My friend L has just left Arizona, along with her fellow Unitarian Universalists, who had their general convention there. Lots of protesting against Arizona's attempt to enforce the immigration laws that ObamaHolder's USA will not.
On FB, she linked to a photo of people with rifles. Arizona has very American gun laws, that is, very unregulated. L's compatriots were righteously aghast at all this freedom.
Here's a hunch. Gun violence depends very much on who has the guns. If it's the traditional American White population, crime rates are low. If it's the traditional American problem population and its new Hispanic ally, then crime rates are high.
Guns don't kill people, people (of a certain kind) kill people.
I wonder what stats would say.
PS. Why I don't read The Atlantic anymore: An article on correlations between gun deaths and other factors lists everything but....wait for it....race. This kind of omission is tantamount to a barefaced lie.
On FB, she linked to a photo of people with rifles. Arizona has very American gun laws, that is, very unregulated. L's compatriots were righteously aghast at all this freedom.
Here's a hunch. Gun violence depends very much on who has the guns. If it's the traditional American White population, crime rates are low. If it's the traditional American problem population and its new Hispanic ally, then crime rates are high.
Guns don't kill people, people (of a certain kind) kill people.
I wonder what stats would say.
PS. Why I don't read The Atlantic anymore: An article on correlations between gun deaths and other factors lists everything but....wait for it....race. This kind of omission is tantamount to a barefaced lie.
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