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geomartin:
Interesting to note:
Our liberally controlled blue states with strict gun restrictions and lenient sentencing policies seem to have the highest crime rates and highest rate of repeat offenders. The religiously zealotous red states have a lower crime rate. Hmmmm??? I live in a blue state so out of caution I keep a Ruger 44mag in the nightstand next to the bed ;D
locash:
--- Quote from: geomartin on December 12, 2004, 04:34:48 pm ---Interesting to note:
Our liberally controlled blue states with strict gun restrictions and lenient sentencing policies seem to have the highest crime rates and highest rate of repeat offenders. The religiously zealotous red states have a lower crime rate. Hmmmm??? I live in a blue state so out of caution I keep a Ruger 44mag in the nightstand next to the bed ;D
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Sources to support this?
My sources seem to indicate that the crime rates are significantly lower in MA, VT, NY and CA (typical liberally controlled blue states) than they are in TX, FL, SC, GA and TN (sample red states). And this pattern goes beyond the samples I cite.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004912.html
Please keep in mind that I am for gun ownership, I just don't see that it warrants making up statistics.
danny_galaga:
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--- Quote from: Stingray on December 10, 2004, 10:17:19 am ---And good for the police officer who arrived and took this guy out. -S
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you americans are so congenial
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DrewKaree:
Lookit danny! First he posts that he misses TA Pilot, and now he's trying to draw him out of retirement by keeping an "obvious" gun thread alive!
What's next danny, posting a "Please come back to the forum" thread for Floyd10 to read? :-* ;)
JCKnife:
--- Quote from: Stingray on December 10, 2004, 10:17:19 am --- I just don't think it would have ended better had half a dozen civilians who had been drinking in that crowd pulled out guns and started shooting.
-S
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Oh, I agree entirely--alcohol and guns DO NOT mix! However, I hate being disarmed when I go into a restaurant that serves alcohol and I drink Diet Coke.