Gun Violence

[nsacpi]

[nsacpi]

[nsacpi]

Nebraska stands out as an island of relative sanity.

Go Huskers!

[thethe]

Let’s see this mapped refreshed for the past two years.

[thethe]

Let’s see this mapped refreshed for the past two years.

I’d also love to see this at a county view to combat what your obvious bigotry implies by using this graphic.

[Tapate50]

Hmmm wonder what this looks like by county....

[nsacpi]

I’d also love to see this at a county view to combat what your obvious bigotry implies by using this graphic.

i take it you are referring to all the dark skinned people killing each other in Montana and Wyoming.

nice try

[thethe]

i take it you are referring to all the dark skinned people killing each other in Montana and Wyoming.

nice try

More like all the people killing each other under democrat rule.

Nice try bigot.

[nsacpi]

More like all the people killing each other under democrat rule.

Nice try bigot.

Dems run Wyoming, Montana and Alaska?

An even nicer try.

[thethe]

Dems run Wyoming, Montana and Alaska?

Nice try.

County level but you’re aware.

[nsacpi]

gun deaths per capita by county...looking forward to your "analysis"

[cajunrevenge]

One Alaska town had a Democrat dog catcher years ago. So clearly it's the Democrats fault.

[nsacpi]

One Alaska town had a Democrat dog catcher years ago. So clearly it's the Democrats fault.

the dog was a democrat too...illegally registered of course

[thethe]

gun deaths per capita by county...looking forward to your "analysis"

I’d say that you should remove suicide and see how this bears out.

But you know the answer to that already.

[nsacpi]

I’d say that you should remove suicide and see how this bears out.

But you know the answer to that already.

I do. Then it becomes more concentrated in the South and Appalachia. Not necessarily in high minority areas. The poor white areas in places like eastern Kentucky, West Virginia, the Ozarks have very high homicide rates. It is by and large red states that have very high rates of both homicides and suicides. Also deaths to alcohol and drug abuse. "Deaths of despair" is the term that has been used. Hopefully, one of y'all can chime in at this point on how folks dying this way need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and take some personal responsibility for their well-being.

[Jaw]

I’d say that you should remove suicide and see how this bears out.

But you know the answer to that already.

They never want to remove suicide for some reason. Even the people who support assisted suicide. It's odd.

[nsacpi]

They never want to remove suicide for some reason. Even the people who support assisted suicide. It's odd.

see post #1015

i've posted this same map in another thread and you and i had a good discussion about it

[thethe]

I do. Then it becomes more concentrated in the South and Appalachia. Not necessarily in high minority areas. The poor white areas in places like eastern Kentucky, West Virginia, the Ozarks have very high homicide rates. It is by and large red states that have very high rates of both homicides and suicides. Also deaths to alcohol and drug abuse. "Deaths of despair" is the term that has been used. Hopefully, one of y'all can chime in at this point on how folks dying this way need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and take some personal responsibility for their well-being.

What happened to the awful white republican areas of Wyoming and Montana? Weird that the map magically changes when you add obvious context.

This is not to discount the tragedy that is suicide and the argument that guns make it easier to accomplish. But when you talk about pure safety and security democrat run cities are the absolute worst places to be and then if you start talking about gun deaths per square mile the whole conversation changes because when it’s spaced out more it’s easier to avoid.

[nsacpi]

What happened to the awful white republican areas of Wyoming and Montana? Weird that the map magically changes when you add obvious context.

This is not to discount the tragedy that is suicide and the argument that guns make it easier to accomplish. But when you talk about pure safety and security democrat run cities are the absolute worst places to be and then if you start talking about gun deaths per square mile the whole conversation changes because when it’s spaced out more it’s easier to avoid.

In Montana and Wyoming, homicide rates are low and suicide by gun is extremely high. Those are the facts. And I've always considered facts to be friendly things.

[Jaw]

and here all along I was blaming it on video games.
Hmm learn something new everyday

There's no doubt in my mind video games are part of it. One round of Call of Duty has the player performing more shootings than I saw on a screen during my entire childhood.

I think the PG-13 rating plays a part too. Prior to Red Dawn, movies couldn't straddle that fence so kids watched PG films that were mostly violence free. Combining that PG-13 rating where parents tend to say "oh 13 is still a kid so this movie is ok for kids and my 6 year old is a kid...and I really really want to see the latest Marvel movie" with the general breakdown in parenting and the increase in the amount of time kids are on their own... it all has a predictable result.