From data suggesting gun prevalence is correlated with crime rates a common argument is made that gun control would reduce crime rates. Evidence...
Reiver, for ease of discussion please include links to where the studies you cite are freely available for reading. Thanks!
Which forms of gun control have been found to be the most effective?
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"...the number of killings committed with knives or other “cutting instruments” rose 50 percent in New York City, the Police...
I have posted this before: Read Reid v. Covert. The Supreme Court established that the Constitution supersedes international treaties ratified...
Ah, nevermind then. The article is very interesting. And unlike what certain members believe it is not 'irrelevant' even after Heller and...
As no one else seems interested in discussing Winkler's article I would be happy to. I would first like to hear your analysis of how the article...
Good lord. This small arms treaty nonsense has been floating around for far too long. The Arms Trade Treaty the myth is based upon is a concept...
Also I will let your own response speak for itself. However, if you were responding to my post in a contrary fashion just out of habit, and you...
You are saying that it is a fact, that the firearm industry created semi-automatic rifles prior to the passage of the AWB in order to get around...
Exactly right, yet he can't differentiate between a semi-automatic that is labeled as an "assault weapon" and a semi-automatic that is not. Both...
It sure isnt. It really would be silly to suggest the gun industry changed the weapons prior to the passage of a law, in order to get around the...
You also said Nope. The AWB didn't change them from fully auto to semi auto. This implies you misread my post. You seem to be under the false...
My statement, you are ignoring an important aspect of the discussion by not looking at the differences between semi-autos to full autos, is not...
Psh, weak. I drive around in a tank.
I know you are not comparing semi-automatics to full autos. Unfortunately, thats the only comparison that makes logical sense. At least you are...
Well I agree we are talking about functionality. But we are not comparing deer rifles and semi-automatic rifles. We are talking about the...
No, what you were stating is that I felt hunting rifles needed large magazines which clearly would be a straw man by itself, or that I felt...
Let me address your second claim first. I know you are aware that supplanting a weaker argument for someone's actual position is the definition of...
My apologies. I would have responded sooner but I assume you were going to leave your troll post and then disappear, as you have with all your...
Your statement is inaccurate. According to the report you cited, 90% of traced firearms that were seized in Mexico originated in the US. This does...
Functionality is simply the term I use to highlight what the reality of the situation is, but I will replace it directly with terms from the story...
My apologies for having taken so long to respond, I have been very busy. My contention is with your position of what is an accurate...
I agree with certain points. I do agree that the relationship between Mexico's gun laws and their crime levels is something to be looked at....
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