majoroutage t1_jdb3m0q wrote on March 23, 2023 at 2:52 AM

Reply to comment by thebubblyparalegal in Other states.. by Imaginary_Kangaroo80

I think it's more like, we're just a little more civilized up here so we wouldn't have as much of those either way. ME, NH, and VT, are all Constitutional Carry states. Definitely not as shooting-crazy as Texas. Or the gun control capitol of Chicago, for that matter....

thebubblyparalegal t1_jdb57kc wrote on March 23, 2023 at 3:05 AM

Gun laws aside, it’s not as segregated here. That contributes to a lot of it.

I spent 3 semesters researching housing policies in undergrad & everything that increases crime and places minorities at a disadvantage is exactly what Texas does.

Imaginary_Kangaroo80 OP t1_jdb6n8h wrote on March 23, 2023 at 3:17 AM

Texas is fucking wild. I swear, hearing how people get shot at and it’s not considered attempted murder is nuts to me. Wild ‘modern’ west.

thebubblyparalegal t1_jdb7jke wrote on March 23, 2023 at 3:24 AM

Sounds like a normal day in the good ole Lone Star State! Gun violence is very normalized. I remember talking about the shooting at my HS during my senior year when I first moved. I just casually dropped it in a conversation, and whoever I was talking to was like what???! Like they couldn’t imagine ever being in that situation.

We never said “if the school ever gets shot up” but “when the school gets shot up” during drills. Different world down there.

jackassjimmy t1_jdb48lc wrote on March 23, 2023 at 2:57 AM

It’s not that we’re more civilized, we just have an exponentially smaller population.