04-01-2017, 10:55 AM
(04-01-2017, 02:12 AM)xxlt Wrote: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/12/03/weve-had-a-massive-decline-in-gun-violence-in-the-united-states-heres-why/?utm_term=.d488449e6040
Hmm. Seems people aren't blowing each others brains out at a record clip, gang members or not.
From the article:
"This decline in gun violence is part of an overall decline in violent crime. According to the FBI's data, the national rate of violent crime has decreased 49 percent since its apex in 1991. Even as a certain type of mass shooting is apparently becoming more frequent, America has become a much less violent place.
Much of the decline in violence is still unexplained, but researchers have identified several reasons for the shift..."
And the article title? "We've had a massive decline in gun violence in the United States. Here's Why."
This is hardly a new topic or news anyone who frequents here is not aware of. I've brought this exact topic up several times to show how new gun control laws are not only pointless, they're unnecessary. In the last decade or so gun ownership has exploded while at the same time violent crime and murder continued an overall decline. Targeting hard core recidivists with long (forever) prison sentences helps reduce gun violence. Telling me I can't have a AR with a functional mag release doesn't do shit.
Politicians like to appear to be doing something, it's far easier than actually doing something and the idiots lap it up. See, I passed gun control legislation to protect you! I did something! Like Martin Sheen asked in the beginning of The Departed, "Do you want to be a cop or do you want to appear to be a cop?". The same question could be asked of politicians, do you want to make a difference or appear to make a difference. The vast majority choose the latter every time, knowingly or otherwise.
