Comments on: Seems easy to confirm

By: Magus

Magus — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:06:40 +0000

* btw, brand new made up word.

Every time I think I’ve originated something, I check google only to find that nearly everything is a “been there done that” moment for someone else.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=idiotorial&btnG=Google+Search

Sorry Uncle.

By: Lyle

Lyle — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:05:33 +0000

Standard M: “..my civil rights do not ebb and flow with the crime rates.”

That is excellent! I see a T-shirt here. Better yet, it should be on a billboard.

There were a lot of lies told last year, therefore we need more restrictions on speech. Now that makes sense.

The Floridians may be suffering from a shortage of violence. If there are still violent criminals there, does in not prove that the anti-criminal violence rate has been insufficient? With adequate violence brought against them, surely at some point the violent criminals would either be dead, in jail, or they would have moved to Washington DC where they are protected by DC gun laws.

By: markm

markm — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:26:34 +0000

And of course, if someone strangles you, knifes you, or beats your head in, you’re not dead because they didn’t use a gun…

By: BobG

BobG — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:52:44 +0000

Notice how they only count guns as being useful when a goblin is killed? They don’t count the thousands of times people used firearms non-lethally. Another case of cooking the stats.

By: Cactus Jack

Cactus Jack — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:36:39 +0000

“Handgun death rates tell another tale: Florida�s rate in 2004 was 10.6 gun deaths per 100,000 population”

Where’d that fool get that stat? How about 5.4 in 2004. NO STATE has a 10.6 per 100k homocide rate though some cities have that and higher.
More PSH.

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?scid=12&did=169#MRord

By: Clint

Clint — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:14:43 +0000

From the iditorial: “Handgun death rates tell another tale: Florida’s rate in 2004 was 10.6 gun deaths per 100,000 population — drastically higher than any of the 10 states that still have tough concealed-handgun laws, with the exception of Maryland, whose rate was 12 deaths.”

Any idea where he/she came up with this tid-bit? I would like to see how the other 30-some states compared as well, assuming his source exists and is somewhat accurate.

By: Kevin Baker

Kevin Baker — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:02:17 +0000

Living by Orlando, most of their problem is from gangs and illegial immigrants. I�m sure Miami has the same problem.

Shhhh! You're not supposed to utter truth! GUNS are the problem, not a tiny, easily identifiable subset of the population! If they acknowledged that, they'd have to admit that taking guns away from the general law-abiding population doesn't address the actual problem! They'd have to admit that they could actually do something productive if they could just bypass Political Correctness!

By: sburch79

sburch79 — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:41:54 +0000

I would like to know how many of the people involved are actual citizens of florida. Living by Orlando, most of their problem is from gangs and illegial immigrants. I’m sure Miami has the same problem.

By: Standard Mischief

Standard Mischief — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:21:41 +0000

*The word of the day is portmanteau. Another fucking French derived word. By the way even if what they fail to imply is true, my civil rights do not ebb and flow with the crime rates.

By: GunMonkey

GunMonkey — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:31:24 +0000

I wonder why the author doesn’t point out Washington DC’s 2004 Drastically Higher murder rate of 35.7 per 100,000. Of course DC isn’t a state so……..