tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post3479907352358917282..comments2024-02-05T03:41:13.688+01:00Comments on Mikeb302000: The Ridiculous Claim that Concealed Carry in Chicago is Responsible for the Drop in MurdersAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-81336746759388594982014-04-10T18:59:05.029+02:002014-04-10T18:59:05.029+02:00GC, you won't admit to things that are true. L...GC, you won't admit to things that are true. Like your own words. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-58113127231059219392014-04-10T12:55:00.930+02:002014-04-10T12:55:00.930+02:00Haven't you figured out by now that I don'...Haven't you figured out by now that I don't admit to things that aren't true?Greg Camphttp://gregorycamp.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-74497243359140282182014-04-10T12:40:24.957+02:002014-04-10T12:40:24.957+02:00Greg, this is why you're known as a blatant li...Greg, this is why you're known as a blatant liar. We're not comparing Minnesota murders to Chicago murders when we say murders are down. <br /><br />Just admit you made a stupid fucking comment before and leave it at that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-22683108470061028642014-04-09T16:45:57.471+02:002014-04-09T16:45:57.471+02:00Golf clap, Mikeb, for missing the point.
The weat...Golf clap, Mikeb, for missing the point.<br /><br />The weather in the areas I named is challenging. And yet, the murder rates of non-Chicago areas are always much lower than Chicago's.Greg Camphttp://gregorycamp.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-8309582835283917782014-04-09T15:59:13.595+02:002014-04-09T15:59:13.595+02:00That was pretty Dumb, Greg. Their murders are pro...That was pretty Dumb, Greg. Their murders are probably down too, doncha think?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-90954271804211526772014-04-08T17:20:38.115+02:002014-04-08T17:20:38.115+02:00Because, of course, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and othe...Because, of course, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and other surrounding states on the Great Lakes don't have extreme weather.Greg Camphttp://gregorycamp.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-86557425472903738282014-04-08T14:55:53.853+02:002014-04-08T14:55:53.853+02:00I agree that the facts don't support the notio...I agree that the facts don't support the notion of crediting concealed carry with the decline (for now, anyway) in Chicago's perennial violence epidemic.<br /><br />Luckily, the fundamental human right of the individual to keep and bear arms is utterly <a href="http://mikeb302000.blogspot.com/2014/04/bob-costas-bet.html?showComment=1396681867377#c1008176194046109996" rel="nofollow">detached from any requirement for a favorable statistical outcome</a>.<br /><br />I gotta say that <i>this</i> idea is interesting, though:<br /><br /><i>I think the extreme weather had more to do with it than anything else.</i><br /><br />Since we're told that extreme weather is a direct consequence of human-induced climate change, if that extreme weather is in turn responsible for making Chicago somewhat less of a sewer of violent crime, perhaps we should all drive Cadillac Escalades.<br /><br />You know, <i>for the <b>children</b></i>. ;-)Kurt '45superman' Hofmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14091930034162667742noreply@blogger.com