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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 08:10 PM Original message |
Violent Crime is up in America. Again. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. Three people were shot outside my door. |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-04-07 11:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Whoa! Now that's heavy. |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 11:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
60. All the more reason to get rid of guns |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. Shrub's Amerrika!! Ya-hoo!! |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. And prisons are overflowing. Supremes to step in and let people out. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-04-07 11:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Sounds like a job for Blackwater. |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. And it's going to get worse unless they share the wealth. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
5. Amerika is no longer an "advanced nation" since 2000. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-04-07 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. Gun availability hasn't changed one iota since the mid to late 1990's... |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-04-07 10:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. The NRA leadership is all Reichwing Republicans ,YOU DON"T MENTION THAT! |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 03:36 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. The UK's homicie rate is at a 40-year high |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
38. The UK doesn't have 3 strike laws and their murder rate is STILL 3 TIMES LOWER |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 03:17 AM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Yeah, we have dumb laws |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 01:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
49. Why do you people always miss the point? |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 06:06 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. The UK and the US use different methods for comparing violent crime |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 10:21 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Bragging about having a 4 times higher murder rate than a similar nation |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 10:44 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. It used to be 9 times. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 11:46 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. The NRA didn't write the OP; Helmke did. |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
40. What is it, your new pellet gun? Who can tell what's a toy or a WMD? |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. What's a WMD? |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 02:20 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. Good to know that an Olympic sport for the past 100 years is "like masturbation" |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 10:01 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. I guess Bill don't care much for the Olympics, either... |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 10:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
59. Ben, that's a wild trip with Photoshop there... |
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Rage for Order (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-04-07 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
8. Sounds like I should get another gun or two to protect myself |
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mvccd1000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-04-07 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
11. Violent crime went down where I live, & we are a shall-issue, no registration state. |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 12:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. The UK had 46 gun murders in 2006, Japan even less vs how many in Arizona? |
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mvccd1000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:03 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Then why is the level of violence in my city dropping, while it is going up in the UK? |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 07:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
36. One is 5 times more likely to be murdered in Arizona than the UK |
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mvccd1000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 11:06 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Did you read my post? |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 10:15 PM Response to Reply #43 |
55. SO YOU ADMIT ARIZONA IS FAR LESS SAFE THAN THE UK |
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mvccd1000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-07-07 02:15 AM Response to Reply #55 |
63. Yes, that is exactly what I said. |
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cutlassmama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 04:08 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. what state is that? No background check? I may have to take a vacation there |
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mvccd1000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 05:33 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Still a background check, if you buy from a FFL, just no gun registration. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
13. We have a very poor track record of poverty relief compared to Western Europe |
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Nutmegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 03:48 AM Response to Original message |
16. And the US has the highest incarceration population. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
19. We have to face facts: We're a violent society. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 12:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. heh. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. There were more points in my post that just violent video games. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:13 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. It's a shame you might have had valid points mixed up with then. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. It's a shame your reading comprehension is limited to one point at a time, ehh? (NT) |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. It's a particularly ridiculous point. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Strangely enough, the research is on my side. (NT) |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:35 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. mmm, no it's not. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:53 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Actually, it is. Start here... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. "using meta-analytical techniques" |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Oh, I thought (from your earlier postings) that you *BELIEVED* in the science... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 07:31 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. One doesn't "believe" in science. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 11:56 AM Response to Reply #37 |
45. Actually, there are a whole series of claims made there. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 10:49 PM Response to Reply #24 |
58. There is some truth to that |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
21. Heckuvajob george! n/t |
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Man_in_the_Moon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
22. I see Paul Helmke, Republican shill, ... |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
26. We now have shootings almost daily in the greater Grand Rapids area. |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
29. when your not working and poor you resort to stealing |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
33. This is the natural result of darwinian economic policies...nt |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
39. In This Country |
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Retired AF Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
41. Gun crime is up? |
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Snarkturian Clone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 12:50 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. True that NT |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
42. Just about EVERY major quality of life indicator has fallen in this country since Bush came in |
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Retired AF Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
47. Mr Benchley we know you hate guns |
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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
52. kick |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
61. The stats are skewed due to IPod thefts!!!. (Go figure, in * world) - Violent crime is UP due to |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-07-07 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
62. Welcome to Dick Cheney's America |
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