Nobody belives that. Strawman fallacy.
But look at places where gun shops are restricted: NYC, Chicago, DC. And look at places where they arent: Dallas, Atlanta, Miami. Which places have higher rates of violent crime?
Rather than doing the cowardly thing - asking a question to get your point across without (that's so Donald Trumpish) taking responsibility for making the point, why don't you tell us how gun crime/violence in cities with lax gun laws compare to cities with strong gun laws per capita.
BTW, Seattle's new gun law/tax that takes effect January 1st is similar to Chicago's law/tax - I'm OK with that, why wouldn't I be?
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Well, Chicago, DC, and LA have some of the toughest gun laws on the books. Houston, Atlanta, and Miami some of the weakest. But the crime rate is much higher in the first set than the second set.
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Check my sig line.
OK, I get it - y'all can't back up what was said in post #30 with anything but your own say-so (giggle - like that has any credibility whatsoever - LOL). OTOH, below is info to debunk what was said. One of the things I find most interesting is the gun freaks on this M/B try-----try to make some kind of hay out of - most gun violence takes place in places where lots of people live - duh!
But-----but check it out, in the cities that have the most gun violence, if they have a Democratic mayor, the Democratic mayors have been stifled by Republican majority state legislators and Republican governors - whoda thunk?
The info below was gathered from The Rabbi's siggy link - thanks The Rabbi!
Parents Against Gun Violence: "Chicago, Illinois Is Not Even Close To Being The Most Dangerous City In The U.S." Using data from the FBI and the Centers for Disease Control, Parents Against Gun Violence determined that Chicago does not lead the nation in murder, even using several different metrics for comparison:
In Fact, The Three Most Dangerous Cities "Are All Prohibited By State Law From Enacting ANY New Gun Ordinances." Parents Against Gun Violence found that Detroit, New Orleans, and St. Louis are all subject to preemption laws, a type of National Rifle Association-backed law that limits the ability of city authorities to regulate firearms beyond what is contained within state law:
Although Chicago Gun Murders Have Ticked Up In The First Half Of 2015, Rates Over Past Three Years Remain Similar To Historic Lows Not Seen Since 1965. [ABC7Chicago.com, 7/1/15, Huffington Post, 12/31/14, MSNBC.com, 12/2/13]
Pew: "Chicago Nowhere Near U.S. 'Murder Capital.'" Pew Research used FBI data to determine that six cities, some with murder rates nearing 100 per 100,000 people per year, have been the U.S. "murder capital" since 1985, none of them Chicago:
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