tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post333811109744199498..comments2024-03-27T14:20:05.905-04:00Comments on Montclair SocioBlog: Gun Laws and Crime in Other English-Speaking CountriesJay Livingstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06652075579940313964noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-55703901149452827712013-01-24T03:11:31.591-05:002013-01-24T03:11:31.591-05:00The guns crime graph is continuously same from las...The <a href="http://www.gunnation.com" rel="nofollow">guns</a> crime graph is continuously same from last few years. Ammohttp://idealpistolforshooters.weebly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-41079110367977547062013-01-02T08:05:09.675-05:002013-01-02T08:05:09.675-05:00Somehow, I don't think WSJ intended to caution...Somehow, I don't think WSJ intended to caution its readers against opposing gun control. The pro-gun idea seems to fit with the small-government ideology -- shrink the beast and all that. What's interesting is that the NRA belief -- "The government cannot protect you so you have to protect yourself" -- has been transformed into "The government should not try to protect you."Jay Livingstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06652075579940313964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-46611355003588568862013-01-01T14:54:59.313-05:002013-01-01T14:54:59.313-05:00Jay:
You ask, "I’m not sure which 'cauti...Jay:<br /><br />You ask, "I’m not sure which 'cautionary tale' these numbers are telling." Given that the WSJ op-ed audience is presumably looking for reasons to oppose liberal (in the U.S. sense) measures such as gun control, perhaps the cautionary aspect is that here are some examples where gun control was followed by a decrease in crime, hence pro-gun activists should be cautious before pointing to such examples.<br /><br />The more interesting question is: how did it happen that gun proliferation became such an important cause of the WSJ editorial page, to go along with flat taxes and all the rest.Andrew Gelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02715992780769751789noreply@blogger.com