Comment Re:gun-toting lunatics (Score 1) 236
"Extraordinary statements need extraordinary proof."
Fact: The District of Columbia has the toughest gun laws in the U.S., much stricter than most of the world also.
Fact: The District of Columbia has had the first or second highest per-capita murder rate for the past ten years. Combine that with one of the highest rates of overall violent crime.
Spankfish is absolutely right about the U.S. rate of incarceration. A closer look at those statistics show most prisoners are serving time for drug convictions not gun convictions.
"Those who would sacrfice liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin
Fact: The District of Columbia has the toughest gun laws in the U.S., much stricter than most of the world also.
Fact: The District of Columbia has had the first or second highest per-capita murder rate for the past ten years. Combine that with one of the highest rates of overall violent crime.
Spankfish is absolutely right about the U.S. rate of incarceration. A closer look at those statistics show most prisoners are serving time for drug convictions not gun convictions.
"Those who would sacrfice liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin
