Looks like that handgun ban in England did a lot of goodover a story about some recent gang killings in England. In McBride World, that qualifies as an in-depth investigation.
A few things she didn't mention:
There were a total of 50 homicides involving firearms in England and Wales in their reporting year 2005-06.
There were 8,478 homicides involving handguns and 2868 involving other firearms in the US in 2005, according to DOJ reports.
Milwaukee had 122 homicides in 2005 and 103 in 2006. More than 75% of the homicides in 2005-06 were committed with a firearm. Source: Milwaukee Homicide Review Commission.
Milwaukee has more gun homicides than all of England and Wales. If that's a failed gun policy in Britain, maybe we could stand a little of that kind of failure.
We shall see. I just posted an abbreviated version of the stats as a comment. Not an abusive word ... let's wait and see.
ReplyDeleteQuick! Where's the betting window? I want to cash in on this.
ReplyDeleteAnd the winner is ... capper. By 7:45 am this morning the comment in question had still not been posted. She can't stand it when she's called for her fact-free posts. Here is the comment I provided along with two from her fans, one of whom is fairly anonymous.
ReplyDeleteKate said...
Jiminy Crickets Jess, you're asking for common sense where none exists. :/
July 30, 2007 12:23 PM
mrg said...
Isn't there a saying that goes something like this:
"If gun ownership is made illegal, individuals engaging in illegal activity will still own guns."
July 30, 2007 12:25 PM
Er, A few things you don't mention:
There were a total of 50 homicides involving firearms in England and Wales in their reporting year 2005-06.
Milwaukee had 122 homicides in 2005 and 103 in 2006. More than 75% of the homicides in 2005-06 were committed with a firearm. Source: Milwaukee Homicide Review Commission.
Milwaukee has more gun homicides than all of England and Wales. If that's a failed gun policy in Britain, maybe we could stand a little of that kind of failure.
Well, 11:00 am and still no posting, though she did post another comment from me in which I asked for links to information on electric shock therapy for sex offenders (answering James pawlak's comment).
ReplyDeleteShe just won't accept that what she wrote was misleading and untrue.
Heh...other side, I beat you to it! I'd be really interested to see if Mr. Pawlak can actually provide links to prove what he's saying, because at the risk of sounding cynical I'm inclined to believe he pulled his "data" out of his hind end.
ReplyDelete10:43 p.m. the next day. and still no post. Would someone kindly point me to the pay out window?
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