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Interceptor_Knight wrote:
We are trying to convince the sheep that we need to go after the people and not the guns. This store has a disproportionate amount of its handguns used in crimes and many confirmed as being purchased through straw purchases.
Knight, while no one disputes the numbers, they are misleading for one reason. Badger is the closest gun store to the city of Milwaukee, Milwaukee itself having NO GUN STORES. In fact, Badger is right across the street from Milwaukee. So if you live in Milwaukee and want to buy a gun Badger is the first place most people go. Also, Badger is very close (5 minute drive) from the shall we say "high crime area" of the city.
The fact that a city as large as Milwaukee has no gun shops in it skews the numbers. So take a similar city, say Cleveland, lets say Cleveland has 10 gun stores, no one store is going to jump off the page as far as guns used in crimes because sales will be spread out among those 10 stores. But now close 9 of them and the 1 remaining will look bad. That is the case here, Badger is just about the only game town.
And where do you get your information to state "and many confirmed as being purchased through straw purchases? How many cases did they cite where guns where purchased through straw purchases? ONE. Of course straw purchases are a problem at Badger, everyone from the ghetto goes there to buy their guns, and I would argue the ghetto has more felons than the rest of the general populace.
This is a fine example of biased reporting. Spout off with all these numbers that look soooo bad, but don't explain why the numbers look the way they do. Then someone up in Green Bay, that has no knowledge of the actual facts surrounding the store will be led to believe the guns used in crime numbers are a result of Badger not being vigiilant about straw buyers, which is not the case.
So close Badger, next year the store that leads the nation in guns used in crimes WILL BE Shooters Shop because they are the next store closest to Milwaukee. Then they can close that because the numbers look so bad, then it will move to the next one, and the next until we end up closing stores in Green Bay because they are being used in shootings in Milwaukee.