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Originally posted by Felix The Assassin:
Yorick,
NYC has too many gun control laws. One cannot "Legally" own or carry anything in the city. Now, just because it's illegal, doesn't mean it won't happen. But, for 'Law abiding citizens' that is a straight act of un-constitutionalism!
For a fresh look, compare the entire state of Oregon (where we have open carry) VS NYC were guns are flatout outlawed, to the gun related crime rate. I'm betting bling 4to1 odds NYC is greater. Why? Because you'd be a fool to use a gun where every citizen is either packing or has the right to carry. In your adopted city, only 'outlaws' are packing. How to fix? Allow open carry.
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I could be wrong, so I am happy to stand corrected, but is your comparison a case of apples with apples or apples with oranges?
How well I ask does NYC, a place where millions of inhabitants are packed in close proximity, with its racial tensions ("wrong suburb"), economic tensions (not the same as us), homeless rate and underground drug culture stack up against the relatively unsullied widespread beauty of a state like Oregon? I am sure that Portland has its "big city" issues too, but is the mix of the powderkeg and the history of gang culture as strong and prevailing? I don;t even think Portland stands up in a proper comparison to NYC let alone shifting that base to the lower crime rural heartland of the state.
I think where the tensions are highest the rules need to be stricter. I think if you put open slather on guns in NYC the effect wouldn't be that less people would pull them because they are worried who else has them - more people would have them to pull out and more people would be needlessly "blown away".