I am talking about in the USA. It’s very true. Cities such as New York, Chicago, Washington DC have extremely tough gun laws which they rarely enforce. In those cities it’s very difficult nigh impossible to get a permit unless you are politically connected or have power, hence, my Sotomayor example of rules for these but not for me …
That’s not what you said. You linked tough gun laws with high crime as though one followed the other. You are drawing a general rule from a particular set. Not logical. Then you say the places in your example don’t actually enforce their laws which makes your case a nonsense. Do places that have draconian sexual assault laws have huge numbers of sexual assaults? It’s actually the other way round.
Yeah Wyoming and Montana are more dangerous and crime ridden than the New York metropolitan area and Chicago. Yeah right. Come on, man…This is demonstrably untrue. Here are several highly reputable reviews of per capita gun violence by state. Per capita rates should be used as it helps to normalise data, given the most crime of any kind is going to occur where there are the most people, so you can’t base comparisons on nominal rates of crime; i.e. New York is going to have many times the total instances of gun violence than Wyoming because New York City alone has 13x the number of people than the entire state of Wyoming.
The states with very strong gun laws generally have to lowest per capita rates of gun violence. The states with very weak gun laws generally have the highest per capita rates of gun violence. There are a few exceptions, but nonpartisan researchers have attributed relatively higher rates of gun violence in those few states with strict gun laws to gun trafficking (illegal activity, which ironically often starts with legal gun purchases in states with week gun laws) and organised crime (which is aided by state-by-state gun laws, rather than federal-level laws, allowing bad actors to source guns from states where they are easy to acquire and hold, often en masse).
What the data says about gun deaths in the U.S.
While the number of gun deaths in the U.S. fell for the second consecutive year in 2023, it remained among the highest annual totals on record.www.pewresearch.org
Stats of the States - Firearm Mortality
www.cdc.gov
U.S. gun violence rate by state 2025| Statista
Gun violence in 2024 was highest in Mississippi, followed by Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, and Montana.www.statista.com
Additionally, states (and countries) that have the highest rates of gun ownership also generally—and unsurprisingly—have the highest rates of gun violence. Here is a rundown of the phenomenon from an Ammo supplier (which is fairly accurate, unfortunately)!
Gun Ownership by State (2025 Statistics)
Which states have the highest rates of guns per capita? This article breaks down gun ownership by state.ammo.com
That incident actually highlights the need for stronger nationwide gun laws, as the person who shot the carjacker (who was an untrained civilian) was part of Sotomayer’s security detail (trained member of security/law enforcement). Even the federal gun laws that the most progressive Democracts want to pass would not restrict gun possession by trained members of law enforcement, government security, or military personal engaged in official duties (unless they have been disqualified due to illegal activity in the course of their duties or private life, like in cases of convictions for domestic violence or instances of gun crime).
It is not a case of “rules for me but not for thee”—Sotomayor and other progressive Democrats support strong gun laws for civilians that have no need to own or use a gun as they are not a member of a “well-(state)regulated militia”.
Perhaps if the US had implemented stronger federal gun laws two decades ago, the attempted assassination of Trump would not have occurred.
Will be interesting to see where he goes from here. His stock speech is mostly lies about his term in office and lies about people he doesn't like. He rambles between these topics with little original material.
What a thoughtful, well-researched response to Seb. You’ve won me over with your statistics and insight.
Some of your stats are extremely deceiving. For example the rate on New York is very low as it takes into account ALL of New York State. I grew up 100 miles north of my city and it’s easy to get a permit especially for your home. Not so when I lived in my city. You are telling me the crime rate, violent crime rate, is worse where I grew up than in my city. No way.This is demonstrably untrue. Here are several highly reputable reviews of per capita gun violence by state. Per capita rates should be used as it helps to normalise data, given the most crime of any kind is going to occur where there are the most people, so you can’t base comparisons on nominal rates of crime; i.e. New York is going to have many times the total instances of gun violence than Wyoming because New York City alone has 13x the number of people than the entire state of Wyoming.
The states with very strong gun laws generally have to lowest per capita rates of gun violence. The states with very weak gun laws generally have the highest per capita rates of gun violence. There are a few exceptions, but nonpartisan researchers have attributed relatively higher rates of gun violence in those few states with strict gun laws to gun trafficking (illegal activity, which ironically often starts with legal gun purchases in states with week gun laws) and organised crime (which is aided by state-by-state gun laws, rather than federal-level laws, allowing bad actors to source guns from states where they are easy to acquire and hold, often en masse).
What the data says about gun deaths in the U.S.
While the number of gun deaths in the U.S. fell for the second consecutive year in 2023, it remained among the highest annual totals on record.
Stats of the States - Firearm Mortality
U.S. gun violence rate by state 2025| Statista
Gun violence in 2024 was highest in Mississippi, followed by Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, and Montana.
Additionally, states (and countries) that have the highest rates of gun ownership also generally—and unsurprisingly—have the highest rates of gun violence. Here is a rundown of the phenomenon from an Ammo supplier (which is fairly accurate, unfortunately)!
Gun Ownership by State (2025 Statistics)
Which states have the highest rates of guns per capita? This article breaks down gun ownership by state.
That incident actually highlights the need for stronger nationwide gun laws, as the person who shot the carjacker (who was an untrained civilian) was part of Sotomayer’s security detail (trained member of security/law enforcement). Even the federal gun laws that the most progressive Democracts want to pass would not restrict gun possession by trained members of law enforcement, government security, or military personal engaged in official duties (unless they have been disqualified due to illegal activity in the course of their duties or private life, like in cases of convictions for domestic violence or instances of gun crime).
It is not a case of “rules for me but not for thee”—Sotomayor and other progressive Democrats support strong gun laws for civilians that have no need to own or use a gun as they are not a member of a “well-(state)regulated militia”.
Perhaps if the US had implemented stronger federal gun laws two decades ago, the attempted assassination of Trump would not have occurred.
You aren’t arguing with facts, you are arguing with feelings. I have presented facts that refute your claim, which is a common one based on not understanding how crime or statistics works (or how civilisation works, for that matter).
Well, are they more dangerous or not??
Of course they include suicide, as that is part of gun violence and accounted for more than half of the gun-related deaths in the US in 2021, according to the CDC. Those should be included.
www.bbc.com
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
www.hsph.harvard.edu
Was nailed on to be the case. Treason is overrated these days.
And there were a few in here that were arguing that the MAGA-controlled SC’s Presidential Immunity ruling wouldn’t change anything for Trump or the nature of the Presidency.
As he's leading the Jan 6 case at well it will put shade over that one as well.
We can only hope. But, even if he manages to get a new trial with a neutral judge, that judge’s hands are going to be tied by the newly set precedent.
Off to the 11th Circuit we go. Cannon has been slapped down by them already, but I won't hold my breath this time.
Nor I.
