Fucking idiot. Does it occur to you that the reason firearms deaths are concentrated in metropolitan areas might be because that's where the population is concentrated?
Nothing gets you past the undeniable truth that when the clock strikes midnight tonight, around 30 people will have died from gunfire on this day. Fuck you and your ridiculous "it only happens in liberal cities" arguments. That has nothing to do with it. The problem is not only how easy it is to get a firearm legally, it is the fact that we have hundreds of millions of firearms already in circulation. And, any argument that the gun lobby (that would be the Right Wing Whacko gun lobby) is not largely responsible for that state of affairs is bullshit.
Originally Posted by timpage
We are talking about a murder RATE and not the actual numbers. So it matters not where the population is or not.
You also misquote me somewhat, I was not aware of "liberal" cities. I only know about liberal leaders, laws, and regulations. Take Kansas City, you may want to believe that KCMO is not liberal (location, history, mindset) but during the democratic convention in 2008 the ENTIRE city council went to Denver for it. Kansas City is also a sanctuary city, is going to raise the minimum wage by fiat, and has a meddling group of race baiters running the city council.
Chicago is completely democratic historically and politically. They have draconian gun laws. New Orleans has more lax gun laws (I lived there for two years) but unless you live there you don't understand how law enforcement works or the liberal mindset. Look up Antoinette Franks. She murdered her police partner in cold blood at a crime scene, she murdered her father and buried him under the house that she lived in, she was almost bounced out of the police academy for psych reasons (you don't say) but the mayor Marc Morial (d) saved her job because she was black and female.
Like someone said, the crime is focused in small areas so you to admit that the powers that be may not be that interested in stopping the criminals.