Murders of white males up 25%

[sdholloway56]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-homicides-standyourground/murders-surge-in-florida-in-deca...

in states that passed Stand Your Ground laws (that's from a more granular examination of the data).

The only funny thing about that is why anyone would have thought it would turn out otherwise.

And, I guess, that the NRA can absorb the mild attrition to its numbers if it is selling a lot of guns.

[Canuck_2]

That comes from believing that if a little poison is bad then more poison will be better.

Reality of course always kicks in even though they believe differently.

[sdholloway56]

BTW, the data across all states that neacted SYG laws that Malcolm Gladwell cites indicates that the homicide rate rose 7% but white male victims increased 25%.

There's a Die Hard inside many people that is just waiting to come out. It is a bad idea to encourage it because it tends to get them killed.

[sdholloway56]

As far as those durn Hollywood Values go, there's a reason why entertaining that particular fantasy is highly profitable.

[BA Deere]

Your link is a 2017 story and I couldn`t find any mention of race or "25%" increase for white victims. It talks about a general 22% increase in murder.  But murder is different from "justifiable homicide" which would be the case from "stand your ground laws".  

[sdholloway56]

https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/revisionist-history/malcolm-gladwells-12-rules-PkCuoYvcn9y/

Like it is a surprise that you entertain Die Hard fantasies.

[BA Deere]

Talking in riddles, you must be Nox.  I swear you go through more handles that Elizabeth Taylor went through men. 

[sam1wiseone]

I look at the actual murder rate in fla since 2005

http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/flcrime.htm.

As unchanged, the article said justifiable homicide is up, dah.  So the bad guy is dead, so sorry.

[sam1wiseone]

His last post as double Ds he vowed not to speak to any agw denier again.  Lacking self control he needed to ditch it.

[BA Deere]

I`ve been saying for years that the OJ Simpson trial had so many lessons that could be carried into today.  A book "All I Ever Needed to Know I Learned from the OJ Trial"  should`ve been written.  When the verdict was read "OJ not guilty!" those with black pigmented skin cheered and celebrated, those with white pigmented skin were speechless that a murderer had beaten the system.

I said at the time those with black pigmented skin are nuts, because they have enough crime in their community that they shouldn`t celebrate that "one of theirs" beats the system.  If a white pigmented skin person robs a liquor store and gets shot...Great! that`s one less white pigmented skin criminal out there that would possibly harm my family.