Here come the southern apologists trying to make excuses for the regions violent, barbaric, and otherwise uncivilised behavior.

Anyways if a person wants to get and use a gun they'll find a way. These kids were just trying to get attention.

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The population of Washington DC is mostly black, the descendants of slaves who were inculcated with the southern culture.
Detroit is in the north, but the vast majority of the population migrated there from the south.

Southern culture is based on a Scottish herding culture, herders deal out justice immediately because there is no one else to call. Northern culture is based on an English farming culture, farmers depend on the community for defense. Southern culture was further dehumanized by the institution of slavery, where barbaric means were used to force blacks to comply with their masters wishes.
Even in northern cities with easy access to guns, the murder rate is very low.
In Bangor ME it's 1.4 per 100,000.

Check out the link I posted to the top 100 cities for murder in the US, they are southern cities, or northern cities with large populations of recent southern immigrants.
Even NYC's murder rate of 4.7 per 100,000 would be substantially lower without Harlem, an area populated by people with a southern culture.

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I'm not talking about murder rates, I'm simply talking about the southern vs northern culture that you are referring to. DC is filled with many impoverished individuals, but it is not a southern city in the sense that you are referring to.

*bang bang*

So much for the "culture of life"....

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Yep, and they're all in the hands of criminals.

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Life is mich more secure in a society where law-abiding citizens are allowed to defend themselves and their loved ones.

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The more the state 'plans' the more difficult planning becomes for the individual. - F.A. Hayek

-The Ludwig von Mises Institute
-Ron Paul 2008
-The Constitution of the United States of America
-I am the NRA

All of them?

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The murder rate in Washinton DC is 46.4 per 100,000
The murder rate in Arlington, VA is 2.1 per 100,000

GunOwners.org: Gun Grabbers Have No Proof Washington DC's Gun Ban Laws Have Worked


A drastic figure, considering that DC has the strictest gun laws in the country, and Arlington (just across the pond from DC) and the rest of Virginia is awash in guns.

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The more the state 'plans' the more difficult planning becomes for the individual. - F.A. Hayek

-The Ludwig von Mises Institute
-Ron Paul 2008
-The Constitution of the United States of America
-I am the NRA

Pretty much, the only guns than can be legally posessed in Chicago or DC are hunting rifles that must be unloaded and locked up. Any other firearm is in the hands of a criminal who is breaking the law.

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The more the state 'plans' the more difficult planning becomes for the individual. - F.A. Hayek

-The Ludwig von Mises Institute
-Ron Paul 2008
-The Constitution of the United States of America
-I am the NRA

That God that these little idiots weren't seriously bent on causing death and destruction. Using readily available materials, they could have killed and maimed a great many.

Everyone was fortunate that they weren't really serious. Frankly, claiming that the outcome as so good just because of a lack of firearms is a fool's comfort.

Consider, just as a for instance, the damage they could have done with a few bottles of petrol and some rags.

Matt

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That's a hard argument to follow....northern cities with high murder rates are from large migrations from the south....but northern migrations to the south don't experience lower murder rates.

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Don't be ridiculous. In Chicago there are just as many guns in the hands of police officers who are breaking the law.

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With some experience with a machete (really useful farm tool), it's nice to see that the one wielding it was incompetent.

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Before I consider this I'd like the raw numbers as to how many southerners are migrating to Chicago and New York, and a list of gun crime statistics in those cities, as opposed to simply murder.

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-The Ludwig von Mises Institute
-Ron Paul 2008
-The Constitution of the United States of America
-I am the NRA

Hey all, DC is south of Mass so of course it's 'southern'.

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