I dunno. You compare a city like London or Paris to San Francisco, and they all have homeless people. The major difference is that the ones in SF/the US are far and away more mentally damaged.
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It proves that gun bans do not equate to reducing violent crime. Throw in the fact that law-abiding citizens can arm themselves against criminals who don't care about laws, there is sufficient evidence you can curtail the threat of crime, as what has occurred in Detroit. The fact we have what is essentially a total drug ban and major drug epidemic in this country should cause folks to deduce that reducing legal access to firearms will do jack squat here. Gangs, robbers, and mass shooters will get their hands on weapons regardless of a ban, just like junkies will spend 20K on the corner to get their high.
Conglomeration of reasons, one of which is overmedication. Unfortunately, I know a lot of people now, including family members, that struggle with anti-D's and other types of drugs. It really does cause them to make irrational decisions.
Conglomeration of reasons, one of which is overmedication. Unfortunately, I know a lot of people now, including family members, that struggle with anti-D's and other types of drugs. It really does cause them to make irrational decisions.
If things only worked in isolation like that. The challenge is that you cannot prove that the violent crime wouldn't be worse without the gun ban. What's unusual about Chicago are the lawless neighborhoods and Sinaloa cartels pumping dope and sucking out money, and that doesn't translate to most parts of 'Merica either.
You need to see DC. You would think the Capital for the most powerful nation on earth would do something for homeless but in fact its worse here than anywhere I've seen that is.
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Also, there is a known homeless scheme here...there is this guy that parks his Beamer behind some Italian restaurant in Georgetown but you see him begging on the corner of Wisconsin and M Street in Georgetown.
Incredible how much money he gets by doing nothing.
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Also, there is a known homeless scheme here...there is this guy that parks his Beamer behind some Italian restaurant in Georgetown but you see him begging on the corner of Wisconsin and M Street in Georgetown.
Incredible how much money he gets by doing nothing.
Here is an example: This is LITERALLY the intersection of Wisconsin & M St. NW in Georgetown where my CK store was:
The guy in orange shirt...the guy with the whale hat, cane and knee brace, and the guy in the white shirt with the microphone in hand...they literally compete with one another every single day...whoever gets to that spot first stays there or they get into arguments like a turf war
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Yes, everyone, I google Street viewed them and its the same day. Don't believe me, go through the street view yourself
The guy in orange shirt...the guy with the whale hat, cane and knee brace, and the guy in the white shirt with the microphone in hand...they literally compete with one another every single day...whoever gets to that spot first stays there or they get into arguments like a turf war
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Yes, everyone, I google Street viewed them and its the same day. Don't believe me, go through the street view yourself
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Lots of homeless schemes all over the world though. And the money they make is still fairly little.
I think the American right to be offended has a lot to do with it as well. Caitlyn Jenner needs to be praised and if people call her a man that's offensive. Fact is, she didn't even have surgery. So why do I have to call him/her a beautiful woman if she's a 65 year old man with obvious mental issues who has not only been very irritating for his entire life, but has also apparently just run over someone?
It's that kind of shit that prevents people from saying to a crazy man 'hey, dude, you sound kind of crazy, wake the fuck up'. Add to that the fact that indeed, you prescribe medication for just about anything (Europe is heavily overmedicated too though) and the use of social media to show everyone else's perfect life and frustrations are bound to grow.
Like I've said before, growing up in the US these days must be incredibly difficult.
I think the American right to be offended has a lot to do with it as well. Caitlyn Jenner needs to be praised and if people call her a man that's offensive. Fact is, she didn't even have surgery. So why do I have to call him/her a beautiful woman if she's a 65 year old man with obvious mental issues who has not only been very irritating for his entire life, but has also apparently just run over someone?
It's that kind of shit that prevents people from saying to a crazy man 'hey, dude, you sound kind of crazy, wake the fuck up'. Add to that the fact that indeed, you prescribe medication for just about anything (Europe is heavily overmedicated too though) and the use of social media to show everyone else's perfect life and frustrations are bound to grow.
Like I've said before, growing up in the US these days must be incredibly difficult.
It's ridiculous to think that America's gun policy have nothing to do with the huge amount of mass shooting and muders happening there. Ban the guns and if it result on preventing just 1% from the casualties that's fucking great. It's simple logic, easy access to the guns for the lunatics more mass shooting and murders.
And can't see how the fact that owning guns protect your family imo it puts them in more danger.
And can't see how the fact that owning guns protect your family imo it puts them in more danger.
In this case all the fault should lie on improper safekeeping of the gun. If it was placed in a safe and outside of reach, 11 year old would not have had the possibility to get it. Not saying guns should be free for all, but in this case it's down to the owner not keeping it safe place.
But if it is kept in a safe and in a hard to get place where you can't access it instantly, then what use it is for a self defense?
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Wouldn't it be better to try to deal with lunatics in the country and see why there are so many of then and what can be done to lower that, then just ban everything that could be harmful?
But if it is kept in a safe and in a hard to get place where you can't access it instantly, then what use it is for a self defense?
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Wouldn't it be better to try to deal with lunatics in the country and see why there are so many of then and what can be done to lower that, then just ban everything that could be harmful?
http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/GUNS/GUNSTAT.html
"A study of firearm deaths in high income countries (Australia, Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom (England and Wales), United Kingdom (Northern Ireland), United Kingdom (Scotland), and the United States) was conducted with data from the World Health Organization assembled by the WHO from the official national statistics of each individual country from 2003 (Richardson and Hemenway, 2011). The total population for the United States for 2003 was 290.8 million while the combined population for the other 22 countries was 563.5 million. There were 29,771 firearm deaths in the US and 7,653 firearm deaths in the 22 other countries. Of all the firearm deaths in these 23 high-income countries in 2003, 80% occurred in the US.".
"A study of firearm deaths in high income countries (Australia, Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom (England and Wales), United Kingdom (Northern Ireland), United Kingdom (Scotland), and the United States) was conducted with data from the World Health Organization assembled by the WHO from the official national statistics of each individual country from 2003 (Richardson and Hemenway, 2011). The total population for the United States for 2003 was 290.8 million while the combined population for the other 22 countries was 563.5 million. There were 29,771 firearm deaths in the US and 7,653 firearm deaths in the 22 other countries. Of all the firearm deaths in these 23 high-income countries in 2003, 80% occurred in the US.".