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In reply to the discussion: NYC annual murder tally at record low [View all]hack89
(39,171 posts)49. So gun control is the reason for low murder rates in some CA cities
but completely irrelevant when we have high murder rates?
It is almost as if there is no correlation between gun laws and murder rates. As it it was a complex social issue that transcends the simplistic anti-gun memes you like to.peddle.
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i asked you if your standard for effective gun control is that 100% correlation?
CreekDog
Dec 2012
#45
but there is a correlation, you just think that if it's not 100% correlation, it's zero
CreekDog
Dec 2012
#53
and to your lies? please address your lies about Ohio and Michigan gun laws here
CreekDog
Dec 2012
#57
Yes, see below from Yavin4, and that is the issue. NYC doesnt border a state with lax gun control
stevenleser
Dec 2012
#29
That really pisses me off when gun trolls pull that "Chicago has a handgun ban" crap.
Hassin Bin Sober
Dec 2012
#35
the issue in this thread is your continuing effort to lie to other posters about gun laws
CreekDog
Dec 2012
#47
the point stands regardless of a "lost and stolen" provision in local statutes
CreekDog
Dec 2012
#98
the argument Hack made was that Philly had tough gun laws, which they don't, period.
CreekDog
Dec 2012
#103
Tells Me That VA Does Not Have The Same Socio-Economic Factors Driving Gun Violence
Yavin4
Dec 2012
#79
Philadelphia doesn't have strict gun control --oh, they'd like to, but the state forbids it
CreekDog
Dec 2012
#14
yep, NJ also has strict gun control... and the most violent parts are adjacent to PA.
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#30
so, we ban the guns and continue to watch the economic implosion . . .
Tuesday Afternoon
Dec 2012
#34
no shit Sherlock. notice the question mark at the end of my Question.
Tuesday Afternoon
Dec 2012
#43
before we move on, what about your lies about the gun laws in Michigan and Ohio?
CreekDog
Dec 2012
#52
I'm not certain that your conclusions are complete, either. There are causes beyond the ones
kwassa
Dec 2012
#83
Houston has 1/2 the murder rate of Chicago, with few gun restrictions
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2013
#105
So New York went from BELOW the national average in Murder, to the top, then down?
happyslug
Dec 2012
#6
Bloomberg is the singular biggest populist in the nation & the biggest enviornmentalist
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#102
Just about every city's murder rate every year has been a record low for several years
Recursion
Dec 2012
#68
Congratulations Mike Bloomberg. Rejoin the Democrat party, and if Hillary45 for some reason don't
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#101