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In reply to the discussion: The Issue That Goes Ignored [View all]Remmah2
(3,291 posts)24. How many of the 30,000 killed were victims of repeat offenders or gang violence?
People in violation of existing laws?
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=17
"Released prisoners with the highest rearrest rates were robbers (70.2%), burglars (74.0%), larcenists (74.6%), motor vehicle thieves (78.8%), those in prison for possessing or selling stolen property (77.4%), and those in prison for possessing, using, or selling illegal weapons (70.2%). "
Several other threads over the past month have indicated that the penalties for straw buying and gun trafficking are light. In addition over the past year we've had disclosed cases where the ATF sanction the sale of firearms to criminals, penalties were nill to none. Do our politicians have balls enough to be tough on criminals?
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Sounds similar to: do you vote republican or do you want the terrorists to win?
4th law of robotics
Oct 2012
#49
Ohio Gov Strickland sold out to the NRA and they screwed him over because NRA wanted a Republican
Kolesar
Oct 2012
#17
"That ban, which prohibits the manufacture of semiautomatic firearms for civilian use,"
Glaug-Eldare
Oct 2012
#4
You would think if the OP was going to argue a position he would educate himself on the position first
former-republican
Oct 2012
#26
With that attitude, you will get the responses you deserve-derisive ones.
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#45
Once again SM proves the level of technical and legal ignorance of anti-gunners.
Clames
Oct 2012
#23
How many of the 30,000 killed were victims of repeat offenders or gang violence?
Remmah2
Oct 2012
#24
It's amazing the level of ignorance that the New York Times permits in opinion pieces
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#29
guns don't kill people, criminals kill people. That's the issue being ignored. nt
trouble.smith
Oct 2012
#44