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- Nobody is smart enough to outsmart the violent people. The police knows exctly who commits the crime, but their hands are tied. Answer is simple. Suspend the civil rights, do the profiling, go for search and seizure. A concerted raid at 3AM will do wonders. Our Civil Rights Leaders will be angry, but Detroit will be calmed down. Then repeat this in other cities.
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- Iceman_1960 said:
"...the presence in Detroit of a large number of armed citizens, has not reduced crime.
It has increased the murder rate."
I''m willing to bet that most of the people in Detriot who are armed are not law-abiding citizens who are armed legally. In Washington DC there are a large number of armed criminals even though all handguns are illegal. - Reply to this comment
- "Don"t blame guns for crime. Blame criminals."
That"s like saying, "Don"t waste time researching HIV. HIV doesn"t cause AIDS. People having irresponsible s*ex -- that"s what causes AIDS."
A ridiculous non sequitur.
Both factors are responsible and both should be addressed. - Reply to this comment
- It"s a plain as day, that the presence in Detroit of a large number of armed citizens, has not reduced crime.
It has increased the murder rate. - Reply to this comment
- Just supply everybody with a very loud police whistle.
Studies have shown that is effective in deterring crime.
And they cannot be used by a drunk to murder his family. - Reply to this comment
- Guns are a huge factor in domestic violence homicides, particularly when alcohol abuse is also present.
The honest citizen who uses his gun for self-defense on Wednesday, can get drunk on Saturday and shoot his wife and kids.
If blaming guns for crime is wrong, so is praising guns for self-defense. - Reply to this comment
- Don''t give credit to guns when they are used in self defense, give credit to the responsible gun owner who can safely and properly use their firearm.
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- "Blaming guns for crime is like blaming matches for arson, or blaming the keyboard for misstyped words."
- Posted by gunownerdan at 11:30 AM : Nov 19, 2007
Then crediting guns for self-protection is equally wrong. - Reply to this comment
- You"ve got it backwards.
It is the Iraqi "citizens" who should be given weapons and the right to carry them, to take back their communities.
The troops should come back to patrol places like Detroit. - Reply to this comment
- Blaming guns for crime is like blaming matches for arson, or blaming the keyboard for misstyped words.
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