Poly,
Why are you so worried what folks here say? I was born and raised in CA and still live here. I have my reasons for living here and, while I may not always reside here, I do now. ...by choice. For those that think me a fool for living here they dont know all the facts. If they did I suspect they would not think that of me. Nonetheless, even if they need to be a 'hater' of ones decision to live in CA why does it bother you? I ask because I am 100% confident in why I am here and peoples comments about the state of the state dont reflect personally on me.
Another question....Why the concern about gun violence rather than all violence? As 2ndamendmantfan and others have pointed out the stats you qoute really only describe part of the story that does not serve the real conversation. Is a gun death more horrible than death by a knife? A stick? A beating? If you want to have the conversation about guns alone I still find your narrow view of the stats to be not accurately describing reality and it is certainly not an extensible example of overall violence. The converse of the inane 'guns are bad' discussion rarely gets covered. In that regard I would ask you the same questions you pose.
One cant have a conversation, with any level of intellectual integrity, about gun violence, violence in general and related solutions without looking at socioeconomic drivers. Of which, very little is integrated in the Brady articles.
With all due respect:
1) Given that you are qouting a clearly biased source using aggregated data that is not based on scientific principle I would gently suggest that more research, on your part, would be valuable to further this discussion.
2) Few people understand the horribly destructive power of a firearm more than those that have been forced to defend political decision made by the political class, including Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi etc. Our armed forces fully understand that power. Personally I would not come on to a gun related site loaded with current and former armed service members, with combat experience, to champion why guns are bad without factually honoring the true conversation. If I did I would not be surprised at the replies you have recieved.
Perhaps you own a gun. Perhaps you dont. Perhaps you are afraid of gun violence over other types of violence. Perhaps you aren't. Perhaps are a hater with an axe to grind. Perhaps you are not.
Regardless, to come on to a site like this, hijack a thread and poke at people with comments laden with insufficient data, and with a low post count, sort of sets you up to look like a stereotypical 'anti gun' troll. I would assume you are not and welcome a reasoned reply.
Lastly, your comment about 'commies' strikes close to home for me. With family that did not make it out of East Germany I can tell you with 100% accuracy that not one of them would make that mistake twice and the first thing that was taken from them was their guns. Perhaps your comments would be different if your world experiences were different.
Wow. You got the stats and that is still not enough...
Here are some Fox news facts that I'm sure you agree with:
-All information that you don't agree with is BS.
-Your way of thinking is the only right way of thinking.
-Anybody else who has an opinion that doesn't coincide with your own is your enemy.
-If you had achieved your goal of separating CA from the rest of the country then your life will magically be better.
You have placed your head in the sand and refuse to come out. Stay in your bubble of ignorance and always keep a loaded gun by your side just in case any commies show up to take your freedom
Peace.