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Recent content by black_squirrel

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    7 big myths about marijuana and legalization

    Can you back up any of the claims you make? none of your claims seem very realistic to me. In my experience most alcoholics do not smoke pot. There may be some genetic disposition in some cases,but I think environmental factors are far more important.
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    Iam not a felon.

    Felons are more likely to commit crimes. It was his choice to be a felon. So it is not unfair to take the ability to have guns. Thieves should not have guns. First we do not know whether he or his companions were carrying guns.Should we take their word for it? Our right to be safe from...
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    Gun Control Reduces Crime? Not According the Harvard Law.

    United States has very low corruption, and Russia has very high corruption. This is measured by the "Corruption Perception Index". On a scale from 0 to 100, where 100=no corruption and 0=extreme corruption, USA scores 73 and Russia scores 28. If we list countries, from the least corruption to...
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    Gun Control Reduces Crime? Not According the Harvard Law.

    I dont have to, because you already did that for me. According to the article, gun ownership in Russia is 4 per 100. According to your source it is 8.9. So it is off by more than a factor 2. So my gut feeling that the Russian numbers are off was correct. If you add civilian guns and army guns...
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    Gun Control Reduces Crime? Not According the Harvard Law.

    It is a long article and it would take more time than I would care for to list everything that is wrong with the article, but here are a couple of things. Comparing the USA with Russia does not make sense. Russia is a corrupt country recovering from communism, and I also would trust their data...
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    background checks for ALL firearm sales will reduce the murder rate

    Most murders are committed by people who already have a criminal record. If we could reduce the number of murders done by "bad guys" that would significantly reduce the total number of murders. How many crimes were committed by that 200 year old gun? I think the life-span of "hot guns" is...
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    Gun Control Reduces Crime? Not According the Harvard Law.

    The article is biased. First, the study/literature review was not done at Harvard, as the article suggests. It was published in a journal edited by Harvard law students, which prides itself to be conservative and libertarian. In other words, it is a biased journal. About the article itself...
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    background checks for ALL firearm sales will reduce the murder rate

    I have already explained it many times. Read all my previous posts.
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    background checks for ALL firearm sales will reduce the murder rate

    Background checks could be done by third parties, such as legal firearm dealers. Or a potential buyer could go to some office, get a back ground check, and if passed gets an ID that allows him/her to buy guns for a certain period of time. Data could be stored and transmitted securely using...
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    background checks for ALL firearm sales will reduce the murder rate

    According to your logic: murders are disproportionally committed by gun owners, so we should take away their rights as well.
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    background checks for ALL firearm sales will reduce the murder rate

    People keep saying that "criminals do not obey gun laws" but that is just missing the point. My proposed laws do not rely on criminals obeying laws. Let me simplify for those who still don't get it. Lets say there are good guys and bad guys. only good guys can buy guns from manufactorers. bad...
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    background checks for ALL firearm sales will reduce the murder rate

    Yes, but where are all these guns in the underworld come from? Most of those guns were legal once, so with my proposed law there would be fewer of those guns.
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    background checks for ALL firearm sales will reduce the murder rate

    Here is a pro-gun article stating that at least 90% of the murders were committed by felons (who are not allowed to possess a weapon). Gun Control Restricts Those Least Likely to Commit Violent Crimes: Newsroom: The Independent Institute Mass shootings are only a tiny fraction of the total...
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    background checks for ALL firearm sales will reduce the murder rate

    ATF, but I found them on a PBS site. I provided a link in an earlier post.
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    background checks for ALL firearm sales will reduce the murder rate

    about 5%, so 95% are committed with illegal guns.
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