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Mon Jul 30, 2012, 04:49 PM

Kolesar (29,521 posts)

26. You could put some facts about Chicago's laws and crime rates up on the thread

...instead of just putting a booger on the screen. Use google or something

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91 replies	Author	Time	Post
If gun control laws are so good [View all]	guardian	Jul 2012	OP
Because	rrneck	Jul 2012	#1
They have also	Missycim	Jul 2012	#2
rudecitybigottoterspushersdeathmerchantsspewerstrawsellers	ileus	Jul 2012	#24
When was the last time you attended	Jenoch	Aug 2012	#66
I dont attend them	Missycim	Aug 2012	#68
So you have ZERO first hand	Jenoch	Aug 2012	#72
But how do you know	Missycim	Aug 2012	#73
Why would	Jenoch	Aug 2012	#90
LOL	xxenderwigginxx	Jul 2012	#10
Online Gun Sales	electedface	Jul 2012	#3
there is no ONLINE GUN SALE DEPARTMENT	alabama_for_obama	Jul 2012	#5
"Please know what you are talking about before"	guardian	Jul 2012	#9
the Brady Campaign?	gejohnston	Jul 2012	#11
I am guessing that you mean Constitution when you say Declaration	Hangingon	Jul 2012	#13
Still pushing your web site. Can you come up with another argument?	oneshooter	Jul 2012	#35
When the FF wrote the 1st Amendment	Jenoch	Aug 2012	#67
Ok, so I went to your link.	Jenoch	Aug 2012	#69
I have it on good authority...	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Aug 2012	#70
gun control facts for you	samsingh	Jul 2012	#4
except for little old vermont	alabama_for_obama	Jul 2012	#6
50% of the world's private guns are owned in the US	samsingh	Jul 2012	#8
let's put that in context	gejohnston	Jul 2012	#14
You're missing a step there	4th law of robotics	Jul 2012	#15
The fact that other countries	Reasonable_Argument	Jul 2012	#16
i guess all the other nations are stupid and the governments will enslave the populations	samsingh	Jul 2012	#18
You take a very short view of history nt	Reasonable_Argument	Jul 2012	#20
Ummm three of those countries	gejohnston	Jul 2012	#22
Who does?	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Aug 2012	#65
Vermont's gun death rate is only exceeded by one state in their Northwest Region	russ1943	Aug 2012	#76
gun death or gun murder?	gejohnston	Aug 2012	#77
Can you read?	russ1943	Aug 2012	#83
I can read quite well	gejohnston	Aug 2012	#85
Your ability to read is still in question, quit digging.	russ1943	Aug 2012	#87
No, I went and closely the CDC table.	gejohnston	Aug 2012	#88
Seems then that we should have half the worlds violent crime	4th law of robotics	Jul 2012	#12
You say that like it's a bad thing.	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Jul 2012	#57
Obviously if you have 80 million gun owners and 300 million firearms ...	spin	Jul 2012	#59
it's the mental state of people who own and use guns - beyond legislating really nt	msongs	Jul 2012	#7
i'd rather have a mental person have access to a club than a machine gun	samsingh	Jul 2012	#28
a "mental person" cannot legally own a machine gun now	guardian	Jul 2012	#30
apparently john holmes was already seeing a psychiatrist	samsingh	Jul 2012	#39
a judge did not declare him mentally incompetent	gejohnston	Jul 2012	#43
then there's the access to powerful weapons that can be used to massacre innocent people in a theatr	samsingh	Jul 2012	#44
I won't bore you with technical reasons	gejohnston	Jul 2012	#47
we would look at tightening up the protocols at Police Departments	samsingh	Jul 2012	#51
better start with LAPD	gejohnston	Jul 2012	#61
you're right about that.	samsingh	Jul 2012	#62
Not to mention that he did not	Jenoch	Aug 2012	#75
John Holmes	guardian	Jul 2012	#48
i didn't say he did. but i did refer to a machine gun	samsingh	Jul 2012	#53
I'm sure this was a minor mistake...	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Jul 2012	#58
This message was self-deleted by its author	armueller2001	Aug 2012	#64
This is a seriously relevant question.	DWC	Jul 2012	#17
why don't we try it in Texas.	samsingh	Jul 2012	#19
They have tried it in Texas- Houston has half the murder rate of Chicago.	friendly_iconoclast	Jul 2012	#21
houston is a tiny city compared to Chicago	samsingh	Jul 2012	#40
which supports our point	gejohnston	Jul 2012	#42
i'm referring to the increased gun deaths	samsingh	Jul 2012	#45
I never said they were caused by increased gun control	gejohnston	Jul 2012	#46
other threads have made this comment	samsingh	Jul 2012	#52
Houston and Chicago are similar in size.	GreenStormCloud	Jul 2012	#56
Horseshit. They both have over 2 million people:	friendly_iconoclast	Jul 2012	#60
The FIREARM HOMICIDE rate has been higher in Houston.	russ1943	Aug 2012	#71
so are people being murdered by other means	gejohnston	Aug 2012	#74
Logic? Excuse me.	russ1943	Aug 2012	#78
OK so why does Chicago have such a high rate	gejohnston	Aug 2012	#79
Lot's of reasons.	russ1943	Aug 2012	#86
the OP said it was high, not the highest.	gejohnston	Aug 2012	#89
Guns somehow make you deader? That's all I'm getting from that....	friendly_iconoclast	Aug 2012	#91
It has been tried, and detailed statistics are available online.	GreenStormCloud	Jul 2012	#32
pardon me	samsingh	Jul 2012	#41
None of the shall-issue states has had any movement to rescind shall-issue.	GreenStormCloud	Jul 2012	#55
Wow! Thank you.	guardian	Jul 2012	#23
You could put some facts about Chicago's laws and crime rates up on the thread	Kolesar	Jul 2012	#26
Valid point	guardian	Jul 2012	#29
Chicago could do "stop and frisk" like New York and then you would be happy	Kolesar	Jul 2012	#33
So what do you want?	guardian	Jul 2012	#34
Fortunately federal law trumps state law in this regard.	alabama_for_obama	Aug 2012	#63
As always	bongbong	Jul 2012	#25
"reigionist"	guardian	Jul 2012	#31
being such a major city, could Chicago be more complicated than some of the others?	samsingh	Jul 2012	#36
there is a coorelation	gejohnston	Jul 2012	#38
WTF?	guardian	Jul 2012	#49
i was trying to respond to bong-bong- whom i agree with- i should have responded one level above the	samsingh	Jul 2012	#50
here's the interesting thing	samsingh	Jul 2012	#37
You are making a basic, and common, mistake.	GreenStormCloud	Jul 2012	#54
Because they have a lot of criminals	RegieRocker	Jul 2012	#27
This post is just poorly reasoned. n/t	ellisonz	Aug 2012	#80
It is a simple question	gejohnston	Aug 2012	#81
FYI: Some say there are no stupid questions.	ellisonz	Aug 2012	#82
Neither does El Paso	gejohnston	Aug 2012	#84

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