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  • CopperC Offline
    CopperC Offline
    Copper
    wrote on last edited by
    #2

    The problem with that random thought

    It is ok to have lots of guns

    It is not ok to vote lots of times

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      xenon
      wrote on last edited by
      #3

      I don't think there's necessarily a contradiction there TG.

      There's underlying values of avoiding disenfranchisement, and then there's safety.

      For D's - avoiding disenfranchisement is more important than safety in voting. Safety is more important than disenfranchisement for gun rights.

      Vice-versa for R's.

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      • CopperC Offline
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        Copper
        wrote on last edited by
        #4

        guns = safety

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        • CopperC Copper

          guns = safety

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          xenon
          wrote on last edited by
          #5

          @copper said in Guns and Voters:

          guns = safety

          A lot of polite society on the south side of Chicago.

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          • CopperC Copper

            guns = safety

            taiwan_girlT Offline
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            taiwan_girl
            wrote on last edited by
            #6

            @copper said in Guns and Voters:

            guns = safety

            I really dont believe that is true.

            alt text

            Of course, statistics can be made to show any point.

            Below is the article from which the graph above came.

            (https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2013/03/the-correlation-between-guns-and-homicide-rate.html)

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            • CopperC Offline
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              Copper
              wrote on last edited by
              #7

              Homicide rate by country

              Rank Country Value Year
              1 El Salvador 61.80 2017
              2 Jamaica 57.00 2017
              3 Venezuela 56.30 2016
              4 Honduras 41.70 2017
              5 Lesotho 41.20 2015
              6 Belize 37.90 2017
              7 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 36.50 2016
              8 South Africa 35.90 2017
              9 St. Kitts and Nevis 34.20 2012
              10 Trinidad and Tobago 30.90 2015
              10 The Bahamas 30.90 2017
              12 Brazil 30.50 2017
              13 St. Lucia 29.60 2017
              14 Guatemala 26.10 2017
              15 Dominica 25.70 2017
              16 Colombia 24.90 2017
              17 Mexico 24.80 2017
              18 Central African Republic 19.80 2016
              19 Tuvalu 18.60 2012
              20 Puerto Rico 18.50 2017
              21 Namibia 17.10 2012
              22 Botswana 15.00 2010
              23 Guyana 14.80 2017
              24 Seychelles 12.70 2016
              25 Costa Rica 12.30 2017
              26 Cabo Verde 11.50 2016
              27 Dominican Republic 11.30 2017
              28 Grenada 11.10 2017
              29 Uganda 11.00 2017
              30 Barbados 10.50 2017
              31 Antigua and Barbuda 10.30 2012
              32 Papua New Guinea 10.00 2010
              33 Iraq 9.90 2013
              34 Panama 9.70 2017
              35 Haiti 9.50 2016
              35 Eswatini 9.50 2017
              37 Russia 9.20 2017
              38 Paraguay 8.90 2016
              39 Cayman Islands 8.40 2014
              39 Philippines 8.40 2017
              41 Uruguay 8.20 2017
              42 Peru 7.70 2017
              43 Kiribati 7.50 2012
              44 Nicaragua 7.40 2016
              45 Afghanistan 7.10 2017
              46 Zimbabwe 6.70 2012
              46 Yemen 6.70 2013
              48 Bolivia 6.30 2016
              49 Tanzania 6.20 2016
              49 Mongolia 6.20 2017
              49 Ukraine 6.20 2017
              52 Burundi 6.00 2016
              53 Ecuador 5.80 2017
              54 Suriname 5.50 2017
              55 Zambia 5.30 2015
              55 United States 5.30 2017
              55 Greenland 5.30 2016

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              • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                Doctor Phibes
                wrote on last edited by
                #8

                You're bottom of the shithole countries!

                USA! USA! USA!

                I was only joking

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                • CopperC Copper

                  Homicide rate by country

                  Rank Country Value Year
                  1 El Salvador 61.80 2017
                  2 Jamaica 57.00 2017
                  3 Venezuela 56.30 2016
                  4 Honduras 41.70 2017
                  5 Lesotho 41.20 2015
                  6 Belize 37.90 2017
                  7 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 36.50 2016
                  8 South Africa 35.90 2017
                  9 St. Kitts and Nevis 34.20 2012
                  10 Trinidad and Tobago 30.90 2015
                  10 The Bahamas 30.90 2017
                  12 Brazil 30.50 2017
                  13 St. Lucia 29.60 2017
                  14 Guatemala 26.10 2017
                  15 Dominica 25.70 2017
                  16 Colombia 24.90 2017
                  17 Mexico 24.80 2017
                  18 Central African Republic 19.80 2016
                  19 Tuvalu 18.60 2012
                  20 Puerto Rico 18.50 2017
                  21 Namibia 17.10 2012
                  22 Botswana 15.00 2010
                  23 Guyana 14.80 2017
                  24 Seychelles 12.70 2016
                  25 Costa Rica 12.30 2017
                  26 Cabo Verde 11.50 2016
                  27 Dominican Republic 11.30 2017
                  28 Grenada 11.10 2017
                  29 Uganda 11.00 2017
                  30 Barbados 10.50 2017
                  31 Antigua and Barbuda 10.30 2012
                  32 Papua New Guinea 10.00 2010
                  33 Iraq 9.90 2013
                  34 Panama 9.70 2017
                  35 Haiti 9.50 2016
                  35 Eswatini 9.50 2017
                  37 Russia 9.20 2017
                  38 Paraguay 8.90 2016
                  39 Cayman Islands 8.40 2014
                  39 Philippines 8.40 2017
                  41 Uruguay 8.20 2017
                  42 Peru 7.70 2017
                  43 Kiribati 7.50 2012
                  44 Nicaragua 7.40 2016
                  45 Afghanistan 7.10 2017
                  46 Zimbabwe 6.70 2012
                  46 Yemen 6.70 2013
                  48 Bolivia 6.30 2016
                  49 Tanzania 6.20 2016
                  49 Mongolia 6.20 2017
                  49 Ukraine 6.20 2017
                  52 Burundi 6.00 2016
                  53 Ecuador 5.80 2017
                  54 Suriname 5.50 2017
                  55 Zambia 5.30 2015
                  55 United States 5.30 2017
                  55 Greenland 5.30 2016

                  JollyJ Offline
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                  Jolly
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #9

                  @copper said in Guns and Voters:

                  Homicide rate by country

                  Rank Country Value Year
                  1 El Salvador 61.80 2017
                  2 Jamaica 57.00 2017
                  3 Venezuela 56.30 2016
                  4 Honduras 41.70 2017
                  5 Lesotho 41.20 2015
                  6 Belize 37.90 2017
                  7 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 36.50 2016
                  8 South Africa 35.90 2017
                  9 St. Kitts and Nevis 34.20 2012
                  10 Trinidad and Tobago 30.90 2015
                  10 The Bahamas 30.90 2017
                  12 Brazil 30.50 2017
                  13 St. Lucia 29.60 2017
                  14 Guatemala 26.10 2017
                  15 Dominica 25.70 2017
                  16 Colombia 24.90 2017
                  17 Mexico 24.80 2017
                  18 Central African Republic 19.80 2016
                  19 Tuvalu 18.60 2012
                  20 Puerto Rico 18.50 2017
                  21 Namibia 17.10 2012
                  22 Botswana 15.00 2010
                  23 Guyana 14.80 2017
                  24 Seychelles 12.70 2016
                  25 Costa Rica 12.30 2017
                  26 Cabo Verde 11.50 2016
                  27 Dominican Republic 11.30 2017
                  28 Grenada 11.10 2017
                  29 Uganda 11.00 2017
                  30 Barbados 10.50 2017
                  31 Antigua and Barbuda 10.30 2012
                  32 Papua New Guinea 10.00 2010
                  33 Iraq 9.90 2013
                  34 Panama 9.70 2017
                  35 Haiti 9.50 2016
                  35 Eswatini 9.50 2017
                  37 Russia 9.20 2017
                  38 Paraguay 8.90 2016
                  39 Cayman Islands 8.40 2014
                  39 Philippines 8.40 2017
                  41 Uruguay 8.20 2017
                  42 Peru 7.70 2017
                  43 Kiribati 7.50 2012
                  44 Nicaragua 7.40 2016
                  45 Afghanistan 7.10 2017
                  46 Zimbabwe 6.70 2012
                  46 Yemen 6.70 2013
                  48 Bolivia 6.30 2016
                  49 Tanzania 6.20 2016
                  49 Mongolia 6.20 2017
                  49 Ukraine 6.20 2017
                  52 Burundi 6.00 2016
                  53 Ecuador 5.80 2017
                  54 Suriname 5.50 2017
                  55 Zambia 5.30 2015
                  55 United States 5.30 2017
                  55 Greenland 5.30 2016

                  alt text

                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                  • JollyJ Jolly

                    @copper said in Guns and Voters:

                    Homicide rate by country

                    Rank Country Value Year
                    1 El Salvador 61.80 2017
                    2 Jamaica 57.00 2017
                    3 Venezuela 56.30 2016
                    4 Honduras 41.70 2017
                    5 Lesotho 41.20 2015
                    6 Belize 37.90 2017
                    7 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 36.50 2016
                    8 South Africa 35.90 2017
                    9 St. Kitts and Nevis 34.20 2012
                    10 Trinidad and Tobago 30.90 2015
                    10 The Bahamas 30.90 2017
                    12 Brazil 30.50 2017
                    13 St. Lucia 29.60 2017
                    14 Guatemala 26.10 2017
                    15 Dominica 25.70 2017
                    16 Colombia 24.90 2017
                    17 Mexico 24.80 2017
                    18 Central African Republic 19.80 2016
                    19 Tuvalu 18.60 2012
                    20 Puerto Rico 18.50 2017
                    21 Namibia 17.10 2012
                    22 Botswana 15.00 2010
                    23 Guyana 14.80 2017
                    24 Seychelles 12.70 2016
                    25 Costa Rica 12.30 2017
                    26 Cabo Verde 11.50 2016
                    27 Dominican Republic 11.30 2017
                    28 Grenada 11.10 2017
                    29 Uganda 11.00 2017
                    30 Barbados 10.50 2017
                    31 Antigua and Barbuda 10.30 2012
                    32 Papua New Guinea 10.00 2010
                    33 Iraq 9.90 2013
                    34 Panama 9.70 2017
                    35 Haiti 9.50 2016
                    35 Eswatini 9.50 2017
                    37 Russia 9.20 2017
                    38 Paraguay 8.90 2016
                    39 Cayman Islands 8.40 2014
                    39 Philippines 8.40 2017
                    41 Uruguay 8.20 2017
                    42 Peru 7.70 2017
                    43 Kiribati 7.50 2012
                    44 Nicaragua 7.40 2016
                    45 Afghanistan 7.10 2017
                    46 Zimbabwe 6.70 2012
                    46 Yemen 6.70 2013
                    48 Bolivia 6.30 2016
                    49 Tanzania 6.20 2016
                    49 Mongolia 6.20 2017
                    49 Ukraine 6.20 2017
                    52 Burundi 6.00 2016
                    53 Ecuador 5.80 2017
                    54 Suriname 5.50 2017
                    55 Zambia 5.30 2015
                    55 United States 5.30 2017
                    55 Greenland 5.30 2016

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                    Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                    Doctor Phibes
                    wrote on last edited by Doctor Phibes
                    #10

                    @jolly If you want to compare the US to those countries to claim success in fighting crime, you've really lost the argument.

                    I was only joking

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                    • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                      @jolly If you want to compare the US to those countries to claim success in fighting crime, you've really lost the argument.

                      CopperC Offline
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                      Copper
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #11

                      @doctor-phibes said in Guns and Voters:

                      @jolly If you want to compare the US to those countries to claim success in fighting crime, you've really lost the argument.

                      TG found a list of countries

                      I found a different list

                      Curse the lists or light a candle

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                      • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                        Doctor Phibes
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #12

                        The fact that your list is basically a list of countries that Donald Trump doesn't want people to emigrate from didn't give you pause at all?

                        I was only joking

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                        • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                          The fact that your list is basically a list of countries that Donald Trump doesn't want people to emigrate from didn't give you pause at all?

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                          Renauda
                          wrote on last edited by Renauda
                          #13

                          @doctor-phibes

                          No wonder he wanted to annex purchase Greenland from Denmark.

                          Elbows up!

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                          • CopperC Offline
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                            Copper
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #14

                            There are some unsavory places on my list

                            But I also have several that should be considered "developed" that somehow, TG left off her list.

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                              taiwan_girl
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                              #15

                              As some have noticed, the graph I posted was, as the title said, for developed countries excluding South Africa.

                              Below is a graph of all countries.

                              alt text

                              "But is it really fair to compare the U.S. to dangerous, developing countries like Honduras? Probably not. If the data is whittled down to include only developed countries, this is the result:"

                              alt text

                              "So, what happens if we eliminate South Africa from the analysis?"

                              alt text

                              "The developed countries in the third graph included: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK (represented separately as "England & Wales" and "Northern Ireland") and the United States. Excluded from this list were South Africa, for the reasons listed above, as well as Andorra, Bermuda, Faroe Islands, Vatican, Liechtenstein, Monaco and San Marino due to insufficient data."

                              If you include many Asia "developed" countries (Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, etc., it would not make the US look better.

                              @Copper I am curious which ones you consider developed equal to the US from your list?

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                              • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                                As some have noticed, the graph I posted was, as the title said, for developed countries excluding South Africa.

                                Below is a graph of all countries.

                                alt text

                                "But is it really fair to compare the U.S. to dangerous, developing countries like Honduras? Probably not. If the data is whittled down to include only developed countries, this is the result:"

                                alt text

                                "So, what happens if we eliminate South Africa from the analysis?"

                                alt text

                                "The developed countries in the third graph included: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK (represented separately as "England & Wales" and "Northern Ireland") and the United States. Excluded from this list were South Africa, for the reasons listed above, as well as Andorra, Bermuda, Faroe Islands, Vatican, Liechtenstein, Monaco and San Marino due to insufficient data."

                                If you include many Asia "developed" countries (Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, etc., it would not make the US look better.

                                @Copper I am curious which ones you consider developed equal to the US from your list?

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                                Copper
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #16

                                @taiwan_girl said in Guns and Voters:

                                @Copper I am curious which ones you consider developed equal to the US from your list?

                                Since we became great again there is really only 1.

                                Of course this has already begun to slip.

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                                • RenaudaR Renauda

                                  @doctor-phibes

                                  No wonder he wanted to annex purchase Greenland from Denmark.

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                                  Doctor Phibes
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #17

                                  @renauda said in Guns and Voters:

                                  @doctor-phibes

                                  No wonder he wanted to annex purchase Greenland from Denmark.

                                  I'd always assumed he wanted to build the world's most challenging golf course there.

                                  I was only joking

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                                  • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                                    @renauda said in Guns and Voters:

                                    @doctor-phibes

                                    No wonder he wanted to annex purchase Greenland from Denmark.

                                    I'd always assumed he wanted to build the world's most challenging golf course there.

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                                    Jolly
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #18

                                    @doctor-phibes said in Guns and Voters:

                                    @renauda said in Guns and Voters:

                                    @doctor-phibes

                                    No wonder he wanted to annex purchase Greenland from Denmark.

                                    I'd always assumed he wanted to build the world's most challenging golf course there.

                                    Actually, it made pretty good sense from a strategic perspective.

                                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                    • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                                      @renauda said in Guns and Voters:

                                      @doctor-phibes

                                      No wonder he wanted to annex purchase Greenland from Denmark.

                                      I'd always assumed he wanted to build the world's most challenging golf course there.

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                                      taiwan_girl
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #19

                                      @doctor-phibes said in Guns and Voters:

                                      @renauda said in Guns and Voters:

                                      @doctor-phibes

                                      No wonder he wanted to annex purchase Greenland from Denmark.

                                      I'd always assumed he wanted to build the world's most challenging golf course there.

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