Where a Hispanic Catholic, and a Computer Geek write about Gun Rights, Self Defense and whatever else we can think about.
So Soviet of Rosie O’Donnell.
Rosie O’Donnell: “Impeach Clarence Thomas. Arrest his wife.” pic.twitter.com/30j0qyYN0U
— Discourse Enjoyer (@BidenHarrisBro) June 24, 2022
I have no doubt that if her ilk could get away with it, they would drag Undesirables out of their homes and summarily execute them in the streets for crimes against their dogma.
And that is why we own guns.
Calls have rung out across the nation demanding gun control laws in a bid to curb violent crimes such as the recent series of mass shootings. Data, however, show that in states with higher percentages of households with at least one gun, crimes are not higher than in states with strict gun laws.
— Fox News: States with higher rate of gun ownership do not correlate with more gun murders, data show
While this particular report is very good at balancing numbers John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center and author of More Guns, Less Crime points out that this report has the same failings as the anti-gun statistics. It is the problem of comparing two dissimilar locations with different CCW restrictions.
It is the same problem of comparing the UK to the US. The US is huge as compared to the UK. If you compare the UK to a single state of comparable area or comparable population you can get very different results, depending on which and where. England has a population of 56 million as of 2018, California has a population of 39 million. Comparing England to California is more reasonable than comparing England to these United States.
In addition, these United States have a much more heterogeneous mixture than many European countries. Until the recent influx of refugees most Scandinavian countries were very homogeneous. That is a statement of cultures, not of colors.
Lott’s prefered method of comparison is not to compare two different locations. It is just to easy to cherry pick to get the results you want. Instead he prefers to look at a single place as the laws change.
In addition he and most honest researchers look into controlling outside factors. Consider the situation where a state passes constitutional carry and at the same time decides on a catch and release policy for violent criminals. Or decides to release 100s of criminals from prison in order to keep them safe from a virus.
Which of those factors drives the rate of violence? Is it that there is suddenly more violent criminals on the streets? Is that there is suddenly no punishment for violent crime? Or is it that ordinary people can suddenly defend themselves?
At some point I’ll try and find the statistics on average number of crimes a violent criminal commits before they are incarcerated.
AWFL: Affluent White Female Liberal
You know exactly the type of person I’m referring to.
NY's @GovKathyHochul: People bearing arms for self-protection "makes everyone else feel very unsafe." pic.twitter.com/GJsIXvT6jQ
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) June 24, 2022
Anne: Do you have numbers to show that it’s the concealed carry permit holders that are committing crimes?
Hochul: I don’t need to have numbers. I don’t need to have a data point to say this. I know that I have a responsibility for this state to have sensible gun safety laws. pic.twitter.com/NiCp7POO88
— Anne McCloy (@theannemccloy) June 29, 2022
Of course she doesn’t know how many New York gun permit holders have committed gun crimes.
She doesn’t know and doesn’t care about the statistics from Florida and other states about how law abiding licensed concealed carry permit holders actually are.
What she has is feelings.
She feels unsafe at the idea that other people might be carrying guns around her that she doesn’t know about.
She feels unsafe with licensed gun owners carrying on the subway.
Never mind the rate of subway pushings and other homicides in the subway in the last few years.
Disregard actual dangers from criminals, junkies, and vagrants that have be released or not charged for reasons of equity, her perceived danger from a guy with a CCW permit looms large in her mind.
So she will deny you your rights. Rights affirmed by the Supreme Court just a few days ago.
Her feelings are more important than your rights and don’t you forget it.
This is the AWFL way of life.
It was AWFLs who maintained lockdowns and masking long after they were all proven to br useless.
It was AWFLs who keep the schools closed.
It was AWFLs who rated out neighbors and businesses for being open.
It was AWFLs who lit candles to St. Fauci.
These people have no capacity for rational analysis or risk assessment.
They have privileged lives and have strong feelings about things they don’t understand and will use those feelings to crush you.
Governor Hochul maintained the lockdowns and COVID restrictions long after there was a need but she was afraid so you had to lose your rights.
Now her feelings are overruling a Supreme Court decision and will be denied the rights they acknowledged.
AWFL governor governs AWFLly.
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders: Bugliosi, Vincent, Gentry, Curt
I believe it is still the best account of the Tate-Labianca murders. Bugliosi was the D.A. assigned to the case and shares not only many insider tips and stories but provides an amazing background on the Manson Family and Charlie himself. I am still amazed at how close the Tate Murders came never to be solved for a sundry of reason.
If you are curious (especially the youngings) about this piece of American Murder History, give the book a chance. It is great summer reading
