Slade3200
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I agree with all your pointsYou are correct about the other factors, which is why the VT and CA comparison is hard to digest... Those two states are completely different. The majority of the gun violence in CA comes from the over-crowded cities or areas that gang presence is high. VT does not have a comparable scenario, not because of gun laws, but because of its demographics.OK....I don't have a ton of time to spend on this. Give me the readers digest version of the point you're trying to make.You understand that correlation does not equal causation, right?
You don't?
Compare and contrast the gun laws in VT and CA, then compare and contrast gun-related crime rates in VT and CA.
Cause X does not prove effect Y because there may be other factors that contribute to effect Y.
VT gun laws are very loose. VT gun-related crime rates are very low.
CA gun laws are very tight. CA Gun-related crime rates are very high.
if tight gun laws means lower gun related crime rates, why is VTs gun-related crime rates so low?
Other factors.
Thus, it is impossible to soundly argue the tight gun laws in other first world countries is the reason they have only a fraction of the gun violence that we have. Correlation doe snot prove causation.
If you are running a town where gang violence and crime are very high you are going to have different needs and approaches to tackle the problems than if you are the sheriff of Hicksville VT. If you were running the "high crime" city would you drop gun control regulations and allow any thug off the street to go buy a machine gun? Sure many of them can buy their guns illegally or will steal one, but really think about that scenario.... what would you do?
What we keep telling you is the answer....
1) if you catch someone using a gun for crime, arrest them.
2) if you catch a felon with a gun, arrest them...
3) Put them in jail for a long time...like the Japanese.....30 years for actual gun crimes.....
Just today, our Chicago Police Commissioner, once again, bitched about the shitty job Chicago prosecutors and Judges are doing with repeat gun offenders.....putting them back on the streets over and over again.....
That's right....repeat gun offenders..that means criminals who are already barred from buying, owning or carrying guns, who get caught, again, and then are released on bail and then get light sentences...
That is the problem..that you guys refuse to understand......instead, you worry about John Q. Citizen filling out another form that the criminals never bother with........
The key is putting heavier sentences for gun crimes and focusing on gun crimes for the longer sentences.......I have posted articles on how felony gun possession is a midemeanor in major cities...even with the blood baths these cities have become.....with all of their gun control laws.....