Comments on: You take some personal risks but benefit the community overall

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 06:02:17 +0000

David Frum: https://www.jihadwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/david-frum.jpg

No further questions, Your Honor.

By: Sam J.

Sam J. — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 00:20:48 +0000

They could collapse the number of murder victims if they would just enforce the laws we have, Felons are not supposed to have guns and if, as we have at times, given them steep jail sentences for carrying them then they would not. That’s what they did in New York City. They frisked people constantly, basically looking for guns and when they found them it was to the slammer.

Where ever you see a lot of gun violence you will see DA’s letting felons go with lenient sentences for violating parole and carrying guns.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 16 Jan 2022 21:26:06 +0000

The one fact that gun control advocates don’t want you to know is the overwhelming majority of murder victims in the US are criminals. I first learned this startling fact when reading a USA Today article more than 20 years ago, https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-08-31-criminal-target_N.htm .

An examination of Baltimore murder victims showed that 74-91% had criminal records. Things haven’t changed much. If you don’t have a criminal record, the odds of you being murdered are only 10-25% of the national average, making you just about as safe from murder as in any European country with strict gun control.

By: Ezra

Ezra — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 13:29:13 +0000

“Frum favors gun ownership for Israelis, but not ordinary Americans. Without getting all ((( ))) about it, that really tells you all you need to know.”

Exactly 100%. For my tribe it is perfectly OK. There are good reasons. For the rest of you there is no reason.

By: Altitude Zero

Altitude Zero — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 13:32:25 +0000

Frum favors gun ownership for Israelis, but not ordinary Americans. Without getting all ((( ))) about it, that really tells you all you need to know. In my experience, most people of Frum’s persuasion are either fanatically pro-second amendment (for pretty obvious reasons having to do with mid-century events in Germany), or, more illogically, fanatically against it. It’s easy to see where Frum falls. Of course, logic never was his strong point.

By: Sam J.

Sam J. — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 06:10:41 +0000

“…David Frum asserted that the way to reduce gun violence is by convincing ordinary, “responsible” handgun owners that their weapons make them and those around them less safe…”

A total shill. Using statistics improperly or ignoring them altogether. But the pro-gun people are really not using the most valuable statistics. None of them are correlating the true reason behind gun violence.

If you look at the real reasons it’s. Bass boats.

More bass boats less crime.

If you look at where bass boat ownership is highest you will see way less crime. It’s the bass boats and has always been.

If the poor could have access to bass boats, and bass, crime would plummet. People would be happier, clothes would be brighter and children would be healthier. It was always the bass boats.

By: Faze

Faze — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 23:31:33 +0000

Years ago, I drove a visitor from the Middle East around the suburbs and countryside of my beautiful Rust Belt city. He observed, that in his country, one felt safe in the cities, but you feared going into the exurbs, as you would be at the mercy of bandits and other lawless types. He admired the fact that we had managed to reverse that order, which has held for most of human history.

By: Wilbur Hassenfus

Wilbur Hassenfus — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 17:51:23 +0000

What’s odd about it? Frum’s business is selling policy ideas. Do you think the guy at the Ford dealership really spends a lot of time challenging his own claims that he’s got a better product than the Toyota guy across the street? No. He’s got cars to sell.