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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They should put that money towards sensible gun safety measures in VA and PA which is why our streets are running with blood to begin with. [/quote]

If the presence of guns causes shootings, then why aren’t there more shootings in the place the guns are being obtained? Why aren’t there more shootings in PA or VA, where you can buy a gun in literally thousands of stores, as opposed to DC, where you can’t buy one at all?

If guns caused shootings, then you’d have the most shootings at the source of the guns, where the concentration is highest.  [/quote]

It's so crazy that the world is multidimensional![/quote]

Snark isn’t an answer.

Answer the question please: if guns cause shootings, as you suggest, then why aren’t there more shootings in the places with the highest concentrations of gun sellers/owners?

It’s a simple question.

Pretend we’re all children here, and explain it to us in simple terms. You can do that, can’t you?

Answer. The. Question. [/quote]

Poverty + guns

Is a very different outcome than

Affluence + guns

That's one new dimension for you.  Now throw in there structural racism, a "war on drugs", underfunded schools, lack of opportunity, stolen wealth.  How much farther do you need me to go?[/quote]

There’s plenty of guns in Appalachia. But very little in the way of affluence. Or gun violence. FAIL.

So you’re willing to acknowledge that there’s myriad of complex reasons for this violence....and then advocate a simplistic, one dimensional solution of banning guns as the fix.

And that will address all those other issues, how?

Oh, it won’t.  It it WILL accomplish banning guns, which is the only thing you really care about. Doesn’t matter what the problem is, it’s always the same solution.

You’re a one-trick pony. 
[/quote]

Appalachia is a hell of a lot less dense though, population wise.[/quote]

And?

The number of homicides per-100/k is universal stat for that exact reason. To account for different size populations.  [/quote]

Right. But the living conditions are much different in those two environments, due to density.  I'm sure you can imagine some differences? There's also the issue of systemic racism but I won't bother explaining that to someone who doesn't care.[/quote]

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