http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/09/required-viewing-jon-stewart-on-gun-control Comments On: Required Viewing: Jon Stewart on Gun Control by Dan Savage en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:15:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by thelyamhound]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:55:28 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Ken Mehlman]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:16:35 -0800 The Stranger
Nevertheless, according to the way we're popularly defining "assault rifles" these days, they were involved in exactly 72 deaths last year.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:39:06 -0800 The Stranger Now, these numbers aren't conclusive (due in part to the fuzzy definitions of "assault weapon") but it does shed some light on the issue.
Posted by venomlash]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:25:10 -0800 The Stranger So the only reasonable response to that would be to make NYC's gun laws the same as Seattle's.
Posted by fairly.unbalanced]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:25:43 -0800 The Stranger I have news for you, every city has had significantly decreased crime since the 1990s, the national violent crime rate is half of what it was. New York's Draconian Laws made little difference.

According to the 2011 FBI uniform crime statistics New York Shity has a murder rate of 6.3 per 100,000.

Seattle has a Murder rate of 3.2 per 100,000, that is almost half of NYC despite will issue concealed carry, and assault rifles.

Posted by Cascadian Bacon]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:38:59 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Ken Mehlman]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:52:43 -0800 The Stranger
Nowadays, semiautomatic versions of military rifles are readily available, yet they are rarely used in crimes. Why do you think that is?
Posted by Ken Mehlman]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:49:30 -0800 The Stranger
Flooding the streets with easy to obtain guns is why our criminals are so well armed. The NRA is the criminal's best friend.

Notice how few criminals today have machine guns? They used to carry them all the time. Then we restricted access. What does that prove? It proves common sense gun regulation works.

Criminals arm themselves from the arsenals of so-called law abiding gun owners.
Posted by Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 08:29:24 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Brooklyn Reader]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 08:28:15 -0800 The Stranger always be able to get guns. There's no law in the world that will change that.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 06:40:02 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Brooklyn Reader]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 06:23:22 -0800 The Stranger Posted by smajor82]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 05:57:13 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 05:31:54 -0800 The Stranger Just wow.
Posted by michael bell]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 05:09:12 -0800 The Stranger
@54 Yes, any and all gun control means you're treating your population like four year olds. That's pretty much a counter-argument for any law, period. Try again.
Posted by oskomena]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 04:38:35 -0800 The Stranger
There a 100 million responsible gun owners in this country. Every year, about 9-10,000 people (mostly gang-bangers and crazies) prove themselves to be four-year-olds. It makes no sense to treat them all the same.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 03:58:03 -0800 The Stranger
But seriously, are sensible gun laws really repressive? That's like saying having to take a driving test to get a license is repressive. I'd rather stay out of these arguments since I've seen they go nowhere for either side, and both sides can never understand the other. It's a shame.
Posted by michael bell]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 03:16:36 -0800 The Stranger Posted by mshawn]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:53:55 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:27:38 -0800 The Stranger
The more I think about it, nothing in the world is dangerous! And since human ineptitude really doesn't exist, this world may as well be a big blown up bouncy tent. People don't make mistakes, ever. And if they are trained its even more never than ever. Also, drugs are some of the safest things you can have.

The only danger is you! But you're not dangerous either!
Posted by michael bell]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:58:50 -0800 The Stranger Have you ever heard of The French Resistance?

Looks like your grasp of history is as feeble as your grasp of civil rights.

But I cant expect much from a sniveling, nanny government boot licking New Yorker.

Now go ask daddy Bloomberg to change your diaper.
Seems like you were treated far more civilly by [Unpronounceable] when you revealed yourself to have a feeble grasp of history. And in the very post where you accused someone else of it. Classic!

So I guess everyone from New York is pro-nanny state, just like everyone in Eastern Washington is a rube, right?
Posted by Free Lunch]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:41:06 -0800 The Stranger
Your type never leaves the chair. Internet warriors.
Posted by Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:13:04 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Ken Mehlman]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:40:38 -0800 The Stranger Posted by StuckInUtah]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:58:12 -0800 The Stranger