tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195112818766531495.post7833637387384002195..comments2023-04-16T07:54:12.935-07:00Comments on North Mesa Mutts: Barking Back in Bombtown: Guns and Mental Health: The Albuquerque Journal Blows ItKhalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195112818766531495.post-22101900301202366532017-02-21T11:17:45.460-08:002017-02-21T11:17:45.460-08:00Certain truth to all that.Certain truth to all that.Khalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195112818766531495.post-15649674338156486632017-02-20T11:03:22.407-08:002017-02-20T11:03:22.407-08:00Of course you're assuming that people who use ...Of course you're assuming that people who use the GVP identifier actually give a damn about preventing gun violence.<br /><br />All of the pet laws and regulations from the GVP community are laws that exist in some states and don't exist in most of them.<br /><br />And when you look at the violent crime, or "Gun Crime" (Tho why we should focus only on people murdered with guns...is somebody stabbed or beaten to death less dead?) in these various states you see huge variability.<br /><br />States like Louisiana have relatively permissive laws but a high crime rate, while states like Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire have next to no state regulation on guns, and virtually no violent crime.<br /><br />Then right next to those peaceful New England States there's Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York, who don't have the highest violent crime numbers...but compared to their neighbors, the difference is astronomical, and those states have some of the most restrictive gun laws in the country.<br /><br />The bottom line is the GVP agenda has NOTHING to do with violent crime.<br /><br />But with things like the the Social Security ban, and restrictions on so-called "Assault Weapons" that are statistically never used in violent crime, it seems that the GVP community is not actually for "Gun Violence Prevention", but banning guns by any means necessary, including blatant dishonesty.Weer'd Beardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528978001340070552noreply@blogger.com