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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a question for those that believe the ability to carry a fire arm results in higher murder rates. The statistics dispute this conclusion. So what are the other factors that make MD and DC more murderous jurisdictions?  Or is it that criminals are less likely to commit a crime in places where they believe the intended victims might be armed? Discuss ...

Feel free to cite facts as well as theories involving religion, politics, socio-economic status, culture, schools, gangs, etc. [/quote]

FACT: I biked from Virginia to DC this morning. I was not stopped at a checkpoint on the 14th Street Bridge sidepath.  No one asked me if I was taking a gun from Virginia into DC.  No one asked to look inside my pannier (bike bag).  I could have been doing a challenge to see how many guns I could have carried on my bike, no one would have known.

OTOH - It would have had to have been handguns. I don't think I could carry a rifle in my pannier.  [/quote]

Squirrel!!  What does biking have to do with this?

Anyhow, where the guns come from is irrelevant. The guns are already here in the US. They aren’t going to be confiscated anymore than people driving 5 to 10 mph over the speed limit are going to get a ticket. That is the reality despite all the anti gun protesting which is simply a waste of time. What all of the responders on this forum have failed to suggest are realistic solutions to the homicide problem, and the related mass shooting problem in this country, and particularly in DC and MD. WHY are so many homicides committed?  Is it really the availability of a gun, or something more cultural? Is it simply one of the prices of freedom, diversity, and open competition? Is it the desensitization of people to violence? Is it just population density and the fact that putting lots of people close together will result in more violence? If so, does the good outweigh the bad?  Anyhow, I will go read “studies” on the matter but my guess is that I will find conflicting studies and evidence by the researches paid to draw a predetermined conclusion. Just wanted to get some in depth thought form the average Joe and Jane. Instead I got much of the same, emotional and hackneyed platitudes about fantasy land gun control laws. Keep practicing the old adage of the definition of insanity ... and blindly hope for a different outcome. [/quote]

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