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In reply to the discussion: 22-month-old boy drowns in pool [View all]billh58
(6,655 posts)Gungeoneer apologists have been manipulating "statistics" for so long that they actually believe their own bullshit. Their main argument always comes back to a variation on a theme, however: people are injured and killed in many different ways, so we shouldn't do anything about gun violence if we can't address ALL causes of death and injury at the same time.
Their second most misused talking point is to promote the myth that effective gun control measures will somehow negatively affect ALL gun owners -- both the responsible owners, and the not-so-responsible owners. The NRA, and its apologists, attempt to inflate their representation by insinuating that they speak for 76 million American gun owners (including many Democrats) who are NOT NRA members.
Have you heard the one about the government conspiracy to confiscate ALL guns in the USA? It must be true, because I read it on the Internet.