Posted on 02/17/2013 11:56:44 AM PST by smoothsailing
By Daniel Greenfield
Gun control works. That’s why Chicago, which came out for Obama, and has strict gun control laws, is trying to set some kind of gun violence record, while Salt Lake City and Fargo, where guns are legal, isn’t.
It seems as if guns don’t kill people. Obama voters kill people.
According to police data reported by the Sun Times, Chicago experienced a shooting every 3.57 hours in 2012.
The Sun Times reports that the number of murders in the city of Chicago for 2012 was 506, or more than one per day and nearly 10 per week.
The number of shootings however, was almost five times the number of homicides with police reporting 2,460 for the year.
There were 366 days in 2012 or 8,784 hours. That means that Chicago experienced a shooting every 3.57 hours.
Gun control will do Chicago about as much good as trying to reduce the number of hours in the day. The problem isn’t guns, it’s people. Specifically the types of people who vote for Obama.
Gun violence isn’t a hardware problem. It’s a social problem. As the drug war has already shown us, trying to wipe out a product will not stop the social problem.
Liberals make this same exact argument when it comes to drugs, but take the opposite tack when it comes to guns. But that may be a clash between drug culture on the liberal side and gun culture on the conservative side.
But as Obama pivots from Newtown to Chicago, and from Adam Lanza, who is the atypical face of gun violence, to the Chicago gangs who are the typical face of gun violence, it might be time to start discussing gun violence as a social problem.
That’s the most honest headline I’ve ever seen. We should simply get rid of obama voters to stop the violence.
Ødungo-voters also destroy our country.
So this begs a question...
Is there an overlay of Obama support and gun violence? Is there another with legal gun owners and gun violence?
So this begs a question...
Is there an overlay of Obama support and gun violence? Is there another with legal gun owners and gun violence?
We already know...
Finally, a totally honest article about America’s “gun violence” problem.
Sultan is the master.
If you consider the things that Obama says, they make sense only for the Obama supporters.
Magpul’s new slogan, “Guns Dont Kill People, Obama Voters Kill People”
Their sales would go through the roof
They should compile a list of all the recent media reported shootings and show the profile of the shooters themselves - facts such as location, age, medication,substance abuse problems, type family units, criminal history, political affiliations, where the guns were obtained, etc...make it a big article with photos and diagrams and all. The Left would have a fit
I bet the MSM and the liberals would have none of it;. The truth would hurt too much.
They should compile a list of all the recent media reported shootings and show the profile of the shooters themselves - facts such as location, age, medication,substance abuse problems, type family units, criminal history, political affiliations, where the guns were obtained, etc...make it a big article with photos and diagrams and all and make sure to list what gun control policies are already in effect at the shooting locations. The Left would have a fit.
I bet the MSM and the liberals would have none of it;. The truth would hurt too much.
We should really stop using the term “gun violence”. It is violence in which a gun was used. I never hear “Hammer violence” or “fist violence” or “lead pipe violence”. Any time someone uses the term we should correct them. Don’t let them own the language.
Not Obama voters......DNC voters.
I would apply for a federal grant to study the voting records of convicted felons.
Obama isn’t worried about controlling criminals’ guns, he’s only worried about controlling honest American citizens.
BUMP a great (and very accurate) thread title.
Ive seen a comparison between the red county, blue county map and the low gun murder county, high gun murder map. Great correlation. What do you expect? About half the prison population is black, and nearly all blacks who voted, voted for Obama.Is there another with legal gun owners and gun violence?
I tried to run the numbers. Seems like there are 2000 or 3000 legal gun owners for every one gun murder in any given year. Thats enough to make it clear that legally owning a gun is not much if any indication of a propensity to abuse a gun for murder.What it means is that if legal gun ownership has anything to do with violence, it is as an insurance policy against being a victim of violence. It only stands to reason that the person who wants to use a gun lawlessly, doesnt want his name on the gun he uses. Hence, he would be more likely to obtain a gun illegally whether or not it was easy to get legally.
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