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Indydem

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2. These studies are full of fail

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2012, 07:01 AM

Dec 2012

They always fail to do the most important thing possible when evaluation these statistics: establish why the owner had a firearm.

Most gun deaths in this country are a result of gang and inner city violence. If a gun owner has a gun because they are a thug, they are going to have a higher probability of dying.

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