For all gun supporters out there...Shouldn't Texas be the safest place on Earth? (stats, racist)
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I found this part odd: So I’m not after making this country into a police state, but I think that people are kind of whacked when they act like there’s something fundamental about, you know, how guns should be part of society. It’s kind of a historical accident that you live with. But I don’t think it was deterministic in any way.
For such a smart guy that seems like a very strange thing to say. The 2nd amendment to the constitution, right after guaranteeing free speech, and specifically stating that a well regulated militia is necessary, says the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed and he thinks it's an "accident"? It wasn't deterministic?
It just sorta happened to turn out that way for no particular reason? To be honest I would normally dismiss that just being moronic, but this guy is obviously extremely smart so it just leaves me shocked. I mean even if you don't know the history of when, why, and how the constitution was written it still seems you could get from the positioning and wording of the amendment that this was very deliberate and that they had specific reasons for it.
He compares it earlier to alcohol. Alcohol is only legal now because it's been around so long that it's just accepted. Well alcohol existed then, and there is not an amendment guaranteeing your right to get drunk. I just don't get this piece of utter ignorance in the middle of an otherwise well considered interview.
1. If guns deter crime, why is America's violent crime rate so much higher than that of the borderline socialist, typically anti-gun Europe? Why is Texas's crime rate so much higher than that of, say, Massachusetts? Shouldn't Texas be the safest region on Earth?
2. How does the second amendment forbid gun control legislation? Does the first amendment forbid libel and slander laws? Why is the second amendment taken to be absolute, while far more fundamental liberties are frequently curbed in the name of security (cough cough Patriot cough cough act)?
3. To those who use the "ban guns and criminals will just obtain them illegally" argument, do you support the war on drugs as well?
You can fit how many Massachusetts, into the land mass of Texas.
Per capita or per state?
6.6 million, compared to 26 million population
Massachusetts has less then 8% minority population. It is Whiteyville.
Texas has a 26% minority population.
The Progressive bastions, Houston, Dallas and San Antonio, account for 3/4 of all violence in the state.
1. If guns deter crime, why is America's violent crime rate so much higher than that of the borderline socialist, typically anti-gun Europe? Why is Texas's crime rate so much higher than that of, say, Massachusetts? Shouldn't Texas be the safest region on Earth?
2. How does the second amendment forbid gun control legislation? Does the first amendment forbid libel and slander laws? Why is the second amendment taken to be absolute, while far more fundamental liberties are frequently curbed in the name of security (cough cough Patriot cough cough act)?
3. To those who use the "ban guns and criminals will just obtain them illegally" argument, do you support the war on drugs as well?
You see.....there is no such thing as utopia. The best we can do is lower the risk of being a victim.
Add South Dakota, North Dakota, Idaho and Montana to that list. These states aren't saddled with the numbers of criminal aliens that contribute so heavily to the violent crime rate in Texas, and all have some of the lowest violent crime rates in the country. Along with some of the most "liberal" gun laws.
yup.
nailed it.
whats the difference between Texas and the above named states ?
Texas has a lot more minorities / "unregistered democrats"
guns do kill people. chumps feel embiggened to commit crimes and kill which they otherwise wouldn't without a gun. a gun is an enabler, plain and simple. crime would still exist without guns, but guns raise the stakes.
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