tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post4115095944810327667..comments2024-02-05T03:41:13.688+01:00Comments on Mikeb302000: THIS does more to reduce crime than carrying guns does!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-21775872756960694962011-11-30T03:31:01.239+01:002011-11-30T03:31:01.239+01:00Easy to claim; harder to prove. Care to elaborate...Easy to claim; harder to prove. Care to elaborate, Laci?<br /><br />Oh, and thanks for the elementary school lesson, but I think that we're aware that taxes are supposed to pay for services. Try explaining that to Congress.Greg Camphttp://gregorycamp.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-32932490280933438432011-11-29T22:54:53.480+01:002011-11-29T22:54:53.480+01:00Leave it to Greg to make a stupid comment.
OIf co...Leave it to Greg to make a stupid comment.<br /><br />OIf course, it is beyond his ability to make an intelligent and informed one.<br /><br />Anyway, the main problem is that this costs <b>MONEY</b>.<br /><br />And how does government get its money?<br /><br />Yeah, Taxes.<br /><br />Or borrowing.<br /><br />But most people do not want to pay the money to enforce the laws. They hate paying taxes and the "large government" that it brings about.<br /><br />Fighting crime costs money for the costs of prosecuting and "punishment/rehabilitation" (incarceration, etc.).<br /><br />So, it's easier to give people like guns so that they feel "empowered" when its fairly moronic to keep adding weapons to an already out of control situation.Laci The Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07138644349857941157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-16014504267768470382011-11-29T19:42:57.735+01:002011-11-29T19:42:57.735+01:00Putting cops where the most crimes occur--that see...Putting cops where the most crimes occur--that seems obvious.<br /><br />Since there seems to be some confusion on this point, let me clarify: I do not carry a handgun as a deterrent, nor do I claim that concealed carry laws have much effect on crime rates. (Your source agrees with that: http://publichealthlawresearch.org/public-health-topics/injury-prevention/gun-safety/evidence-brief/%E2%80%9Cshall-issue%E2%80%9D-concealed-weapons-law--concealed carry is a wash as far as crime rates are concerned.) I carry a handgun to give me a tool to respond if I'm attacked.Greg Camphttp://gregorycamp.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com