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friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts)
27. Another was *this* example of industrial-strength stupidity from the OP:
Sat Dec 8, 2012, 02:12 AM
Dec 2012

This means that Chicago is a good example of gun control working as it should.
They're always trying to use Chicago in a negative format. BVictor1 Dec 2012 #1
A correction to your post... Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #10
k&r +a zillion trillion billion graham4anything Dec 2012 #2
So you agree the most violent places are those with gang problems hack89 Dec 2012 #3
Yes, I've always agreed with that, but mikeb302000 Dec 2012 #32
And of course you have crime stats that show this? hack89 Dec 2012 #36
"I put a good deal of stock into the Google-search-engine method of determining statistics." pipoman Dec 2012 #4
Professor Google. Remmah2 Dec 2012 #6
LOL! So much for the dignity of scholarship. Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #11
Holy Cow! pipoman Dec 2012 #21
What else can he do from Italy? rl6214 Dec 2012 #15
Yet he regularly discounts actual stats pipoman Dec 2012 #20
When "actual stats" say there are millions of DGUs a year, mikeb302000 Dec 2012 #33
Because you and your "Google-search-engine method of determining statistics" pipoman Dec 2012 #35
Take a look at El Paso, TX GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #5
"Take a look at El Paso, TX" rl6214 Dec 2012 #16
Denying Oneka Dec 2012 #7
Automatic Rec for logic so twisted that it boggles the mind slackmaster Dec 2012 #8
Chicago, Politicians and Gun Control Remmah2 Dec 2012 #9
Gun control "working as it should?" For thugs. And elites. Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #12
Exactly sarisataka Dec 2012 #22
The gangs in Chicago deal drugs and can easily smuggle firearms ... spin Dec 2012 #13
Google-perception aside, does Chicago actually have a significantly lower rate petronius Dec 2012 #14
Good question. Straw Man Dec 2012 #17
Here they are: GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #18
I think we need something more specific than that, to address the OP's hypothesis petronius Dec 2012 #24
Thanks for the clarification. That can be dealt with. GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #25
Compare Chicago to Houston, the nearest city in size; it's not a bit flattering to Chi-town: friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #28
Well, I don't know the view from a cafe in Rome, but living here is another matter DonP Dec 2012 #19
I bookmarked this thread for many reasons, your post included. friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #26
Another was *this* example of industrial-strength stupidity from the OP: friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #27
Might want to include Oneka Dec 2012 #31
Go ashead mikeb302000 Dec 2012 #34
just shootings or gejohnston Dec 2012 #39
Data like that is essential to your argument, which is why I asked you the question petronius Dec 2012 #40
This thread is a logic fail of epic proportions. nt rDigital Dec 2012 #23
yep, gun control is working perfectly in Chicago-for the criminals and the government. trouble.smith Dec 2012 #29
So where is a good example of a gun control argument? guardian Dec 2012 #30
Boy this takes the cake. Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #37
Google search engine stats? aikoaiko Dec 2012 #38
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