Vegas Mass Shooting

sadpunk · 2017-10-04T08:58:26.537Z

Britpop

hip_young_gunslinger · 2017-10-04T08:59:03.724Z

Doesn’t seem to be any one thing (but mainly Britpop)

What Caused the Great Crime Decline in the U.S.?

After decades of soaring levels of homicides and drug violence, the country’s crime rate plunged dramatically over the last 25 years. What happened?

harru · 2017-10-04T09:00:16.087Z

the most interesting thing there is the effect of lead in petrol!

RoverHendrix · 2017-10-04T09:00:57.497Z

Isn’t this the crime drop that the authors of Freakonomics tried to explain as being due to abortion?- http://freakonomics.com/2006/03/16/lets-do-the-crime-drop-again/

Jarvis · 2017-10-04T09:01:40.427Z

I’ve not read the whole thread but it is worth noting that the biggest impact Australia’s gun buy back in the John Howard era had was reducing suicides. I believe it reduced suicide by gun more than it reduced homicide by gun and also there wasn’t a comparative increase in other types of suicide to make up for the drop off. Availability of guns statistically makes suicide more likely.

hexagram · 2017-10-04T09:10:06.819Z

RoverHendrix:

Isn’t this the crime drop that the authors of Freakonomics tried to explain as being due to abortion?- http://freakonomics.com/2006/03/16/lets-do-the-crime-drop-again/

Nope

The reason I’m writing this post at this late date, and the reason I’m encouraging anyone who’s interested in the subject to read the “Understanding” paper linked above, is that a lot of the discussion about Freakonomics implies that legalized abortion alone has been responsible for the drop in crime, and that all other explanations are baloney. This, however, is not remotely the argument that our book puts forth.

badmanreturns · 2017-10-04T09:21:09.217Z

For a bit of levity… the replies to this tweet are pretty great

https://twitter.com/man_in_radiator/status/915038849281220608

Severed799 · 2017-10-04T09:30:06.792Z

thoroughly deserved response!

anon35496508 · 2017-10-04T09:34:23.904Z

That is fucking hilarious.

drastic_measures · 2017-10-04T09:36:55.686Z

They’ve also got a huge membership and they’re very good at mobilising them, and for the vast majority it’s the only issue that matters, so it’s perceived to be politically disastrous for anyone at any level advocating gun control in certain areas, as they’ll just back whichever candidate isn’t calling for that. Whether that’s true or not’s open to debate, but it seems to make a difference.

drastic_measures · 2017-10-04T09:38:05.293Z

Sorry, I’ve just repeated your first paragraph really, haven’t I? Only really read the second one.

RoverHendrix · 2017-10-04T09:57:04.969Z

That’ll teach me to skim-read

iamwiggy · 2017-10-04T11:55:27.905Z

you know all these acid attacks that have been in the news?

there’s talk of banning sales to under 18’s what we really need is more acid

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wewerewerewolvesonce · 2017-10-04T13:40:13.528Z

I think they’ve deleted the tweet now

NickDS · 2017-10-04T13:52:44.213Z

hip_young_gunslinger · 2017-10-04T13:54:56.952Z

The guy looks like an older, balder Steve McDonald.

wikihock · 2017-10-04T13:57:10.564Z

Summary in here:

https://www.thepoke.co.uk – 4 Oct 17

There were some Great British Replies™ to this dumb comment about gun control

People took time out of their busy schedule of being attacked every hour to give some very British answers to this rather dumb question.

anon35496508 · 2017-10-04T13:57:28.218Z

Splinter

Every Member of Congress Who Took Money From the NRA and Tweeted 'Thoughts and...

Americans woke up on Monday morning to learn of yet another horrific act of gun violence in the United States—this time a mass shooting in Las Vegas that left at least 58 people dead and more than 500 injured. But it seems unlikely that the...

Icarus-Smicarus · 2017-10-04T23:02:15.311Z

colon_closed_bracket · 2017-10-05T10:49:35.057Z

Fuck, that’s a long list.