And you would lose that wager. Religious affiliation for most of these mayors does not show up in a quick google search, but I was able to find that Libby Schaaf, the current mayor of Oakland, is Jewish. Any other baseless aspersions you want to cast?
And moreover, the only reason you guessed that they were all Christians is that most Americans are Christians.
Most Americans are not Democrats. And of the 100 biggest cities in the US, only 62 have Democrat Mayors. If mayoral party affiliation and dangerousness are not related, the probability of all 10 of the most dangerous cities having Democrat mayors is around 0.6%.
Your attempt at whataboutism is neither accurate nor relevant.
Honduras at 63.75/100k. Damn. That’s higher than the countries at war. I was surprised how violent the whole carribean is, don’t tell the cruise ships.
Also when I first saw the map I was dreading Raj’s comments on race, IQ and tendency toward violence completely ruining the thread. Then I remembered he’s banned. So dodged a bullet there.
I think you and I are having some disagreements about terminology. My problem with the article you linked and the terminology you are using is that it seems deliberately designed to make someone believe that the government is prohibited from learning anything about gun violence in America. They make no mention of what can be found in the FBI Uniform Crime Report or the CDC, instead painting a picture that we just can’t try to learn anything about gun violence, and then lays the responsibility for this on the NRA. This is not what’s happening.
The CDC and FBI routinely and diligently compile information like the race, age, sex, type of firearm, circumstances of death, location, possible criminal circumstances, and a number of other pieces of information about gun violence. If that is not “research”, what would you call it?
You seem to be unaware that the CDC conducted a study on gun violence in 2013, commissioned by President Obama. If this isn’t “research”, what would you call it?
When you think of research on gun violence, what do you have in mind?
So you’ve got no qualms speculating that a “gun fetish” is a major driver of gun violence in America, but you won’t comment on why that doesn’t seem to apply in Maine (and plenty of other gun-saturated places too, for that matter)? Not even a guess?
Edit: In the hope of avoiding future word games, let the record show that we’ve been using the terms “research” and “study” interchangeably.
Well yeah, he can’t hop in a time machine and ask the specific question to the founders themselves. Instead let’s focus on the point he makes, at that time did the founders of the United States differentiate between weapons for military use and for civilian use? Is the answer a fact or an opinion?
I’m curious to see if this American gun culture thing is anything like American free speech culture, or American search warrant culture, or American assumption of innocence culture, or American penumbra rights culture.
63.7% of firearms related deaths in the US were suicides in 2014. Mention mental health issues though and, well, you know. “Gun nut” . . . And we don’t collect these statistics . . .
I’d be shocked in a world where 50% turnout in a country this size isn’t indicative of the whole. Getting that much data in a pool that large is pretty much a slam dunk. I think most would even argue that Dems have much lower turnout than Republicans, so the swing would probably be even larger.
I don’t really feel the need to argue the point though. It’s fairly impossible to truly prove but I feel more than comfortable with the logic.
Bump Stocks are quite possibly one of the easiest gun-related things to DIY, I’m sure anyone like Paddock who put enough time into planning as he did could make one.
While Dems may or may not be part of the problem, the violent crime rate among the right wing gun nuts you seem to be speaking about is startlingly low even in larger cities. The “gun nut” culture unequivocally isn’t a problem in terms of violent crime (NRA members virtually don’t commit violent crime). Where I do see a link between the unhealthy glorification of guns and violence is inner cities and gang and drug culture. If any culture needs to change is inner city culture and it’s relationship with guns. I’m totally open to ideas about changing it.
Maybe it’s semantics, but just voting dem doesn’t necessarily make you a dem, though, right?
I mean, if the dems had put literally anyone else up this election I probably would have voted dem for the first time in my life. I don’t think that makes me a dem.
Okay, cool.
How the hell would I know that? I have no idea what your stance is. I can make some assumptions, but that’s about it.
I’d just like to point out that there was something unique to this shooting that may have contributed to the legality, isn’t really necessary for 2nd amendment purposes, and could be directly targeted with legislation. Bump stocks (which were approved under Obama). And guess what, republicans and the NRA are on board with regulating them, imagine that.