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US woman arrested in Sydney with golden gun in luggage
The 24-carat gold-plated weapon was found in the woman's luggage after flying from Los Angeles.www.bbc.com
Gun Control
28 year old woman? see what you can afford when you stop eating avacado toast!
Wrong Bond movie!
Yeah - I know... I've just wanted to post that one for awhile...Wrong Bond movie!
WA bans sale of AR-15s and other semi-automatic rifles, effective immediately
Washington has become the 10th state to ban the sale of AR-15s and other semi-automatic rifles, but opponents have vowed to sue to overturn the law.
www.seattletimes.com
100% bullshit because it never works. It never works because they sue that the law is unconstitutional. They are not wrong, it's the bullshit constitutional amendment/interpretation that needs to change. Ban bullets or make them insure their guns or something else.WA bans sale of AR-15s and other semi-automatic rifles, effective immediately
Washington has become the 10th state to ban the sale of AR-15s and other semi-automatic rifles, but opponents have vowed to sue to overturn the law.
we had an assault weapons ban
it expired and now we have every frustrated virgin with a credit card owning and using multiple AR-15s
coincidence probably
it expired and now we have every frustrated virgin with a credit card owning and using multiple AR-15s
coincidence probably
I heard that assault weapon sales went up more than 500% in the last 6 weeks. It'd be interesting to know how many ffl transfers happened over last March/April.
The Surprising Geography of Gun Violence
America’s regions are poles apart when it comes to gun deaths and the cultural and ideological forces that drive them.
www.politico.com
Freedom!
abcnews-go-com.cdn.ampproject.org
5 dead in Texas 'execution-style' shooting, suspect armed with AR-15 is on the loose
Five people are dead, including an 8-year-old boy, after being shot in a Texas home by a suspect armed with AR-15 style rifle, police say.
abcnews-go-com.cdn.ampproject.org
Jesus... 
tell me 2002 had the same magnitude of mass shootings as 2012
Yes we did. Just because semi auto handguns were available doesnt mean every frustrated white dude was buying them as a lifestyle. Dont pretend ar15 and variant sales didnt go through the fucking roof when it expired.
You know this.
didnt totally solve gun violence but the assault weapons ban expiring created a whole new lifestle for shitbags
Not perfect or holistic but seeing a weird sweaty 20 year old in a public space really did use to be a whole lot less ominous
It is twofold, the easy access to guns and the fetishization and downright worship of gun culture. No doubt spurred on by the NRA and probably Russia.
remember when charlton heston screamed "you can have it when you take it from my cold dead hands?"
It was a fucking musket
Charlton Heston rant rattled judge, court tosses murder case
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia judge’s clash with the late actor Charlton Heston has indirectly led a U.S. appeals court to overturn a murder conviction. The victim’s family h…
www.mcall.com
Biggest sales these days.....
Charlton seems cute and quaint in retrospect
The only real national level changes that happened were the ban expiring and the heller decision.
And youre right
#gUN coNTroL MEasuRes dON't WoRK... except when they do.
www.thirdway.org
TL;DR conclusion:
On a typical day, about 65 Americans are murdered. If we watch the cable networks, we’re likely to hear about one of them. The one that is chosen often fits a narrative that is as familiar as it is shallow. It may cohere with a political point a network wants to make – chaos in Democratic cities, an illegal immigrant committing a brazen and lethal act. Usually, it’s a murder in New York City or Los Angeles, two cities that actually have murder rates far lower than many states.
These crime stories aren’t inaccurate, but they are curated. And when we see them every day they create an impression of crime and murder in America that tells only a part of the story. When we released “The Red State Murder Problem” in March 2022 showing that murder rates in Trump-voting states in 2020 were far higher than Biden-voting states, the reaction was incredulity. That is because the news stories we see each day tell us something different.
But the numbers don’t lie. It is our hope that with this report we can create a more accurate political discussion about crime. And perhaps with a more holistic political discussion, we can do more to actually reduce violent and lethal crime.
Third Way
TL;DR conclusion:
On a typical day, about 65 Americans are murdered. If we watch the cable networks, we’re likely to hear about one of them. The one that is chosen often fits a narrative that is as familiar as it is shallow. It may cohere with a political point a network wants to make – chaos in Democratic cities, an illegal immigrant committing a brazen and lethal act. Usually, it’s a murder in New York City or Los Angeles, two cities that actually have murder rates far lower than many states.
These crime stories aren’t inaccurate, but they are curated. And when we see them every day they create an impression of crime and murder in America that tells only a part of the story. When we released “The Red State Murder Problem” in March 2022 showing that murder rates in Trump-voting states in 2020 were far higher than Biden-voting states, the reaction was incredulity. That is because the news stories we see each day tell us something different.
But the numbers don’t lie. It is our hope that with this report we can create a more accurate political discussion about crime. And perhaps with a more holistic political discussion, we can do more to actually reduce violent and lethal crime.
"suicides don't count" - DanO
I thought that was Brain.
whatever happened to him
i wonder if covid got him.
i will always remember him for his inability to understand population density.
they simply can't believe those low low property tax rates and amazingly hollow education facilities
they just can't take all the freedom and liberty!
Statistics in general definitely seemed to be a struggle for him.
We're #2 (in suicide) with a bullet...
BUT small population states always (i.e. MT#2/WY#1/ID#4) suffer in these types of comparative analysis.
Too, I wonder if there's a correlation between older communities / states and higher (successful) suicide rates.
BUT small population states always (i.e. MT#2/WY#1/ID#4) suffer in these types of comparative analysis.
Too, I wonder if there's a correlation between older communities / states and higher (successful) suicide rates.
Texas: we don't need gun control
also texas: here, we want you kids to learn how to provide emergency medical care to your classmates if they get shot up
also texas: here, we want you kids to learn how to provide emergency medical care to your classmates if they get shot up
Texas Attorney General Calls Shooting Part of Biden's 'Plan'
Five individuals, including illegal immigrants, were killed last Friday in a rural Texas town.
www.newsweek.com
This the same Ken Paxton, attorney general of Texas, who is still under investigation for a whole handful of wrong doings? A coincidence, surely!Texas Attorney General Calls Shooting Part of Biden's 'Plan'
Five individuals, including illegal immigrants, were killed last Friday in a rural Texas town.
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D.C.-based DOJ investigators take over corruption probe into Attorney General Ken Paxton
Paxton’s lawyer had argued that federal prosecutors based out of San Antonio had an “obvious conflict” in the investigation.
www.texastribune.org
Another deep state false flag attack by the Biden administrationThis the same Ken Paxton, attorney general of Texas, who is still under investigation for a whole handful of wrong doings? A coincidence, surely!
D.C.-based DOJ investigators take over corruption probe into Attorney General Ken Paxton
Paxton’s lawyer had argued that federal prosecutors based out of San Antonio had an “obvious conflict” in the investigation.
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At least 8 people killed by gunman at Texas mall, police kill shooter
Blood could be seen on sidewalks outside the mall and white sheets covering what appeared to be bodies.
www.reuters.com