Blogs May 30, 2012 at 2:13 pm

Rural America: The Gun-Crazy Seattle Edition

Charles Mudede
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A horrible tragedy has happened, and you have to inject your tired anti-rural crap. Give it a rest.
Teslick on May 30, 2012 at 2:24 PM Report this
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You know what would make Seattle safer? Light sabers.
Evil(tm) Evolutionist on May 30, 2012 at 2:42 PM Report this
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@2 I would vote for this.

As for the gun store, how exactly would that stop or making the shootings today better? I'm willing to bet the shootings today were used with a regular-old gun from a city gun shop. It doesn't matter where they are purchased, it matters how they're used.
jedifarfy on May 30, 2012 at 2:52 PM Report this
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Good Afternoon Charles,
It is equally a tragedy whether it happens in a city or in a rural area. Alas, it actually happens MORE in cities than in rural areas of America. My condolences to ALL victims of these violent crimes.
lark on May 30, 2012 at 3:08 PM Report this
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For exactly once, I agree with Mudede.
LiberatusQuirkus on May 30, 2012 at 3:19 PM Report this
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#4: That is simply not true, rural areas have much higher rates of homicide and overall gun violence than urban areas.

Here is a study based on WA state data but google will provide a million more data points.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/4058…
raku on May 30, 2012 at 4:23 PM Report this
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Charles, you are the most thought-provoking writer at the Stranger, by far.

You are also the worst photographer. If you insist on putting crappy cell phone pics on your posts, invest in an hour some time with someone who can give you a few basic pointers.
Reverse Polarity on May 30, 2012 at 5:00 PM Report this
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Shuttup # 1 it is the perfect time to interject this.

Unless he was like family of one of them, its entirely appropriate, we don't need that country shit!
Bigsfrottin on May 30, 2012 at 6:31 PM Report this
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@6. I'm not sure where you're getting that. Can't look at your broken link, but everything I've read from the US DOJ's Bureau of Crime Statistics shows violent crime rates in urban areas to be higher than in rural areas.
quix on May 30, 2012 at 7:23 PM Report this
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...and who indirectly helped bring Chuckie, Last of the Pseudo-Intellectual Rhodesians, to rural America? Why none other than Mugabe, the U.N.'s new "tourism leader"! His former boot lick Ebenezer Mudede must be rubbing one off in the grave after hearing this one.
BetarayBilly2 on May 30, 2012 at 7:32 PM Report this
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Since when is there a gun range in Seattle?
ishf on May 30, 2012 at 9:55 PM Report this
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BIG GUN FUN! Drive right up in your F150, little boy! Time to become a Man!
Karlheinz Arschbomber on May 31, 2012 at 1:08 AM Report this
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@6 raku,
I contend that greatly. I stand by my point. It is safer to live in rural America than urban America by the standard of violent crime (assault, robbery, rape and of course, homicide). Agree with @9.
lark on May 31, 2012 at 8:05 AM Report this

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