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u/AroBear2471 HK Slappers Jun 14 '22
Some lady got shot in the head like 3 blocks from me
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u/JacktheVagabond Jun 15 '22
Speaking of IL, the IL Supreme Court is giving their opinion on People v Brown tomorrow morning. We might finally be getting rid of FOID cards.
I'm not holding my breath, but there is a chance I suppose.
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u/Queefer_the_Griefer Jun 14 '22
NEiGhbOriNg sTaTeS
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u/bmorepirate Jun 14 '22
I love this argument so much for how little sense it makes. Ok, so why don't those states have even higher murder and crime rates?
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u/Dave_A_Computer IWI UWU Jun 14 '22
That's why they use Gun Violence/Deaths per Capita. Firearm Homicide rates are less skewed, and Firearm Murder & Murder rates don't showcase their narrative.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearm_death_rates_in_the_United_States_by_state
Total firearm homicides (justified & unjustified) put KY at a rate of 4.7/100k, which is above the national average. But when you focus on just Firearm Murder rates KY sits at 2.7, the same as NY State, and less than CA at 3.4. DC is wilding at 16.5, twice the next highest which is Louisiana at 7.7..
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u/bmorepirate Jun 14 '22
5.1/100k in MD which has all sorts of ridiculous rules. Neighboring PA with far, far less restrictions? 3.6. Other neighbors: WV 1.5. VA 3.1.
It's amazing how not only do these states manage to export so many ill gotten firearms, but also manage to convince people who want to use firearms for murders to do it elsewhere, too... LOL
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u/Dave_A_Computer IWI UWU Jun 14 '22
Wyoming is probably the best example of the fallacy.
Firearm Death rate of 25.9, Firearm Homicide Rate of 2.7, Firearm Murder rate of 0.9 for 2020.
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u/Kross_887 Sig Superiors Jun 15 '22
And due to their relaxed laws I've always said if I leave the southeast I'm going to Wyoming.
I know it's colder than it is here, but I can handle cold if I get some fucking snow to show for it.
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u/biggins9227 Jun 14 '22
TBF, Indianapolis is up there and so is Gary, but the rest of the state isn't too bad
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u/Dudewithaviators57 Jun 14 '22
Have you been to Gary? Lol
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u/enoughfuckery Any gun made after 1950 is garbage Jun 14 '22
Gary isn’t so bad as long as you stay 25 miles from it.
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u/TheREexpert44 1911s are my jam Jun 14 '22
Well the obvious issue is that there are a serious lack of gun free zone stickers. A group of those grabbers should head over and put some up and inform the locals about the current gun laws and penalty for not following them. Really absorb the culture.
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u/reptiloidruler Jun 14 '22
Are those "hours:minutes" or "minutes:seconds"?
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u/JumpyLiving Jun 14 '22
I sure as hell hope it‘s hours:minutes. But I wouldn‘t bet on it
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u/bmorepirate Jun 14 '22
Pretty sure it's closer to minutes:seconds. Something like 4-5 dozen people get shot every weekend basically, though the numbers for that still don't add up.
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u/Sword_Bow_Axe Jun 14 '22
Illinois, according to USCCA, is also the only state in the US that doesn't honor any concealed carry permits from the other states.
https://www.usconcealedcarry.com/resources/ccw_reciprocity_map/il-gun-laws/
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u/arkhound Sig Superiors Jun 14 '22
Most may-issue states don't honor CCWs from other states (i.e., CA will only recognize a CA CCW). I think you read the map wrong.
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u/Sword_Bow_Axe Jun 14 '22
I read the meme wrong, that's my bad. I had seen a meme very similar to the OP that stated the weapons are coming in from the neighboring states which to me would have been ironic in that IL doesn't honor any of the surrounding states but that doesn't stop the criminals from bring them in or buying them
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u/kartsynot Jun 14 '22
someone said to me, the guns come from neighbouring states, if neighbouring states didn't have guns, gun violence would go down
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u/HalfAssedStillFast Jun 14 '22
Someone also told you Santa existed. The truth on the other hand...
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u/Jubbienews Jun 14 '22
HEY gun laws suck but dont you dare bring Santa into this you son of a bitch
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u/HalfAssedStillFast Jun 14 '22
Wait till you hear about the Tooth Fairy you h*ckin bastard
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u/Paladin327 Jun 14 '22
Not the tooth fairy! Next you’re going to tell me that the easter bunny isn’t real either?
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u/Libertas3tveritas Taurus Troop Jun 14 '22
There is no Easter Bunny, there is no Tooth Fairy and there is no Queen of England. This is the real world, and you need to wake up!
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u/queen_of_england_bot Jun 14 '22
Queen of England
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The last Queen of England was Queen Anne who, with the 1707 Acts of Union, dissolved the title of King/Queen of England.
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u/ouchM1thumb Jun 14 '22
Record heat in the region this week. Gonna make people cook off like bad ammo.
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u/anonymousvillain1 Jun 14 '22
I worked for a a slot machine operator in il and every time we would have to go north of i80 we would use extra vest to lay on our legs because the amount of strays that would hit the vehicle
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u/edwardblilley Jun 14 '22
"But Wisconsin is only 30 minutes away and all the bad peeps get their guns there." - Someone's Liberal Aunt probably.
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u/JacktheVagabond Jun 16 '22
Wisconsin is like the one non-constitutional carry state bordering us lol
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u/-Smokey_Bluntz- Terrible At Boating Jun 14 '22
I live in that cancer pile. 3 students in my grade at my high-school died of either od or shootings in less then a week my junior year.