U.S.A. violent crimes drop 3% but....

[Ripsnort]

homocides are up primarily due to Urban Gang Violence (Maybe we could just get these guys to register then weapons? ):

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041025/D85UO2UG0.html

[midnight Target]

A sure sign of a slow economy.

Poor kids without jobs tend to join gangs.

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by midnight Target
A sure sign of a slow economy.

Poor kids without jobs tend to join gangs.

I'm sure nurturing and culture have nothing to do with this.

[ra]

Originally posted by midnight Target
A sure sign of a slow economy.

Poor kids without jobs tend to join gangs.

Nice theory.  Bogus, though.

[midnight Target]

Never said they didn't.

[AKS\/\/ulfe]

Only suburban folk are decent God fearing folk. Them urban types raised in that there urban culture are a buncha hoodlums and gang bangers.
-SW

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by midnight Target
Never said they didn't.

Alert: Pee Wee Herman defense has been deployed.

[midnight Target]

Originally posted by Ripsnort
Alert: Pee Wee Herman defense has been deployed.

I know you are but what am I?

[Saintaw]

The report showed more than two-thirds of last year's murders were committed with a firearm, roughly the same portion as every year since 1999. Americans for Gun Safety, a nonpartisan advocacy group, said that demonstrated the government's inability to stop criminals from obtaining guns.

http://www.magicvalley.com/news/worldnation/index.asp?StoryID=11024

Hmmm... beetle's going to like this

[vorticon]

Originally posted by midnight Target
I know you are but what am I?

your glue, im rubber.

[bigsky]

[midnight Target]

Originally posted by ra
Nice theory.  Bogus, though.

unemployment rates..

OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT:   5.4%  

White                                   4.7%
African American                  10.3%
Hispanic                               7.1%
Men 20 years and over        5.0%
Women 20 years and over  4.7%
Teen-agers (16-19 years)   16.6%
Black teens                          28.9%

[Toad]

Americans for Gun Safety, a nonpartisan advocacy group, said that demonstrated the government's inability to stop criminals from obtaining guns.

Note the blanket statement. The governement can't stop criminals from obtaining guns.

It's true here, despite thousands of laws on the books to prevent exactly that.

It's true in England, despite laws that have banned and confiscated guns.

It's true in Australia, despite laws that have banned and confiscated guns.

Hmmmmmmmmmmm.... maybe it has more to do with the criminals. Ya think?

[Toad]

Originally posted by midnight Target
A sure sign of a slow economy.

Poor kids without jobs tend to join gangs.

OK, MT, give us some comparative graphs. Let's have an unemployment vs homicide graph over the last 5-10 years for instance.

On snapshot on unemployment with one report on homicides/urban gang violence does not prove any theory.

Be fair.

[Bodhi]

Originally posted by midnight Target
A sure sign of a slow economy.

Poor kids without jobs tend to join gangs.

try again, it is actually a sign of a rampant influx of illegals with nowhere else to go but to the gangs...  This influx is a direct effect of people like Salazar in CO refusing to enforce illegal immigration laws and send them packing and instead turning a blind eye that allows them to stay.

Nothing like having someone to clean your toilet for $ .75 a day.