Excellent! Stats on gun violence

[Double Naught Spy]

So....
1. You actually have no clue about the effect of statistics and admit that.
2. Statistics obviously don't matter to the politicians that infringe on the 2A.
3. It seems like you just enjoy spewing pessimism without making an actual point.

1) I know that there is no effect of statistics as they are just data, but there is an effect that comes from the interpretation of that data.
2) Statistical interpretations do matter to the politicians, but only the interpretations that they like or want to change. They readily share information that is biased bolster their causes.
3) If reality of data manipulation and presentation takes the shine off your rainbow, I am sorry. We are supposed to be the good guys, right? We aren't supposed to be making up lies such as Detroit having strict gun laws. Technically, Baltimore doesn't either, but they are in the state of Maryland that is pretty strict. Maryland specifically has a law that says that local governments can't regulate firearms. https://lawcenter.giffords.org/local-aut...-maryland/ As noted here, all the state laws of Maryland haven't made Baltimore any safer. https://www.personaldefenseworld.com/201...trol-laws/ Interestingly, Germantown is the 3rd largest city in Maryland and enjoys homicide and crime rates below the national average, yet is under the same guise of Maryland gun control laws.

Point? There are a lot of armpit cities around the country that have terrible crime rates and homicide rates. They are located in states with strict gun control laws and in states that don't have strict gun control laws. The laws don't seem to be driving the level of violence. When you look at the history of laws in many states, you will find that a lot of the laws are reactionary, knee jerk reactionary. They aren't good laws and they failed to deal with the issues they were supposed to correct.

Take Chicago. Homicide rates were climbing going into the 1970s when they started implementing gun control measures. The issue was out of hand and they reacted. Has it worked? Nope. Homicide rates seem to fluctuate quite a bit over time despite increased levels of gun control being enacted. They have had some of what they think are successes. In 2004, for the first time in 40 years the number of homicides dropped below 500 for the year. Of course, you can't say that gun control did that because they popped up again, despite gun control. Obviously, the laws are not keeping the homicide rate in control, no matter how hard they try.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/brea...story.html

It isn't the laws that are driving homicide numbers, though the laws are keeping many Americans from having guns to defend themselves.