Guns are still America’s religion

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What we know about the increase in U.S. murders in 2020

The U.S. murder rate rose 30% between 2019 and 2020 – the largest single-year increase in more than a century.
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Highest increase in gun murders in over a 100 years happened under a Republican President. Hm.

Highest rate increase happened in Republican states. Hm.

Republicans "Hey, we just inspire and promote gun violence. It's the Democrats' fault for not stopping it."
 
Chew Toy McCoy said:
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What we know about the increase in U.S. murders in 2020

The U.S. murder rate rose 30% between 2019 and 2020 – the largest single-year increase in more than a century.
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Highest increase in gun murders in over a 100 years happened under a Republican President. Hm.

Highest rate increase happened in Republican states. Hm.

Republicans "Hey, we just inspire and promote gun violence. It's the Democrats' fault for not stopping it."
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Hmm, more guns, more murder, this is not advanced math. STUPID plays a huge roll in this and of course My selfish misplaced Libertay!!, besides that just what is the agenda here? I’ll say herding the sheep. :unsure:
 
Huntn said:
Hmm, more guns, more murder, this is not advanced math. STUPID plays a huge roll in this and of course My selfish misplaced Libertay!!, besides that just what is the agenda here? I’ll say herding the sheep. :unsure:
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It doesn’t help that a large majority of the Supreme Court has a slavish adherence to dogma when it comes to interpreting the Constitution. The whole point of being a judge or justice is to sometimes see that a strict fundamentalist interpretation of something can harm society at large. It’s the same idea when a judge has discretion to increase or decrease a sentence on a criminal based on mitigating circumstances.

This Supreme Court majority clearly doesn’t care anything for the effects of their actions. Unlimited money in politics, thousands of roadblocks to voting (including racial gerrymandering), women going to jail for taking an abortion pill... ALL of this is happening because of the Roberts Court’s actions over the past decade. They should consider the meaning of their title.
 
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Texas man, 70, fatally shoots neighbor after dog runs into his yard, officials say

After the shooting, witnesses said Eric Lee Elliott put his gun in his truck and continued doing yardwork as if nothing had happened, according to the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office.
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The suspect, Eric Lee Elliott, 70, and William Duncan Womack, 60, had an ongoing dispute between them over Womack's dog running loose in the neighborhood, the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
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Another fine gun nut exercising his free-dumb

Suspect Arrested, Charged in Fatal Shooting at 7545 Martin Luther King Boulevard – City of Houston | Newsroom

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A preliminary investigation indicated the victim attempted to shoplift from the store but was confronted by store employees, one of them Batres. Batres and the victim then got into a physical altercation. Further investigation determined the victim had his back toward Batres, who then pulled out a pistol and shot the victim several times.
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ADDED: online commentary about this murder is brutal -- "it's a right-wing wet dream to be able to shoot a person"
 
Firearms were the leading cause of death for people/children under age 19 in the US in 2020, surpassing automobile fatalities for the first time, by more than 10%. Some of that count includes suicides, but most of it was some form of homicide. Rising to a distant 3rd place among young people were ODs/poisonings (laundry pods, anyone?).
 
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If you ever wonder why the pro-gun advocates don't respect these anti-gun advocates, there is this:

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If you don't understand, look closer.
 
Herdfan said:
If you ever wonder why the pro-gun advocates don't respect these anti-gun advocates, there is this:

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If you don't understand, look closer.
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It is worth noting that the poster is not from this country (Pádraig is te Gaelic spelling of Patrick). I personally am not familiar with how the shelves in UK 6 & Bob stores are stocked, but it seems entirely likely that even air rifles are not set out in the open like that. And quite frankly, stocking them in the open like that merely serves to normalize and promote American gun culture much more than it needs to be. Your pedantic little position is a weak one.
 
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It is worth noting that the poster is not from this country (Pádraig is te Gaelic spelling of Patrick). I personally am not familiar with how the shelves in UK 6 & Bob stores are stocked, but it seems entirely likely that even air rifles are not set out in the open like that. And quite frankly, stocking them in the open like that merely serves to normalize and promote American gun culture much more than it needs to be. Your pedantic little position is a weak one.
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They are not out in the open. They are behind glass.
 
Sue them out of existence. Make life hard for them. There can be no excuse for such absolute irresponsible acts

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6 Gun Shops, 11,000 ‘Crime Guns’: A Rare Peek at the Pipeline (Published 2022)

In Philadelphia, the most comprehensive study in decades found a handful of dealers selling a huge number of guns used illegally. A House panel is uncovering similar patterns elsewhere.
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The report’s conclusions confirm what law enforcement officials have long known. A small percentage of gun stores — 1.2 percent of the state’s licensed dealers, according to Brady — accounted for 57 percent of firearms that ended up in the hands of criminals through illegal resale or direct purchases by “straw” buyers who turned them over to people barred from owning guns.
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ronntaylor said:
Sue them out of existence. Make life hard for them. There can be no excuse for such absolute irresponsible acts

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6 Gun Shops, 11,000 ‘Crime Guns’: A Rare Peek at the Pipeline (Published 2022)

In Philadelphia, the most comprehensive study in decades found a handful of dealers selling a huge number of guns used illegally. A House panel is uncovering similar patterns elsewhere.
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Thanks for that article... I saw this info about the gun lobby. It reminds me exactly what the NRA is all about (hint: they don’t care about gun owners, they care about gun makers and sellers):

Twenty years ago, the gun lobby pushed an amendment through Congress preventing the A.T.F. from distributing trace data beyond law enforcement agencies. That means even basic numbers are hard to come by. When Ms. Maloney’s staff requested granular information about dealers with high numbers of crime gun sales, the A.T.F. refused to identify retailers by name — giving each an anonymized numeric label.
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Because what we need is LESS information about gun sales. They’ve made it super-easy for criminals to get guns now.
 
Footnote that does not merit its own thread, the guy who served as a symbol for RW "survivalists" and ammosexuals after shooting it out with some FBI agents has ceased to survive. The Ruby Ridge incident was placed alongside the Branch Davidian showdown as motivation for things like Columbine and the Oklahoma City bombing.
 
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