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In reply to the discussion: Interview with CA shopowner who killed five gang members in three attacks. [View all]Starboard Tack
(11,181 posts)42. WTF! Continuing slurs against Gary Kleck.
Because I think the guy's data is way off, you accuse me of slurring him. I don't even know the guy. He's probably a really nice guy. I just don't like his research methods, which I consider deliver bogus data. You think I'm here to fool people? That's pretty funny coming from you. Any regular member here knows where you and your buddy DonP really belong.
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Interview with CA shopowner who killed five gang members in three attacks. [View all]
GreenStormCloud
Sep 2012
OP
Some people are just stubborn about not letting the barbarians push them out of their homes.
PavePusher
Sep 2012
#11
while I agree in theory (although this was a place of business) In my own Life
Tuesday Afternoon
Sep 2012
#13
It's not that I don't like the conclusions. They are absurd. 2.5 million dgus/year.
Starboard Tack
Sep 2012
#138
Here's the methodology of the NSDS. Readers can decide for themselves whether
Simo 1939_1940
Sep 2012
#91
I'd love to see one like that done on fishing. I'd give it the same credibility.
Starboard Tack
Sep 2012
#93
I didn't mention cellphones. I did mention landlines, which was my point.
Starboard Tack
Sep 2012
#124
Not only that, but other criminologists have looked at the Kleck study, and found it to be junk.
DanTex
Sep 2012
#126
Not surprisingly, you are dead wrong yet again on the issue of anonymity.
Simo 1939_1940
Sep 2012
#135
The fact *is*, Gary Kleck is a very nice guy. Here's a chance to hear him speak:
Simo 1939_1940
Sep 2012
#85
I used to bank at a Wells Fargo branch in Marina Del Rey about 20 years ago
Starboard Tack
Sep 2012
#61
Wow. If this guy was a Fighter Pilot, they'd be calling him Ace. n/t
cherokeeprogressive
Sep 2012
#8
Wow. That guy's story is wild. Training is your friend. Gang members aren't. nt
rDigital
Sep 2012
#16
Are you advocating that the LAPD kill gang members for the purpose of intimidation? n/t
ellisonz
Sep 2012
#35
Maybe he joined the ranks of the U.S Hoplophobic Army. Now, he's cowering in his basement.
rDigital
Sep 2012
#40
Then you should be against the criminals in these incidents. They started the violence.
GreenStormCloud
Sep 2012
#65
The principle is the same. You are trying to paint people who disagree with you as pro-criminal
DanTex
Sep 2012
#103
I'll say it, too: You don't condemn the criminals and this thread is prima facie evidence of that.
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2012
#71
I don't underatand. Why didn't the police protect him and how did those criminals get those guns
trouble.smith
Sep 2012
#57
So I guess you can't explain why all those gun laws & all those cops didn't make this guy any safer?
trouble.smith
Sep 2012
#77
Yes, the premise that anti-gun laws keep guns out of the hands of criminals is completely fucked
trouble.smith
Sep 2012
#80
Every incident of a gun being used in a crime is meticulously cited and cataloged
4th law of robotics
Sep 2012
#87