Houston Lawyer Writing for NY Liberals

[Lynyrd]

http://thecrimereport.org/2016/10/19/ch ... oser-look/

For example, the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence released a study which ranked states on the severity of their gun laws and then cross-referenced that data with rates of gun violence. In the study of 2013 crime statistics, a correlation was found which pointed to higher rates of gun violence in states with lax gun laws.

However, that’s not the whole story. Texas Gun Sense, an organization which advocates for stricter gun control in Texas,

A tiny bit of research revealed that this site is run by John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York city. Why a Houston lawyer is writing for them, i have no idea. The author only quotes two sources, both of which are suspect IMHO. A fair article would also use statistics from the other side of the gun control argument, but that does not suit the agenda of the anti crowd.

I see this as an example of the kind of slanted, skewed, statistics that is paraded before legislatures in attempts to subvert our 2A rights. Let's hope this guy doesn't have many friends in the Texas legislature.

[bblhd672]

many Texans are taking a contrasting view.

"translation: very few Texans"

that could lead

"translation: we have no empirical data to support this claim but we're making it anyway"

Some statistics indicate

"translation: the statistics we use that support our agenda indicate"

People from across the state

"people residing in liberal big cities like Houston, Austin, Dallas"

Liberal anti-gunner writing for other liberal anti-gunners. I mean, really, the "new" laws he's talking about have been in effect now 9+ months. Could this article be more non-relevant?

The only thing you really need to know about "The Crime Report" web site is this: sponsored by George Soros' Open Society Institute.

[The Marshal]

What do they ever do with the Year over Year Crime Violence in Chicago statistics?
I truly wonder about the ability of Critical Thinking in this country.

[Lynyrd]

I also find it ironic that he is talking about laws that went into effect in 2016, and is using baseless arguments from slanted 2013 stats. How about looking at the crime states before and after the new law passed? Oh, but wait...., that would be logical.

[Lynyrd]

The only thing you really need to know about "The Crime Report" web site is this: sponsored by George Soros' Open Society Institute.

Which makes me wonder how ANYBODY from Texas could get caught up in that?

You can explain it to them, but you cannot understand it for them.

[bblhd672]

From his website:

Because the consequences of being convicted of a weapons related crime may be severe, it is important to contact Houston weapons attorney Brett Podolsky as soon as possible.

If arrested on a weapons charge this is not a lawyer I would want to retain knowing his stance on legal carrying of handguns.

[treadlightly]

What a mixed bag. On their "about" page they say Open Society is a sponsor as well as Charles Koch - isn't he supposed to be a big Republican supporter?

And their man of the year is Van Jones. Ick.

[Smokey613]

This reminds me of something one of my wife's former bosses told her when discussing statistics. He said "yes, figures do not lie but, liars figure". I remember this frequently when stories like this come up.

[Abraham]

Do you mean the loudly declared and known marxist Van Jones, that Valerie Jarrett was overjoyed when he became part of the Obama team as she stated they'd been trying to recruit this marxist for quite some time.

That Van Jones?