^ My assumption is that graph is misleading as, I would guess, fewer and fewer gun owners answer surveys about ownership truthfully...and who could blame them.
I don't know what you're talking about, I don't own any guns....
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^ My assumption is that graph is misleading as, I would guess, fewer and fewer gun owners answer surveys about ownership truthfully...and who could blame them.
I'd like to see this at 100%!
Abortion is the leading cause of death in these United States. Guns at the ready are the least of our problems...Let's face it, Big Macs have killed more Americans than gunz and nothing says 'Mericah more than a loaded gun under a sofa cushion, one in the breadbox, and another under your pillow, perhaps more... Happy Sunday!
Violence Policy Center had to really stretch their definition of gun violence to put Alaska at the top of the ranking, primarily by including suicide -- take away the 80% of Alaskan firearm deaths that are self-inflicted, and the state drops well below the national average. As for why Alaska is so suicidal, it's mostly about isolation and demographics -- neither are easily changed (not that Progressives aren't trying!).I feel bad for anyone who takes Cracked seriously. A couple highlights to explain why:
1. Alaska gun deaths: 177 gun related deaths (including suicides) in 2016 for the entire state! Guess what Chicago was in 2016? 762 with 3,550 shooting incident total (NOT including suicides). So an entire f*cking state which is the biggest in the union could not even come close to competing with a city. Yeah Alaska doesn't even have half the population of Chicago but I highly doubt population is the only factor here.
Violence Policy Center had to really stretch their definition of gun violence to put Alaska at the top of the ranking, primarily by including suicide -- take away the 80% of Alaskan firearm deaths that are self-inflicted, and the state drops well below the national average. As for why Alaska is so suicidal, it's mostly about isolation and demographics -- neither are easily changed (not that Progressives aren't trying!).
Progressives love to say "no guns, police are there for you", while ignoring the realities of police coverage in rural areas -- for example, in Anchorage you're lucky if you get an officer to show up within an hour (about the same as NH's North Country response time), while in Nunam Iqua your best case response time is 4 hours, and in Kake 12 hours is good, but with weather sometimes police response time is measured in days.
Violence Policy Center had to really stretch their definition of gun violence to put Alaska at the top of the ranking, primarily by including suicide -- take away the 80% of Alaskan firearm deaths that are self-inflicted, and the state drops well below the national average. As for why Alaska is so suicidal, it's mostly about isolation and demographics -- neither are easily changed (not that Progressives aren't trying!).
I heard some where I forget, in some cities up there they require a permit for alcohol.Regardless, the rate (per capita) of violent crime in Alaska is still extraordinarily high. Two things with which Alaska has to contend differently from the other 49: sunlight (excesses and the lack of throughout the year), and an aboriginal population who has to be kept a goodly country mile away from alcohol, lest they go absolutely batshit insane.
https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/amco/AlcoholLocalOption.aspxI heard some where I forget, in some cities up there they require a permit for alcohol.
Scary.. Coming to soda and straws near you.
I heard some where I forget, in some cities up there they require a permit for alcohol.
OTOH, take away all the firearms in Canada (or even just in the Inuit territories), and I doubt their life expectancy will increase to any statistically significantly degree.Look at Canada's murder rates and where they are clustered by territory. Outside of their cities which have similar drug/gang problems to ours there's an insane number of murders in the Inuit territories usually as the result of domestic disputes getting settled with a 12 gauge, 22lr, or .303 Brit.
OTOH, take away all the firearms in Canada (or even just in the Inuit territories), and I doubt their life expectancy will increase to any statistically significantly degree.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amph...ate-the-number-of-gun-owners-thats-a-problem/
Violence Policy Center had to really stretch their definition of gun violence to put Alaska at the top of the ranking, primarily by including suicide -- take away the 80% of Alaskan firearm deaths that are self-inflicted, and the state drops well below the national average. As for why Alaska is so suicidal, it's mostly about isolation and demographics -- neither are easily changed (not that Progressives aren't trying!).
Progressives love to say "no guns, police are there for you", while ignoring the realities of police coverage in rural areas -- for example, in Anchorage you're lucky if you get an officer to show up within an hour (about the same as NH's North Country response time), while in Nunam Iqua your best case response time is 4 hours, and in Kake 12 hours is good, but with weather sometimes police response time is measured in days.
54 percent of gun owners overall admitted that they did not store their guns safely. No gun safes, no cabinets, no trigger locks, not even a passive-aggressive Post-It note telling everyone not to touch their stuff.
You’re making me feel like an especially violent Schroeder.
See, I don't get that. I mean, I get that isolation bothers some people but honestly, a year or two in the wilderness, provided I have a warm cabin, food and "maybe" an internet connection but at LEAST a ton of books and I'd be in heaven.
“Especially violent Linus.”
That ought to join “felon-in-waiting” as a standard NES label.
And yes, OP, your posting of that with no snark was very noncromulent.
This.See, I don't get that. I mean, I get that isolation bothers some people but honestly, a year or two in the wilderness, provided I have a warm cabin, food and "maybe" an internet connection but at LEAST a ton of books and I'd be in heaven.