Gun Control & RKBA

pablo_marmol

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11. Price tag: $67,000 taxpayer cash for Wright/Rossi study commissioned by Jimmy Carter

Tue Dec 29, 2015, 03:08 PM

Dec 2015

Jimmy didn't like the return on investment. The two liberal criminologists reported that there was no credible evidence that the Gun Control Act of 1968 yielded a measurable reduction in gun crime. In fact, they suggested that meaningful reduction of gun violence could be best achieved by attacking the problem at it's source. (The impoverished/drug-ridden urban environments where the problem is most acute.)

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The Smartest Way to Address Gun Violence? Research [View all] SecularMotion Dec 2015 OP

What are you hoping to learn beyond, people do bad things? ileus Dec 2015 #1

Maybe I missed the part about how much the FBI and DoJ have been spending every year? DonP Dec 2015 #2

It doesn't have to... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2015 #4

Too bad we can't vote on which is which among the control "fans" DonP Dec 2015 #5

the primaries discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2015 #6

It just gets really personal and angry really quick in there - just like here DonP Dec 2015 #7

"because of all the Right Wing Gun Humpers in the Gungeon" discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2015 #10

Price tag: $67,000 taxpayer cash for Wright/Rossi study commissioned by Jimmy Carter pablo_marmol Dec 2015 #11

Flawed analogies. Straw Man Dec 2015 #3

Last sentence --- **pitch perfect**. NT pablo_marmol Dec 2015 #9

Agreed. Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #13

The Controllers simply don't like what solid research has turned up thus far. pablo_marmol Dec 2015 #8

Secmo, what you want is a return to CDC pumping out anti-gun propaganda... Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #12