Liberal Forum

Why has the CDC up until now, not been allowed to do research on gun violence?Because they come up with crap like this...From the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, the CDC conducted original, peer-reviewed research into gun violence, including questions such as whether people who had guns in their homes gained protection from the weapons. (The answer, researchers found, was no. Homes with guns had a nearly three times greater risk of homicide and a nearly five times greater risk of suicide than those without, according to a 1993 study in the New England Journal of Medicine.)Absurd logic and findings. Reminds me how I used to drive down the road with the kids and I'd beep the horn. Kids ask why. I says to keep the aligators away. Kids say there are no aligators. I go "see? It works."What that study says is that in homes with people who are likely to kill each other there's gonna be more killings. If there weren't a gun it'd be with a knife or candlestick in the conservatory. Folks would off themselves by slitting their wrists or taking a bottle of pills if there wasn't a gun. Gun is just easier. Or put it like this... if I wanted to kill someone and there was a gun handy I'd shoot them. If no gun, I'd beat them to death. Whether there is a gun there or not does not change the fact that I'd get me some killing done. Now if the CDC could figure out a way to determine if those deaths would have happened anyway if no gun were available then maybe you'd have a study worth the paper it's printed on.It's good to see you teacher.I hope you've been well.Are you kidding me? I'm great. I'm the smartest man alive. I have the strength of ten men. I've been in the prime of my life for three decades now. My vision is 20/5. I've solved the greatest terrestrial non-religious mystery of man kind. I can eat my weight in chicken wings. Have we just met?