A new study from Yale University wanted to take a relational look at the crime rate in Chicago. In other words, instead of using a pure statistical and geographical approach, they investigated the relationship between various murder victims, and they found that there was a massive spike in the murder rate among those who associated with other victims. This pretty much reinforced what we already knew — that murders in Chicago are mainly gang related, and that the best advice to staying alive is avoiding stupid people doing stupid things (like drug dealing). But it’s nice to see a study backing up that common sense conclusion.
From the article in US News:
Andrew Papachristos, an associate professor of sociology at Yale, analyzed police and gun homicide records from 2006 to 2011 for people living in a high-crime neighborhood in Chicago. He found that 41 percent of all gun homicides occurred within a network of less than 4 percent of the neighborhood’s population, and that the closer one is connected to a homicide victim, the greater that person’s chances were for becoming a victim. Each social tie removed from a homicide victim decreased a person’s odds of becoming a victim by 57 percent.
So, in other words, you can reduce your risk of being murdered by over 50% simply by avoiding the murdering crowd. Or I suppose you could move out of Chicago, which would help too.
The story coming out now is Gus, the son, stabbed Sen. Deeds repeatedly, then shot himself as his dad somehow made it out to be picked up by a relative. No matter how it turns out, this is a truly horrendous turn of events: http://roanoke.com/news/2389287-12/official-creigh-deeds-son-released-after-psychiatric-eval.html
Between this and the Liberty University shooting this morning, today is shaping up to be a dark one for the Valley: http://roanoke.com/news/2389085-12/police-id-liberty-university-student-killed-by-campus.html
I hear there’s another study working to confirm that water really is wet.
Gang name: “The multicultural gang of badass acceptance…”
I’ll file this into the weird yet very impressive category. The Savage 110 300 Mag and the Busnhell 3-21 FFP scope are definitely capable of excellent accuracy, and I have a feeling that the ammo is good stuff as well. That also looks like a thorough and precise duct taping job. Mythbusters successfully made a boat out of duct tape just to see if it was possible. It was.
I’ll still consider a quality stock / bedding / free float job to be one of the major factors that drops groups from 1.5 MOA to sub 1 MOA.
And I’ll put some more duct tape on the list, for the same reasons as Clint Eastwood’s sage advice in Gran Turino.
Not too big on malls, since the advent of the Internet. Although, years ago I had a blow off job with a company whose office building had a skywalk connection to a major mall. Occasionally, I’d be bored as hell, long done with my work, and I’d sneak over for a long lunch hour and catch a matinee at the mall theater. I’d carry right into the theater because they didn’t have “30.06” signs posted.
In Texas, it’s trespassing to carry concealed in a business if the ownership has advised you that carrying is prohibited. That advisement is legally considered to have been effectively communicated if the business posts a “30.06” sign, named for the statute section that specifically details its wording and dimensions. Cute, huh? No sign, no deal (unless they instruct you personally and individually.) The little ghostbuster signs with the red circle with the red line through a gun in the center don’t count.
What you see sometimes are invalid signs, presumably to placate the clueless anti’s, while still allowing concealed carry.
‘Protect Kids”. Ban the car owner from breeding.
Whoa, hold on now. Hippies gotta have stickers on their vehicles. I mean how else are they gonna let potential passengers know that they’re about to be subjected to un-Godly amounts of body odor and patchouli stench?
Perhaps this is a plea for help by an English-challenged sticker producer, whose children are addicted to salted chips. Save the Children, BAN SALTED CHIPS!
Got to love someone named “Dumm” posting these comments!
“Richard Rowe, How to Win and Argument With a Gun Nut EVERY Time!”
But, you don’t win every time, I do…
Because no matter how hard you argue I still have my guns. The winner is the one who gets what they want at the end, you don’t want me not to have them, I want to keep them, in the end, I win 🙂
Anagram time:
Despot Trick
Cabals Pass Unlit
Nice. – you deserve a FNS-40
Texas, the bastion of freedom I keep hearing about in the brochure….
Unhealthy diets kill more Americans than bullets and knives.