2nd Encounter of the Day.... Over guns this time

[BainsBane]

70. you go from one tangent to another

Statistics do not mean everyone. That seems to be an ongoing source of confusion for gun proponents. I tell someone that 90% of suicides by gun are completed as opposed to 5% by pills, and he answers: You can kill yourself by beheading too. Such responses are not logical. That something is a demographic and statistical fact does not make it universal. It means it occurs in society with a certain degree of frequency.

Say, how do you know the man in the grocery store was law abiding? He could very well have been a drug dealer or a rapist for all you know.

Why do you care who I like or hang out with anyway? What possible difference does it make in your life? Why the constant evangelization. Are you so insecure in your views that you have to convert everyone? You're backed by some of the most powerful moneyed interests in the country. What ordinary people think is inconsequential. You have power and capital on your side. I would think that would be enough to suit you. You'll get to keep your guns and we'll keep dying. There is no danger of a rush to value human life in this country. Profits will always mean more than human beings. Your interests are well looked after.