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Democracyinkind

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13. The data is apt, I guess (Haven't checked myself). What's wrong is your methodology.
Sat Feb 16, 2013, 04:58 PM
Feb 2013

Local gun laws in Chicago are not the only thing to consider when contemplating the flood of murders taking place there. A point I already made in my last reply, which remains unaddressed.
The laboratory is Chicago [View all] Francis Marion Feb 2013 OP
Yep. Every right winger I know says EXACTLY the same thing. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #1
Who cares what they think. Francis Marion Feb 2013 #2
I'm tired of it. Chicago is a bad example. It used to be Wash DC. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #8
Policies have consequences. Francis Marion Feb 2013 #11
Yeah, I figured as much. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #14
Look south of the Border- Francis Marion Feb 2013 #17
One non-answer after another. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #18
Ciao. Reload and stop by again. Francis Marion Feb 2013 #22
They won't comply with gun bans. rdharma Feb 2013 #26
Let's break that down: Francis Marion Feb 2013 #29
than to take away their cars. rdharma Feb 2013 #36
Recent news article Francis Marion Feb 2013 #40
we see the true end state of gun control proponents- bans and prohibition rdharma Feb 2013 #41
false choice gejohnston Feb 2013 #43
because it has more to do with culture than wanting crime control. rdharma Feb 2013 #44
peer reviewed science by a respected criminologist vs a gejohnston Feb 2013 #45
Peer reviewed science? rdharma Feb 2013 #46
you must be confusing David Hemenway and Joyce Foundation gejohnston Feb 2013 #48
he isn't a big fan of the NRA. rdharma Feb 2013 #49
happens to the best of us gejohnston Feb 2013 #51
Have you read any of his books? rdharma Feb 2013 #52
ironic isn't it? gejohnston Feb 2013 #54
rocker/poacher that runs the NRA does the cause more harm than good rdharma Feb 2013 #61
Frances Marion you asked "why register, now". JimDandy Feb 2013 #53
"Why register now thucythucy Feb 2013 #57
is there a car prohibition lobby? gejohnston Feb 2013 #58
Stoking fears of imminent confiscation thucythucy Feb 2013 #62
I never said there would be a confiscation gejohnston Feb 2013 #64
Well, my comment was in response thucythucy Feb 2013 #66
"assassinate home schoolers?" You must listen to/watch a lot of RW shit... Eleanors38 Feb 2013 #72
Just enough to know thucythucy Feb 2013 #82
it isn't the "knuckledragging rednecks" gejohnston Feb 2013 #15
"knuckledragging rednecks"........ rdharma Feb 2013 #47
DC changed its gun policies. full stop. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #50
Yeah because Chicago is located in a metaphysical void... Democracyinkind Feb 2013 #3
Chicago policies produce 500 funerals per year. Francis Marion Feb 2013 #4
Good luck with what you're trying to sell. Democracyinkind Feb 2013 #6
Is the data set wrong? Francis Marion Feb 2013 #10
The data is apt, I guess (Haven't checked myself). What's wrong is your methodology. Democracyinkind Feb 2013 #13
So the data is good. Francis Marion Feb 2013 #19
Address the point I made.... Democracyinkind Feb 2013 #20
So gun control is not a health hazard? Francis Marion Feb 2013 #21
there are national gun regulations that gejohnston Feb 2013 #12
Which is my point. Democracyinkind Feb 2013 #16
have to understand current federal and IL law gejohnston Feb 2013 #25
How far is Gary, IN from Chicago? rdharma Feb 2013 #31
actually there is in IL gejohnston Feb 2013 #37
Are they getting them from newspaper ads in Gary? rdharma Feb 2013 #39
gun regulation should be a national, as opposed to a local, legislative issue. rdharma Feb 2013 #27
National Gun Control Issue- Really? Francis Marion Feb 2013 #32
Do you say that the solution is to deny ALL of the people their rights at the same time? rdharma Feb 2013 #35
Background check parameters have to be compatible with rights and freedom. Francis Marion Feb 2013 #38
+1 Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #5
ok lets compare it to Atlanta..or Nashville, or a city directly across a river from a third world SQUEE Feb 2013 #7
Please do! Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #9
OK gejohnston Feb 2013 #23
So, despite DC lifting the gun ban, they still lead Chicago. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #24
there is still a registration and licensing scheme gejohnston Feb 2013 #28
Yeah, D.C. Has as many gun shops as Fort Worth!! really. Eleanors38 Feb 2013 #73
Pure bull shit gun control laws and gun violence upaloopa Feb 2013 #30
Got an argument or data? Francis Marion Feb 2013 #33
I stopped playing twenty questions upaloopa Feb 2013 #63
good to know. I expect we will be seeing less of you in this group, then? - Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #78
You don't get to define me upaloopa Feb 2013 #87
I didn't. I just asked a follow up question ... your remark is your own. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #88
My remark is again, I won't play gunner debate games. upaloopa Feb 2013 #90
what you said: Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #91
I replied to an OP and what group it was in wasn't my decision upaloopa Feb 2013 #92
way to dodge My follow up question. again. Peace Out. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #93
they are regulated gejohnston Feb 2013 #34
ignoring the stink jimmy the one Feb 2013 #42
Bulls eye! Starboard Tack Feb 2013 #56
NOLA gejohnston Feb 2013 #60
Bulls eye! Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #79
Couldn't help noticing all your posts are in the Gungeon. Starboard Tack Feb 2013 #55
Is this an echo chamber, or a discussion forum of divergent ideas? Francis Marion Feb 2013 #59
Try cross posting in GD Starboard Tack Feb 2013 #70
Curious, can you post about "guns" in GD? Thanx Eleanors38 Feb 2013 #74
As long as it's a current news topic, yes. There are several gun posts daily. Starboard Tack Feb 2013 #75
as far as I know it has been allowed ever since Newtown ... I don't think Skinner has told the Hosts Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #76
Utah Concealed Carry website JimDandy Feb 2013 #67
I was thinking South Carolina gejohnston Feb 2013 #68
Yes, very aware of the inspiration JimDandy Feb 2013 #69
Interesting. I see he (Sam Fidler) ran on a conservative Republican ticket. Starboard Tack Feb 2013 #71
why Chicago? gejohnston Feb 2013 #65
Of course it would. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #77
The laboratory is Japan. Zero tolerance for guns = negligible gun crime. Loudly Feb 2013 #80
Japan also has gejohnston Feb 2013 #81
That's the kind of country I want to live in. Light House Feb 2013 #85
when the saints go marching in jimmy the one Feb 2013 #83
no simply that most gejohnston Feb 2013 #84
from what I have seen, Skinner does not like it when DUers try to put words in his mouth as he is Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #86
no, can't be the guns, never jimmy the one Feb 2013 #89
vague obtuse and misleading? gejohnston Feb 2013 #94
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