Daryl Hunt
Your Worst Nightmare
- Oct 22, 2014
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So now you move the goal post by switching the targeted word to violent crime? okIf his argument is universal background Checks stop shootings we must use their own sources against them to show nothing they do can stop shootings. They can't have it both waysHow did Colorado have all those mass shootings if "universal background checks" work?We have UBC here in Colorado and the NRA contested it in court in 2013 and lost. Hence, court challenge and it stands. MOST Americans agree with a UBC for the entire US. But I agree that it should be left up to the states. It's a states right. Unless a State misuses their either lack of UBC or their UBC. And then it becomes a Federal problem.
A case in point: According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been 24 mass shootings in Colorado, nine of them in Denver, during the past six years, and the majority are likely to be unfamiliar to the average person. All of them are listed below, complete with links to additional archive information and previous Westword coverage.
Inside Colorado's 24 Mass Shootings During the Last Six Years
Don't fall for the Gun Violence Archive....
According to mother jones there were a grand total of 10 mass public shootings in 2019......the Gun Violence ARchive throws in every shooting in the news......all except those 10 are gang related or criminals being criminasl shooting at other criminals..........that is how they get that number up.....lying to the uninformed about the chance of being caught in a mass public shootings.
Do you mean that it's a pure coincidence that the violent gun crimes went down slowly after we enacted our common sense gun laws? The Gun Owners were held to responsibility and they lived up to it. It just wasn't the UBCs, it was more than that. The UBC was just part of it. And we can still buy a gun in less than 5 minutes in a Gun Shop if we want one.
Colorado Crime Rates 1960 - 2018
2014 5,355,588 152,276 16,487 135,789 150 2,236 3,037 10,211 23,502 99,688 12,599
2015 5,448,819 161,392 17,348 144,044 173 2,422 3,315 10,532 23,490 104,532 16,022
2016 5,530,105 171,176 19,030 152,146 189 3,635 3,525 11,681 23,825 108,680 19,641
2017 5,615,902 172,933 20,901 152,032 222 4,021 3,868 12,790 22,618 107,470 21,944
2018 5,695,564 174,787 22,624 152,163 210 4,070 3,797 14,547 21,371 109,119 21,673
Muder went up violent crimes went up Rape went up robbery went up
You don't figure in the population inflation. And if you didn't notice, the murder rate went down in 2018 even with the increase in population. And as usual, you are taking ALL violent deaths and calling them firearm deaths. Colorado has had a decrease in firearm murders starting in 2015. But the way you present it doesn't show that. There are knifings, baseball bats, vehicular homicides and more figured in. And you left out the fact that even with 170 violent deaths in 2018 it's still not even close to many states for just one month. Even Deep Red States like Alabama.
Alabama Crime Rate
shows that in 2017, Alabama had over 17,000 Homicides. With that rate, the population is smaller in Alabama than in Colorado with a whopping 170 for 2018. Alabama has the 2nd highest gun homicide rate in the nation. Your Deep Red States are downright Vioent.