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JohnnyRingo

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15. People are pawning their guns to buy groceries and gas.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun May 10, 2026, 11:03 AM

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That helps with grudge killing, domestic violence, and road rage incidents.
Just kidding, but it's tough when people have to stay home because they can't afford to go out and commit crimes. That happened during the Covid lockdown too..

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Violent crime rates plunge in America's big cities [View all] BumRushDaShow Sunday OP

Curious when just a few days ago 13 DC police personnel were placed on leave for falsifying crime statistics Ponietz Sunday #1

Link? RainCaster Sunday #2

I saw an AP one from a couple days ago BumRushDaShow Sunday #10

I was wrong -- they were fired -- and MAGA lies through its teeth Ponietz Sunday #14

What is also curious is how 45 widely touted that D.C.'s "crime" had massively "dropped" BumRushDaShow Sunday #5

Fudging the numbers has become normalized with this admin in place. magicarpet Sunday #6

It will be going up shortly as more and more fall into poverty travelingthrulife Sunday #3

That has been my biggest concern BumRushDaShow Sunday #7

shitstain making sure that crime goes up dave99 Sunday #12

Yeah b/c half the country was 10 degrees for 2 months. bucolic_frolic Sunday #4

trDUMP & his side kick KKKa$h Patel are more than pleased to take all the credit for a job well done. magicarpet Sunday #8

Trump maga will claim the drop is because of what trump did oldmanlynn Sunday #9

shitstain lies all the time. Why should truth bother a LIAR like it ? dave99 Sunday #11

Yeah, well... when one goes full nazi, one can expect this to happen. OldBaldy1701E Sunday #13

People are pawning their guns to buy groceries and gas. JohnnyRingo Sunday #15

Desperate people do desperate things TexasBushwhacker Sunday #17

All because of ICE dragging off the undesirables, doncha know Bayard Sunday #16

Why would they claim these numbers are fake? SamuelAdams Sunday #18