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Re: Sticking my gun where it doesn't belong...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 12 Sep 2003 12:57:35 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mike Petrucelli wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mike Petrucelli wrote:
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Well guess what, the gun crime rate in the U.S. is lower than it was 10
years ago.
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Citation, please.
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Online, I have no idea. Now in the papers, on the radio, on TV there have
been numerous citations of studies which indicate that the crime rate as gone
down but the brutality of crimes that do happen has increased, giving the
overall impression that crime has risen.
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I would add to that the media slogan “if it bleeds, it leads” in terms of
priority of news coverage. At least one study has demonstrated that murder
rates have gone down by something like 18% over some recent period of time, but
news coverage of murders has increased by 800% during that same period. This,
too, gives the impression that violent crime has been on the rise. I’ll dig up
the details of the study, if I can.
However, your argument presents problems for your central thesis (ie, that
incidence of gun crime is independent of gun legislation). Specifically, you’re
asserting that crime rates have gone down (though you don’t specify a timeframe
or a region of study--admittedly, I may simply have missed that part of your
previous posts). However, during the last decade or so, numerous
gun-controlling regulations have been imposed, such as waiting periods for
purchase, enhanced background checking, and the like. You are arguing, in
effect, that the incidence of gun crime has decreased concurrent with increase
in gun-control regulation. This seems a direct contrast to what I perceive as
your intent, and you should probably account for it, if you wish to maintain the
stance that gun crime is not lessened nor increased due to legislation.
Dave!
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| (...) Online, I have no idea. Now in the papers, on the radio, on TV there have been numerous citations of studies which indicate that the crime rate as gone down but the brutality of crimes that do happen has increased, giving the overall (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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