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friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts)
11. "This measure" is a solution to a problem *that doesn't actually exist*:
Tue Aug 30, 2016, 01:35 AM
Aug 2016
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172198012


Per the FBI's Uniform Crime Report "Crime In The United States"

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s

Murder
by State, Type of Weapon

All figures are for Massachusetts

https://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2007/data/table_20.html

Rifles 1

Handguns 65

Knives or cutting instruments 31

Hands, fists, feet, etc. 14

https://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2008/data/table_20.html

Rifles 2

Handguns 59

Knives or cutting instruments 49

Hands, fists, feet, etc. 3

https://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2009/data/table_20.html

Rifles 2

Handgun 47

Knives or cutting instruments 40

Hands, fists, feet, etc. 7


https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010/tables/10tbl20.xls

Rifles 0

Handguns 52

Knives or cutting instruments 50

Hands, fists, feet, etc. 10

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/table-20

Rifles 0

Handguns 52

Knives or cutting instruments 30

Hands, fists, feet, etc. 9

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-2012/tables/20tabledatadecpdf

Rifles 0

Handguns 32

Knives or cutting instruments 33

Hands, fists, feet, etc. 6

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2013/crime-in-the-u.s.-2013/tables/table-20/table_20_murder_by_state_types_of_weapons_2013.xls

Rifles 2

Handguns 35

Knives or cutting instruments 41

Hands, fists, feet, etc. 7

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2014/crime-in-the-u.s.-2014/tables/table-20

Rifles 0

Handguns 33

Knives or cutting instruments 34

Hands, fists, feet, etc. 3


What's new??? elleng Aug 2016 #1
Ms Chabot is a GOP columnist. No surprise she would take this view. Mass Aug 2016 #2
"This measure is favored by many Democrats in MA." And opposed by others: friendly_iconoclast Aug 2016 #6
"Do these Democrats really think what we need in America is less gun safety? More assault weapons?" pablo_marmol Aug 2016 #8
Healey just turned a hell of a lot of Dems in Massachusetts into criminals. benEzra Aug 2016 #7
"What it *does* do is give downticket Dems a black eye nationwide." pablo_marmol Aug 2016 #9
"This measure is favored by many Democrats in MA." pablo_marmol Aug 2016 #10
"This measure" is a solution to a problem *that doesn't actually exist*: friendly_iconoclast Aug 2016 #11
"Solution" in search of a problem. pablo_marmol Aug 2016 #12
Healey and the Demo Speaker of the House allied with GOPers to oppose legalizing pot. Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #14
These are guns that are civilian-legal in *Canada*, and are used in less than 1 murder/year in MA benEzra Aug 2016 #15
Without that law (or reinterpretation)... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2016 #16
Not just damaging in MA, but nationally. pablo_marmol Aug 2016 #3
This is on the news, nationwide.. virginia mountainman Aug 2016 #4
It's they who are "too loose" with Constitutional rights. appal_jack Aug 2016 #5
We're supposed to be the party of expanding rights...why do we get it wrong on the 2A. ileus Aug 2016 #13
Why? Hmmm -- let me take a crack at this.......... pablo_marmol Sep 2016 #17
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