Agreed.
Short version: VIOLENT CRIMINALS are a greater threat than terrorism. (not "guns")
Replace the inanimate object with the type of person in question. Then we're comparing dangerous actors to dangerous actors, not objects to actors.
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Article: OBAMA: GUNS A GREATER THREAT THAN TERRORISM
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Short version: VIOLENT CRIMINALS are a greater threat than terrorism. (not "guns")
Replace the inanimate object with the type of person in question. Then we're comparing dangerous actors to dangerous actors, not objects to actors.
A real comparison- murders by bikers compared to the mob. Black street gangs to Asian street gangs. Islamic terrorism to Jewish terrorism. Serial killers to drunk drivers...... He seriously compared all murders involving a specific tool to murders linked to a specific political motive. If one gang shoots 10 people and another stabs 100, is the knife wielding gang safer? Also, if Roof was considered domestic terrorism, does that mean those murders can't be counted as gun crime?
Lip
Army Veteran
The sad thing there those amongst us that idolize that rancid piece of ass***p.
Lank
NES Member
I seem to have misplaced my obama toilet paper. Can anyone help?
This is the most sensible thing this guy has EVER said. He is exactly right, and perhaps, just maybe, he now understands why it is a sacred right.
The second amendment entire intention is to put the fear of God into our politicians
The second amendment entire intention is to put the fear of God into our politicians
You forgot one major cause of death - from a Google search inspired by Detective LaBert:
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/u-s-citizens-58-times-killed-police-terrorists/
In God We Trust
NES Member
He doesn't even exist to me really. I avoid most of the threads about him online (the title of this one sucked me in) and when he comes on TV I dive for the remote. I don't think I have heard his voice since last year
Yet the odds of being killed in a "mass shooting" are way less than being struck by lighting for an average citizen. (e.g., 1/12,000 for lighting during your lifetime, vs maybe 1/10,000,000 for 'mass shooting').
The odds of being shot while being a black male and living in Oakland are more like 1/100 during your lifetime (assuming homicide rate of 26/100K, and lifetime max exposure for 20 years from age 15 to 35). Double that to something like 1/50 if you live in New Orleans.
So, Obama is talking about removing every US Citizens gun rights, in order to bring down an average risk of splashy but statistically improbable 'mass shootings' ,which is below 1 in 10 million, whereas the crazy high average homicide rate which is heavily weighted in cities like Oakland or Washington DC or Detroit or New Orleans which weight the national murder rate are just considered out of bounds to discuss.
But yeah, it's all about the legal gun owners.
The odds of being shot while being a black male and living in Oakland are more like 1/100 during your lifetime (assuming homicide rate of 26/100K, and lifetime max exposure for 20 years from age 15 to 35). Double that to something like 1/50 if you live in New Orleans.
So, Obama is talking about removing every US Citizens gun rights, in order to bring down an average risk of splashy but statistically improbable 'mass shootings' ,which is below 1 in 10 million, whereas the crazy high average homicide rate which is heavily weighted in cities like Oakland or Washington DC or Detroit or New Orleans which weight the national murder rate are just considered out of bounds to discuss.
But yeah, it's all about the legal gun owners.
Sparky123
NES Member
Mr. Obama is right about one thing, terrorists are not our greatest threat, he is.
