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Leonard
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posted October 22, 2009 05:02 PM
AN INTERESTING FACT
An interesting letter in the Australian Shooter Magazine this week, which is quoted as follows:
"If you consider that there has been an average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theater of operations during the past 22 months, and a total of 2112 deaths, that gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers.
"The firearm death rate in Washington , DC is 80.6 per 100,000 for the same period.
That means you are about 25 percent more likely to be shot and killed in the U.S. capital, which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the U.S., than you are in Iraq."
Conclusion: The U.S. should pull out of Washington
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Briguy
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posted October 22, 2009 06:08 PM
Apparently, math is done different in Australia than it is here in the USofA. Considering the population of DC is about 600,000 people they would have to of had about 500 homicides by firearm last year. They average about 200 total homicides per year and only about 80% (160) of those are by firearm. So, unless there are some other factors in that somewhere, it's way way out of whack.
Sounds good on the surface though...
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Leonard
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posted October 22, 2009 06:32 PM
Good catch. I actually thought something was wrong with the figures but who actually fact checks anything coming in by email? Good thing we have you!
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Briguy
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posted October 22, 2009 09:55 PM
Yea, I make it a habit to check stuff like that. This guy told me that $8.5M US was coming from Barrister Donald Williams Esq of the Nigerian Central Bank. I guess someone with my last name died in a hurrican and they needed me to get the money from his will. Well, I been waiting on the money and after doing some research, I found out it may not be true, though I'm still holding out hope.
Who would of thought someone would send out an email with false information in it? And that's why I check the facts first...
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Tim Behle
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posted October 22, 2009 11:45 PM
I took a minute to Google it. The murder rate in DC is only 69.3/100,000 - unless you are Black, then the rate is 80.6/100,000. But as of the late '90's DC did have the highest murder rate of any major city, in either the US or Europe.
I'm thinking that they are killing the wrong ones?
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Leonard
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posted October 23, 2009 12:32 AM
DO U KNOW HOW MUCH TIME I WOULD BE SPENDING ON THE FUKING COMPUTER IF I WAS 2 VERIFY EVERYTHING IN EVERY FRIGGIN' EMAIL? GIVE ME A BREAK!
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Briguy
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posted October 23, 2009 09:01 AM
No worries Leonard, you just keep posting it here and I'll do your fact checking for you.
http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/dccrime.htm
Ohhhh, I'm thinking custom title or something here???
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Leonard
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posted October 23, 2009 10:26 AM
How about you just "stand by" until I pull your chain?
Especially about hunting predators. If these guys thought I needed a Nanny to check every random pronouncement, this windbag could lose credibility. Assuming I ever had any, of course.
Good hunting. LB
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Briguy
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posted October 23, 2009 10:22 PM
Damn, and I thought I was a lock for "Internet Information Fact Verification Liason" or something like that. Guess I just have to do my time and pay my dues...
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Leonard
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posted October 24, 2009 10:03 AM
I can give you that title, if you like? Least I can do for such dedication.
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Tim Behle
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posted October 24, 2009 12:02 PM
If you can do that, can you get rid of this Pro Staff BS? I liked my old title much better!
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Leonard
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posted October 24, 2009 12:39 PM
Cripes, Tim. Some people would kill to have a Pro Staff title. What was your old title, I'll change it.
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Briguy
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posted October 24, 2009 08:33 PM
Sure Leonard, I'll take the custom title...shorten it if you need to...thanks!!!
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Leonard
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posted October 24, 2009 09:33 PM
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[ October 24, 2009, 09:39 PM: Message edited by: Leonard ]
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Briguy
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posted October 25, 2009 09:46 AM
Damn, now it appears I have responsibilities...I didn't sign up for that crap!!!
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