May 17
Max Solomon commented on
Morning News: Car Chases, Fecal Pools, and Kitchen Nightmares.
"gun-loving iceland" has 90K guns for 300K people. murka has 300 million guns for 300 million people. 1/1 vs. 1/3.33.
PLUS: steps to gun ownership include a medical examination and a written test. steps in america include having money and not being a felon.
it's not ONLY the economic and ethnic homogeneity.
May 17
Max Solomon commented on
New Gun Enthusiast....
@23: you're parsing. 1/30 are accidental, 19/30 are suicides, etc. i note that you switched to drownings instead of accidental blowtorch deaths, too.
are you saying that accidental deaths don't count? or that the problem isn't negligent idiots because they make up such a small portion of the deaths? what proportion do they make up of the 75K in yearly non-fatal wounds? does it matter?
per the stats you provided, a HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE get shot every year in this country. 274 a day. that is a public health crisis.
May 17
Max Solomon commented on
America Doesn't Care About Black People.
I saw a plenty of reports on this shooting here & in the NYT. it was pretty obvious from the start that this was a gang beef, because it was NOLA and the intitial reports featured the infamous black man in a white t-shirt.
BTW, the "frenchman and derbigny gang" does not sound that scary. butch it up, banger idiots.
May 17
Max Solomon commented on
New Gun Enthusiast....
@13: it's not "ha ha we told you so" as much as a wearied "how many more times does this need to be demonstrated before you admit that america has a firearm problem that is unique among developed nations?"
and that problem is negligent idiots with arsenals they don't need.
&, @17, lawnmowers, blowtorches and chainsaws combined do not kill 30K/year. jarts killed 3 kids - now they're banned. more gun hugging sophistry.
not dead bad guys invading homes.