live or going to be in DC? 17 or younger? your curfew is now 10pm even on the weekends.

[Rainsford]

Originally posted by: jonessoda

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
How is it that a city with the toughest gun laws in the country has some of the worst crime?

Some people see that, notice that places with really lax gun laws tend to have low crime, and see a trend.

Of course strict gun control tends to be in cities while lax gun control tends to be in the boonies, the crime patterns are not exactly comparable in the first place. I'd argue that it's pretty good proof that gun control does not decrease violent crime all that much...but I'd also argue that gun ownership doesn't cause low crime rates either.

Crime will mostly happen or not happen, the major thing gun ownership can do is control whether or not crime happens to you personally.

Edit: And I could be wrong about this, but Maryland (including Baltimore) has rather lax gun control laws, while DC residents can't even own one...yet I would not call Baltimore a safer place to live, I'd much rather live in DC from a safety standpoint.

 

[fishmonger12]

Originally posted by: NogginBoink
Not to sidetrack the thread, but I've always wondered about the legality of curfews like this.

Doesn't the first ammendment guarantee the pople the right to peacefully assemble? Isn't a curfew infringing upon that right?

since when did people under the age of 18 have any rights anyways? only rights i had were the ones my parents handed to me and the ones instituted to make law enforcement soft on me.

 

[acemcmac]

I would support this in my town.

 

[Nik]

GOOD. I'd support a 6pm curfew in my city. Parents don't care about or watch the Little Bastards and they rip this place up. I can't shoot them. I can't spank them. I can't strangle them. The city needs to keep them inside since their parents won't! :| Grr... I fvcking hate unruly kids.

 

[acemcmac]

Originally posted by: GuideBot
GOOD. I'd support a 6pm curfew in my city. Parents don't care about or watch the Little Bastards and they rip this place up. I can't shoot them. I can't spank them. I can't strangle them. The city needs to keep them inside since their parents won't! :| Grr... I fvcking hate unruly kids.

Pft, one of my neighbors told me I couldn't YELL at his kid, when he was on MY DECK (2nd story mind you!)

 

[Al Neri]

"that aught hold those SOB's" - Gabbo.

 

[FoBoT]

:thumbsup:

 

[Nik]

Originally posted by: acemcmac

Originally posted by: GuideBot
GOOD. I'd support a 6pm curfew in my city. Parents don't care about or watch the Little Bastards and they rip this place up. I can't shoot them. I can't spank them. I can't strangle them. The city needs to keep them inside since their parents won't! :| Grr... I fvcking hate unruly kids.

Pft, one of my neighbors told me I couldn't YELL at his kid, when he was on MY DECK (2nd story mind you!)

I'd have threatened to push him off if he didn't jump. :|

 

[Mellman]

does this mean the 17 and under crowd are responsible for most of the crime here?

Yup

 

[acemcmac]

Originally posted by: GuideBot

Originally posted by: acemcmac

Originally posted by: GuideBot
GOOD. I'd support a 6pm curfew in my city. Parents don't care about or watch the Little Bastards and they rip this place up. I can't shoot them. I can't spank them. I can't strangle them. The city needs to keep them inside since their parents won't! :| Grr... I fvcking hate unruly kids.

Pft, one of my neighbors told me I couldn't YELL at his kid, when he was on MY DECK (2nd story mind you!)

I'd have threatened to push him off if he didn't jump. :|

He was trying to steal either my ash tray or my camp chair :|

I chased that little <racial slur removed> down the street, all the way to his parents house, screaming my boomiest booming yell at him the whole way.

He's lucky I didn't have a gun nearby because I would have pulled the trigger long before I figured out that he was 14.

 

[forfor]

Originally posted by: Wapp

Originally posted by: jonessoda
That place is mostly a sh*thole anyway.

QFT. DC for work but never to live.

Heh, I live in Georgetown and its ok. I like it. Gotta admit though, Georgetown is nothing like the rest of DC... and oh yeah, DC sucks.

 

[d3n]

I think everyone will just go hang out in Montgomery or PG counties.

 

[krunchykrome]

Good, the curfew is a good idea.

 

[j00fek]

get in where you fit in

 

[Fritzo]

Actually, this is a new plan by the GOP to keep it's members from chasing after teens at night 🙂

ZING!!!!!

 

[dabuddha]

Good. Keep them young whipper snappers in their homes 😀

 

[funboy6942]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Ah DC...the fascist heart of our country.

How is it that a city with the toughest gun laws in the country has some of the worst crime? Can you even own a gun legally in DC?

Do you think if your a bad person who doesnt give a rats ass about law or life is going to care if it is against the law to own a gun or not. Your a criminal its what you do. It just makes your job easier and safer knowing the person or place your are going to hold up wont have one for fear of turning into you if they get cought with one. So of course crime is going to go up knowing no one else is going to be carrying a gun, unless your planning on mugging a mugger but thats going to be your last pick out of a croud of people to choose from each day 😛