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tragabigzanda wrote:maybe more data graphics will help

simple schoolboy wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:

elliseamos wrote:

simple schoolboy wrote:I find all this energy about feature bans totally misplaced when this is the reality of enforcement in many US cities:

Progressive DAs seem to think criminals with lengthy rap sheets are just about the only people with a right to effective self defense.

"Because the D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences lost its accreditation in 2021, prosecutors have to pay to have evidence for DNA, firearm and fingerprint analysis sent to outside laboratories, Graves said. Prosecutors, he said, prioritize doing so for violent offenses.

“We are now entering year three of DFS being shut down without any clear plan of coming back online,” Graves said. “We have to prioritize violent felonies and make sure we are doing the forensic testing for those cases. Our office is often bearing the cost for this analysis.”"

The article explains that 87% of violent felonies are prosecuted.

Are illegal possession of a firearm arrests violent crime? IIRC there was some quote from the DA in Philly about how he didnt think illegal possession was worth prosecuting. I think what Schoolboy was getting at is that law enforcement isn't doing much to stop felons before they commit crimes.

I don't know why you would need lab evidence to convict someone of simple possession. If they are on probation for a felony, their probation could be revoked for merely being in the presence of a firearm, or even ammunition (in case it's in a car and not on one individual person). There are plenty of tools to get prior offenders back into jail when they are found with a gun, but they choose to not do so in the name of equity.

elliseamos wrote:

simple schoolboy wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:

elliseamos wrote:

simple schoolboy wrote:I find all this energy about feature bans totally misplaced when this is the reality of enforcement in many US cities:

Progressive DAs seem to think criminals with lengthy rap sheets are just about the only people with a right to effective self defense.

"Because the D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences lost its accreditation in 2021, prosecutors have to pay to have evidence for DNA, firearm and fingerprint analysis sent to outside laboratories, Graves said. Prosecutors, he said, prioritize doing so for violent offenses.

“We are now entering year three of DFS being shut down without any clear plan of coming back online,” Graves said. “We have to prioritize violent felonies and make sure we are doing the forensic testing for those cases. Our office is often bearing the cost for this analysis.”"

The article explains that 87% of violent felonies are prosecuted.

Are illegal possession of a firearm arrests violent crime? IIRC there was some quote from the DA in Philly about how he didnt think illegal possession was worth prosecuting. I think what Schoolboy was getting at is that law enforcement isn't doing much to stop felons before they commit crimes.

I don't know why you would need lab evidence to convict someone of simple possession. If they are on probation for a felony, their probation could be revoked for merely being in the presence of a firearm, or even ammunition (in case it's in a car and not on one individual person). There are plenty of tools to get prior offenders back into jail when they are found with a gun, but they choose to not do so in the name of equity.

So they all have priors and are on probation? We know that?

elliseamos wrote:I guess I was expecting more complaints about the defund-crowd, than to have this be racial profiling 101.

Bi_3 wrote:

warehouse wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:

blueviper wrote:Who cares if the shooter is white, black, purple, male, female, other, caucasian, african american, asian, etc..


What all of the shooters have in common: guns.

According to the graph on this page there are 1.2 guns for every 1 person. So while removing guns is the only way to solve shootings completely, getting guns out of the hands of violent felons (mostly handguns are used in crime) is not a realistic goal. BUT, since the guns themselves aren't pulling the triggers, what we can do is address factors leading up that person making the decision to use the gun on themselves or another and that means looking at cultural elements. If you take it from that approach, then the intersections of the killers matter a lot as different tactics may be required to motivate different groups.

The issue a trans killer in particular is the language and symbolism around trans rights are steeped in violence. Words like 'genocide' are part of the normal vernacular. This primes people for violence and it needs to change. If you think back to 9/11 times, leaders were careful not to use phrases like 'war on islam' because of the risk of inflaming the conflict domestically. We seemed to have forgotten that when it comes to developing the safe and respectful integration of trans people into society.

maybe we should stop making guns since we already have too many?

Like buy out the manufacturers and sue the ever-loving shit out of any new ones that rise?

Electromatic wrote:The solution is probably to just make Semi Automatic weapon’s Class 3 along with Automatic Weapons. Long guns, rifles, pistols, shotguns. Just expand the NFA.

It doesn’t make guns illegal, it does make it much harder to legally obtain and own weapons that make it very easy to kill large numbers of people quickly.

dimejinky99 wrote:

McParadigm wrote:Why is the reaction to attack him for being Irish

McParadigm wrote:And this is in response to a tweet observing that 1 in 25 young people in the US won’t live to see 40?

spike wrote:

McParadigm wrote:Why is the reaction to attack him for being Irish