[lbo-talk] violent crime up

Dennis Claxton ddclaxton at earthlink.net
Wed Jun 14 11:14:30 PDT 2006


Doug wrote:


>At
><<http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t262.pdf>http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t262.pdf>
>we learn that gun
>owners are disproportionally white, male, Protestant, Republican, and
>Southern. Gosh, sometimes life just lives up to cliches, doesn't it?

That's what I would have guessed. And that's why I don't think you can separate the "culture of violence" question from the "right to bear arms" because this profile suggests they are connected through an out of proportion fear of dark people committing crimes.



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