joaquinmiller
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I live in a country where the lying President scares the fuck out of you gullible pukes by claiming the murder rate is the highest it has been in 47 years. It's not true, but don't take my word for it. Look it up yourself.
I have, and I don’t recall Trump ever saying our murder rate is the highest it’s been in 47 years. The truth of the matter is our violent crime and gun crime has been on the decrease since the mid 90’s as more and more states adopted CCW laws and laws that protected the victim instead of the attacker.
Will I ever need my gun? I certainly hope not. But then again I feel the same way about my house insurance and fire extinguisher.
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Trump Claims US Murder Rate 'Highest' in '47 Years' Despite FBI Data Showing Otherwise
"“And yet the murder rate in our country is the highest it’s been in 47 years, right? Did you know that? Forty-seven years," President Trump said during a listening session at the White House today with county sheriffs from across the country."
Be very afraid.
Coincidentally, while the murder rate is down, the murder-by-gun rate is up the past two years - which argues against your plentiful-gun scenario.
The only reason for that was the Ferguson Effect. Police became frightened to do their jobs. Afterwards they only handled crime they were called out to do from dispatch. I seen this in my own city countless times. Outside of that, firearm homicide rates went down the 20 years prior.
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The real Ferguson Effect is the spreading realization that you can indict a ham sandwich, but you can't indict a cop for shooting an unarmed man.
That depends on the circumstance. There is no law that says a police officer cannot use deadly force unless their attacker is armed. As a CCW holder in my state, I am permitted to use my firearm if I believe I am in jeopardy of serious bodily harm or death. I can use my firearm to protect others I believe are in the same situation. My attacker doesn’t have to be armed. Our police live by the same laws as the rest of us.
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Fear is an emotion, not a fact. Laws that allow you to act based on fear are wrong, and in time they will be repealed. Stand-your-ground laws are bullshit, foisted on a gullible public, and concealed carry is a gateway to murder.