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1. Most violent crime is intra-racial, meaning in the case of homicides that if the victim is black, all else being equal, the perpetrator is more likely to be black. In the age of mass surveillance and the widespread use of cameras on even people’s domiciles it’s rare that we have to jump to any conclusions right away. Knocking on doors gives us more knowledge every year. 2. Strict enforcement of all crime in violent crime hotspots is most likely to result in steep drops in crime. We’ve seen it happen before, and following the summer of 2020 we saw the effect that the opposite approach had: not just more homicides but also more fatal traffic accidents among blacks in particular. 3. Gang violence is a large contributor to inner city violent crime in particular. In my area there were recently a lot of OG shot callers and soldiers let out of prison after serving their time (10 year mins) for federal beefs. We subsequently saw a spike in all crimes. 4. I’m bearish on using soldiers to police generally. There are a number of reasons for this but the number of bad cops out there that served in the military is high up on the list.

The rate of gun violence committed by Whites in the US is roughly on par with several of the restrictive European nations that gun grabbers love to talk about. It’s not the guns.

Except those guns are in theory available to everyone. So ultimately it’s not whether there are illegal guns but whether someone is inclined to obtain and use them. Thus the disparities.

If black market guns were the biggest problem we wouldn’t see the kinds of disparities borne out in crime stats year after year, decade after decade. The founders didn’t write the second amendment for the descendants of their slaves.

What if I were to tell you we could keep the guns, get rid of something else, and have far fewer violent crimes

Ok, we’ll just take that for granted for argument’s sake. From your link: Wow I wonder if those two things have anything to do with one another.

On the contrary, there’s a bunch of money (and votes) being made not solving it. One look at the percentage of violent crime arrests where the arrestee is a recidivist erases your single starting point, which is designed specifically to obfuscate and wave away the problem without solving it.

Which towns? What crimes?

I know way too much about the industry to take any dealership employee seriously. To the point where I'm an unmitigated, wife-embarrassing ####### if there's anything I don't like happening while I'm there. The one contribution I will share is that for those of you who lease your vehicles, make sure you check the car's actual value vs. what your contract price is for a buyout. Sometimes you can profit a bit by buying out your lease and just turning around and selling it to Carvana.

This is where ultimately all leftists lose all their credibility on the matter.

You don't hate journalists enough. You think you hate journalists enough, but I can assure you that you do not. Real "aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln" moment trying to characterize multiple DWIs as things that shouldn't be considered when addressing whether someone has a clean driving record. The second paragraph of the article she actually linked:

The problem is that blacks in particular have problems with second order consequences and American blacks have a particularly nasty form of narcissism which has been fed to them by the regime (including the fourth estate) for years. Even non-criminal blacks often show that they believe that blacks should not be held accountable for crimes they commit. Even if we accept that non-criminal blacks would benefit enormously from the criminal blacks being mass incarcerated, they can’t see past the initial pain point of losing many of their brothers/cousins and the blow to their community, as it were, that the optics of such a measure would create.

Half day in the basement of the church around the corner. Not affiliated I don't think, just used the space. The two full time teachers were older ladies who were really sweet. Thin green carpet, a kitchen right off the main space. I remember the alphabet poster that ran across half the room and playing "London Bridge." It's odd because after kindergarten I don't remember much until about fifth grade. But plenty of memories of preschool.

I'd never heard of this before now but my first thought was the original Demon Hunter, which my 4 year old enjoys:

Ensuring Democrats never get back into meaningful power again is the best use of tax dollars. This includes such things as new census, redistricting, 100M deportations, executing many more criminals, etc.

We know the answer. I know we’re not supposed to like religious tests but at this point any inclination towards dispensationalism should disqualify one from office.

This apparently was reversed. It's almost like clockwork now. Trump admin does something that his base considers not-MAGA, base chimps out on social media, (assumed) VP Vance reels the big dog in again, reversal occurs.

Bunch of snitches in this thread. I know who I'm not partying with!

I’m here. Saw a 1999 Ford Taurus pull up backstage. Developing story

Wilkins to the grope monster in his heart:

There is a theory

Dude's a certified weirdo. I imagine this was the last straw on a very heavily-laden camel.

Haven't shaved my beard off in seven years or so. But my kit when I did shave: Merkur safety razor (I forget which model but it was one of the long ones) Personna red pack double edge blades Badger hair brush, bowl, and shave soap Jack Black post shave gel