Im just gonna put this riiight here...

@Carla

Ahh, Carla:
Show us the raw data backing up ANY of these charts. What's the source?

The reason you can't find the FBI data is because the gov't has made much more difficult to find. Prior to 2012, it was pretty simple to find and to navigate. Now, not so much. The FBI reports up through the executive branch...now, who was president in 2012? Obozo! And what else did Obozo do?...oh yeah, he made the CDC the "other source" of firearm homicide data. Now...why do you suppose the gov't wanted a secondary source for this information? Afterall...the FBI has thorough quality assurance and quality control measures in place (you can find their quality methodologies on their site) and the CDC...well, they just count death certificates. Huh. I wonder which agency is more accurate? The CDC's firearm homicide data is consistently 25%-40% higher than our federal law enforcement agency. Quite a discrepancy. Yet, lefties always use the CDC's data. How convenient.

https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/more-fbi-services-and-information/ucr#Latest-Releases

Back in the EP days, I posted the FBI's firearm homicide data per state, and downloaded it to a spreadsheet. I merged state census population data, integrated the equation to calculate the homicide rate per 100K (i.e. per capita) and then sorted on that number.

With the exception of Washington DC (because it's technically not a state) California consistently ranks no. 1 in the country for most firearm homicides, and 2 in the country for most firearm homicides per capita behind Louisiana.

I singled out DC. Why? It proves two points.

The first is the ineffectiveness of gun control laws. After researching (and I mean real research, not some stupid chart you pull off the internet that you can't verify) I read through the various gun control statutes of each state...DC has the most stringent gun control laws by far. More stringent than any of the 50 states.
Yet...do the math. The firearm homicide rate per capita blows California off the map. It's 16 times higher than the national average.

The second is that firearm violence is highly condensed in America's inner cities. Studying the data at the state level takes you down a rabbit hole. Any state in which their metropolitan areas make up a high percentage of the state's total population is also likely to have a very high firearm homicide rate per capita. This is how you know the CBS pill showing Wyoming among the top 10 states for gun murders is total bullshit.

Examples:
California, Illinoise, Wash DC...tough gun laws, really high firearm homicide rates

Louisiana, Missouri...lenient gun laws, really high firearm homicide rates.

Vermont, Wyoming...very lenient gun laws, lowest firearm homicide rates in the country.

Hawaii...tough gun laws, very low firearm homicide rate.

The only conclusion you can draw from this is that gun laws are not effective at deterring crime.

Ah...but drill down into the homicide data at the metropolitan level (yes...the FBI has that too) and you see the real picture.

As accidents and suicides, it's a deflection.

Firearm accidents are at all time lows since the metric has been tracked. Interesting because gun ownership continues to increase at an astounding rate with leftists rattling their gun control sabers.

Suicides represent the problem of mental illness, not criminal behavior. Roughly two thirds of gun fatalities are suicides. The left uses it as a crutch to make gun crime appear far worse. But what did we learn from the Australian gun ban? Suicide by firearm goes down, but suicide by other methods goes up by the same amount. Anyone motivated to commit suicide can and will find other methods.

@TexChik

@BizSuitStacy ahh lib blogger Carla , look it up yourself .

@windinhishair Of course they oppose woke. They prefer to live in a dream world.

@chrisCA doesn't look like it.

@chrisCA That’s because Republicunts don’t know what those are.

@Ynotisay fear is a rush. So is hatred.
In the time of reality tv, youtube videos, social media...loud, hateful platforms are a pull.
Who wants quiet efficiency when loud ineffectiveness is more fun?

@Carla Yep. That might be it. Whatever it is...stop. Just stop.

@Graylight all of their "independent reasearch" led them to these priorities.
So, yeah.

@GrinNude That's a fantastic meme. xD

@Prison1203 There was already very little crime in that small town before the gun requirement was passed. You haven’t demonstrated that that law affected the crime rate at all.

Why should I believe anything that comes out of Tucker Carlson’s mouth?

@Theyitis https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/28582/did-the-crime-rate-drop-after-mandatory-gun-ownership-in-kennesaw-georgia

@trollslayer
That's true, but they also would have listed things they wanted the president to do after beating Trump. With Republicans, it's really just about OWNING THE LIBS. Republicans want to cut social security, but that's a small price to pay if it makes some Liberals mad.

@Carla see what I mean? 🤷🏻‍♂️

@Prison1203 Southern Blue Dog Democrats were DINOs. Besides, what does that have to with now. This is an elementary school level argument about Teams vs actual issues. I am an Independent who could care less about your "Elephant" or "Donkey" unless he/she supports and actively works toward gun control, supports environmental, protection, etc

@Neoerectus try looking at real factual information instead of what you have need lead to believe by being told a lie long enough over and over until they believe it’s the truth, you have bought into the lie
https://www.american1.com/the-big-switch-that-wasnt-the-dixiecrats-race-and-1964/
https://lindasuegrimes.substack.com/p/the-big-lie-democrats-and-republicans

@DunningKruger nah...

@Neoerectus True. The base eats that stuff up, but rational people are put off by those views.

@BackyardShaman a dog whistle

@Carla it doesn’t go so well when I talk to “them”😂

@BackyardShaman in two words.....my existence

@TexChik you do know that the pedophile accusations is an old tactic, used often in authoritarian countries, right?
And you do know that the list of republican offenders is much longer than that of the democrats, right?
Or is the global cabal hiding all the pedophillic evidence against liberals?
Are they still milking adrenal glands of children in that pizza joints non existant basement? You know, for something easily available on the internet...

You know it's all uphill for the right when all they have is old, baseless accusations meant to make you all mad and stuff.
And see...it works. You hate just for the sake of hating.

@Carla it’s getting very old and yet you people won’t leave the kids alone . I can’t believe you are disgusting enough to claim that you socialists are not pedophiles when we see it on a daily basis , but lying and denying Is how you people roll.

@TexChik show me.

@Teirdalin so, a republican that pushes for policies that help their constituents is cancerous, but one that pushes for cultural division is the right choice?
This poll was for those most likely to vote in the primaries. Hopefully a candidate that is pushing for this agenda will become the republican candidate. Because most of the country know better.
See 2020 election results.

@Carla If you consider mild cancer as right choice, then sure.

@Funlov Explain?

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout You going to mail in your ballot from little China?

@ineedadrink yup..
Been in contact with Stacy Abraham’s.
She’s hooking me up with a few boxes of pre printed 😎👍