Michelle Alexander: White Men Get Rich from Legal Pot, Black Men Stay in Prison

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

Problem with your surmise is that while there are indeed more firearms in the population, firearm ownership rates are actually down. That means that a smaller share of the population owns more firearms. That's not a rise in firearm ownership, that's the gun aficionados stockpiling firearms while a growing part of Americans actually stays away from firearms. The second part of your surmise, again, was shown to be incorrect already. But nice try. Thanks for playing.

i wonder what that graph would look like after 2010

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Property crime (as well as violent crime) declines with declining gun ownership rates. I've been saying that all along.

[LibCampFireClub 635]

[Karee 4,190]

Problem with your surmise is that while there are indeed more firearms in the population, firearm ownership rates are actually down. That means that a smaller share of the population owns more firearms. That's not a rise in firearm ownership, that's the gun aficionados stockpiling firearms while a growing part of Americans actually stays away from firearms. The second part of your surmise, again, was shown to be incorrect already. But nice try. Thanks for playing.

Thanks for playing what? You posted a silly graph from a biased study to (I assume) make a point about the rise of single mothers and the drop in the crime rate. I assume that your point was that the rate of single mothers is rising, yet the crime rate is falling, so single parenthood has no influence on crime. I posted some other silly graphs showing that the rising number of guns and the rate of incarceration could also have something to do with the drop in the crime rate.

This lesson is free. The next one I'll PM you my Paypal info so you can pay up. My time is valuable.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Janelle is back in the house! We've missed you sister. I stayed out of this thread because as a kid raised by his mom only, I know it's more about your personal decisions rather and which path you choose to take.

Hi! I decided I would come back. Sigh.......

Marvin, it is amazing you were raised by a single mother and you are not in jail. Based on some of these VJers kids of single black mothers are all in jail. Do you mean there are people out here actually breaking the cycle? Impossible!!!

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Hi! I decided I would come back. Sigh.......

Marvin, it is amazing you were raised by a single mother and you are not in jail. Based on some of these VJers kids of single black mothers are all in jail. Do you mean there are people out here actually breaking the cycle? Impossible!!!

I know the feeling. I try to stay out of threads like this since, according to some here, it's all our fault.

It's easier to believe that rather than the systematic issues that most minorities have to face. If you keep your heel on someone's neck for a long time, there's going to be issues when the boot is lifted.

Thanks for coming back.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

i wonder what that graph would look like after 2010

Much the same. The data goes to 2012.

Thanks for playing what? You posted a silly graph from a biased study to (I assume) make a point about the rise of single mothers and the drop in the crime rate. I assume that your point was that the rate of single mothers is rising, yet the crime rate is falling, so single parenthood has no influence on crime. I posted some other silly graphs showing that the rising number of guns and the rate of incarceration could also have something to do with the drop in the crime rate.

This lesson is free. The next one I'll PM you my Paypal info so you can pay up. My time is valuable.

So the crime rate isn't falling? Or single parenthood isn't increasing? Which of the data is incorrect?

[eieio 1,594]

How does IQ relate to the likelyhood of ending up in prison?

[luckytxn 2,264]

Beats me.

How does IQ relate to the likelyhood of ending up in prison?

[LibCampFireClub 635]

How does IQ relate to the likelyhood of ending up in prison?

Studies are murky, but it may help in picking up soap a little faster.