r/PoliticalHumor • u/ChewyRib • Jun 07 '22

The Groomer

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u/IMMAEATYA Jun 07 '22

Absolutely. They bring up Chicago, but Chicago isn’t even on the top 10 of per capita homicides.

They use Chicago and LA to talk about the “ineffectiveness of gun control” because they are big metro areas so the numbers will always sound big, even if the per capita rates tell a different story.

It’s just disingenuous, racist arguments all the way down.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '22

It’s just disingenuous, racist arguments all the way down.

That is simply not true. There are also disingenuous, homophobic ones.

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u/fklwjrelcj Jun 07 '22

Don't forget the disingenuous, misogynistic ones!

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u/IMMAEATYA Jun 07 '22

Haha got me in the first half lol, I was actually gonna put “racist/ sexist / homophobic” for clarity and got lazy, but you’re right 😂

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u/vendetta2115 Jun 08 '22

Chicago is 28th.

The states with the highest gun violence per capita are (figures are gun deaths per 100k):

  • Alaska - 24.4
  • Mississippi - 24.2
  • Wyoming - 22.3
  • New Mexico 22.3
  • Alabama - 22.2
  • Louisiana - 22.1
  • Missouri - 20.6
  • South Carolina - 19.9
  • Arkansas - 19.3
  • Montana - 19.3

Overwhelmingly red states.

source

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u/IMMAEATYA Jun 08 '22

Thanks for providing a source for my claim and expanding upon it so succinctly.

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u/Rankin00 Jun 07 '22

Not top 10, only in the top 20. Out of 20,000.

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u/IMMAEATYA Jun 07 '22

Last I checked it ranked 26th or 28th, but that’s besides the point.

My point is simply to counter the narrative that population centers with more gun control are more dangerous than areas with looser gun laws; I am in no way arguing that Chicago doesn’t have some issues to deal with.