronius	Jul 2012	#31
So why is MA's murder rate increasing?	Union Scribe	Jul 2012	#37
Because this warped culture drives many people insane.	Zorra	Jul 2012	#38
If you picked 2009 instead of 2010, you'd show it was level or decreasing	MannyGoldstein	Jul 2012	#45
The trend is clearly upwards. Nice try, though. nt	Union Scribe	Jul 2012	#58
The trend is clearly upwards.	AlbertCat	Jul 2012	#65
It is in spite of gun laws, that is fact.	Union Scribe	Jul 2012	#88
I disagree	MannyGoldstein	Jul 2012	#73
As only MG could put it	madokie	Jul 2012	#42
You guys are really a bunch of Commie pinkos.	Vinca	Jul 2012	#43
Very clever. That's a great bar argument waiting to happen.	HopeHoops	Jul 2012	#46
first they will want you to register your guns - then they will want you to register your car.	Douglas Carpenter	Jul 2012	#48
Of Course Mass. Has Tough Gun Laws. Without Them, The Red Sox Wouldn't Be Able To Field A Team	Yavin4	Jul 2012	#49
But assaults with Baked Beans are much higher than elsewhere	cthulu2016	Jul 2012	#50
Same with the DUI laws. Was it really worth all the profits and jobs to stiffen DUI laws?	brewens	Jul 2012	#51
I don't know where you got your pseudo-statistics, but they're not even close to accurate	slackmaster	Jul 2012	#53
there were 12,996 murders in the US. Of those, 8,775 were caused by firearms.	Kalidurga	Jul 2012	#78
You're doing that satirical things of yours again, aren't you? (nt)	Jeff In Milwaukee	Jul 2012	#54
I'm moving there asap	DiverDave	Jul 2012	#55
Win.	WilliamPitt	Jul 2012	#59
Cask & Flagon?	aquart	Jul 2012	#76
Quite the opposite, actually	WilliamPitt	Jul 2012	#79
Thanks, I'm still laughing.	Progressive dog	Jul 2012	#60
It's damn hard to parody over the top hysterics on a topic like this.	Bucky	Jul 2012	#62
I like the cut of your jib, Manny.	Gold Metal Flake	Jul 2012	#64
Don't ask, don't tell...	awoke_in_2003	Jul 2012	#70
Damnit Manny...	awoke_in_2003	Jul 2012	#68
Kick and Rec	LiberalLovinLug	Jul 2012	#69
you forgot the sarcasm smiley n/t	librechik	Jul 2012	#72
Just for you...	MannyGoldstein	Jul 2012	#74
my fingers are deadly weapons	librechik	Jul 2012	#75
Yeah but how many Lizzie Bordens do you have every year?	bucolic_frolic	Jul 2012	#81
DU rec	FailureToCommunicate	Jul 2012	#83
Wish CA was the same! nt	abelenkpe	Jul 2012	#84
But what about that knife attack	klook	Jul 2012	#87
Ah, Boston... my home away from home	Curtland1015	Jul 2012	#91

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