I'm not sure you really understand the concept of a trend.

The figure were increasing before the gun laws. They increased AT THE SAME RATE after.

And @Jerykk, no-one is talking about banning guns. We're just suggesting that maybe there should be some reasonable controls on who should own them and how you should buy them.

And did you mean Boston? Can't find anything on google about Seattle bombings?

Seriously what is the issue here? Why are people so desperate to hang onto all kinds of firearms?

No-one is even vaguely suggesting that if you want to hunt or target shoot you shouldn't be able to.

There has never been and almost certainly never will be a dictatorship prevented by gun owning citizens in the modern age. Hell, you could argue that you've already failed in that regard in the US (not your government, the banks).

So that leaves what? Self defence? That just doesn't wash. This is not hollywood. You're not Clint or Arnold. There's ample evidence to suggest that gun owners are 4 times more likely to die by firearm (often with their own gun).

Meanwhile, the rest of the civilised world has reasonable gun legislation, and we just don't worry about it. I honestly do no understand what is so fucked up about american society that you feel you need guns.

I love how gun control proponents love to point to Australia as "proof" that gun control works. Hey, here's some proof that it doesn't work! Washington D.C. has some of the strictest gun control in the country. It also has the highest violent crime and murder rates in the country and guns are involved in the majority of those crimes.

Some fun facts:
1) Criminals don't care about gun laws and already obtain guns illegally.
2) Guns are a very effective deterrent against criminals (hence the reason why mass shootings almost always occur in the places where people are least likely to carry guns).
3) Banning guns won't make them disappear, just as banning alcohol didn't make it disappear and banning drugs hasn't made them disappear either.

As for murder sprees (which comprise a tiny portion of overall violent crime and murder), less access to guns wouldn't make them disappear. If someone really wants to kill a bunch of people, they'll figure out a way. The Seattle bombings are proof of that.

Yeah, common knowledge among so-called "experts" on anything amounts to variations of true, false, and meaningless. Slaves in a conventional sense of the designation in ancient Egypt the architects and laborers may not have been-The monuments remaining are still a testament to the influence of Pharonic power over the skilled-trades and the coordination of efforts. SOMEONE made SOMEBODY build the things, eh?? Giza doesn't look like a volunteer, community-beautification project somewhere in Seattle....

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Used to go to the Five Point for about 3 years back in the late 90s. Yeah, wouldn't want anyone filming the kinda antics we would get up to.Semi-naked volley ball at 7 am on a weekday? Not a problem for the management. They truly are an exceptional bar in Seattle and I wholly endorse the ban.

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HA-ha the throw that gauntlet @dag! So accommodating of @rottenseed to play along. Bravo boys!

In case you missed it, here's a recent Seattle local news story [with a sense of humor] on marijuana and driving. This one was bit less obvious in the lead in:

*related=http://videosift.com/video/Marijuana-and-Driving

Nice to see Seattle so well represented

Here's another example of People VS Winter:

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I moved from LA to Seattle a bit ago. I wear flannel pjs under my jeans now.

I followed this guy for about 20 ft on a Seattle street once:
http://cdn.pastemagazine.com/www/system/images/thumbs/www/articles_2012_04_10/ben_164_300x393.jpg?1334081906

I couldn't remember his name at the time in order to fawn over him.

I think Steven Wright is/was one hilariously clever guy. I didn't know he once lived in Seattle!

*nature I believe we have one of these in Seattle as well.

*blocked in Seattle of all places

The brakes locked the whole length of the train as soon as the air hoses came apart. Still, this would have been a much more interesting derailment if it had involved full loads of potash or something heavier than those little container flats. Even though the containers look intact, I would be willing to bet there is damaged merchandise for a good dozen cars back from the derailment; shippers never strap their stuff in as good as they think they do. BN's going to be dealing with lots of damage reclaims.

On a boring, anecdotal side note, I picked out one of the readable car numbers going by and looked up its movement history. If the guy posted the video within a day or so of the slide then I can confirm that it happened on the BNSF not far from Seattle.

Cool video ... filmed in the Northwest [Dick's is a Seattle institution ... special, two fries and four tartar please]