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February 10, 2014
[div style="display:inline; background-color:#FFFF66;"]Let's see, gun crime is DOWN, but there are more guns in circulation today than EVER before.
[div style="display:inline; background-color:#FFFF66;"]And, more pro-gun rights laws were passed last year than were anti-gun rights laws.
Chart of the Day
About 1,500 state gun bills have been introduced since the Newtown massacre and 109 have become law.
New York Times: “In the 12 months since the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., almost every state has enacted at least one new gun law. Nearly two-thirds of the new laws ease restrictions and expand the rights of gun owners.
I'm glad that our gun crime rates are falling, yet there is still much to do, like uniform background checks, safety training, and taking guns away from violent people.
Oh, Wait, There's even more Fail! "Men, Married, Southerners Most Likely to Be Gun Owners"
Here we go again. A flaccid attempt to smear a demographic by association with gun ownership. What bigoted tripe.
What the hell is the significance of this? There are studies that show any number of things, but is being a Gun Owner and a Married Man in the South some kind of fucking epiphany inducing revelation?
I was going to save this for another time, but as a follow up to recent post about gun ownership and political affiliation, here is another poll that is very telling:
http://www.gallup.com/poll/160223/men-married-southerners-likely-gun-owners.aspx
"Across those six data sets, an average of 30% of Americans said they personally own a gun. Another 14% did not personally own a gun but live in a household with someone who does. The results presented here focus mainly on personal gun ownership, though the demographic patterns are similar among the larger group of Americans living in gun households."
-Snip -
"In addition to gender, Southern residence, and marital status, personal gun ownership also varies significantly by age, race, and political ideology.
- Non-Hispanic whites (33%) are significantly more likely than nonwhites (22%) to own guns. Hispanics (18%) in particular show below-average gun ownership. Twenty-one percent of blacks own a gun.
- Younger Americans (20%) are much less likely to own guns than older Americans. There are only minor differences among adults 30 and older by age group (ranging between 31% and 34%).
- Gun ownership is much higher among those who are politically conservative (39%) than among those who are politically liberal (17%)."
Liberals, Progressives, and especially Democrats not only own fewer guns, but upcoming generations of Americans are more prone to be Liberal, and less prone to be attracted to the macho American gun culture they were born into.
It took the NRA several generations to poison this nation with the unfettered proliferation of guns, and the inevitable gun violence brought about by easy access to guns. It will take as long as it takes for thinking Americans to reverse that insanity, and to find solutions which are compliant with the Second Amendment while imposing reasonable restrictions, and instilling enforceable responsibilities on gun ownership.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/160223/men-married-southerners-likely-gun-owners.aspx
"Across those six data sets, an average of 30% of Americans said they personally own a gun. Another 14% did not personally own a gun but live in a household with someone who does. The results presented here focus mainly on personal gun ownership, though the demographic patterns are similar among the larger group of Americans living in gun households."
-Snip -
"In addition to gender, Southern residence, and marital status, personal gun ownership also varies significantly by age, race, and political ideology.
- Non-Hispanic whites (33%) are significantly more likely than nonwhites (22%) to own guns. Hispanics (18%) in particular show below-average gun ownership. Twenty-one percent of blacks own a gun.
- Younger Americans (20%) are much less likely to own guns than older Americans. There are only minor differences among adults 30 and older by age group (ranging between 31% and 34%).
- Gun ownership is much higher among those who are politically conservative (39%) than among those who are politically liberal (17%)."
Liberals, Progressives, and especially Democrats not only own fewer guns, but upcoming generations of Americans are more prone to be Liberal, and less prone to be attracted to the macho American gun culture they were born into.
It took the NRA several generations to poison this nation with the unfettered proliferation of guns, and the inevitable gun violence brought about by easy access to guns. It will take as long as it takes for thinking Americans to reverse that insanity, and to find solutions which are compliant with the Second Amendment while imposing reasonable restrictions, and instilling enforceable responsibilities on gun ownership.
[div style="display:inline; background-color:#FFFF66;"]Let's see, gun crime is DOWN, but there are more guns in circulation today than EVER before.
“There are as many as 300 million guns in circulation today (the majority owned legally, but many not) and [div style="display:inline; background-color:#FFFF66;"]more than 4 million new guns come onto the market each year.
[div style="display:inline; background-color:#FFFF66;"]And, more pro-gun rights laws were passed last year than were anti-gun rights laws.
Chart of the Day
About 1,500 state gun bills have been introduced since the Newtown massacre and 109 have become law.
New York Times: “In the 12 months since the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., almost every state has enacted at least one new gun law. Nearly two-thirds of the new laws ease restrictions and expand the rights of gun owners.
I'm glad that our gun crime rates are falling, yet there is still much to do, like uniform background checks, safety training, and taking guns away from violent people.
February 8, 2014
Fuck the Olympics... Fuck the Committee and fuck the Russian organization of this fucked up event.
The Olympics has always pissed me off for it's commercial corporate bullshit, it doesn't really celebrate the common man or woman- one largely has to come from an entitled family or be in a favorable position to participate.
And it seems to get worse every year and here we have a year where we could stand on principal and boycott, we aren't. Too much money at stake.
This year just fuck it all. Let it be a commercial failure and let them all learn a lesson. In fact, if the Olympics dies off altogether I don't think I'll miss them.
There's a better organization:
There's a hell of a lot more good will and humanity in the Special Olympics.
The next Special Olympics World Summer Games are coming to Los Angeles, California.
The 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games will feature world-class competitions in aquatics, gymnastics, track and field, basketball, football (soccer) and many other summer sports.
Find and support a Local Special Olympics Event Near You!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Olympics
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