In the last 5 months there have been at least 71 kids killed by guns. Average just under 6 years old

[rrneck]

89. I apologize

for not following your script. If you aren't very good at improv, I guess rigid framing is your only option. But in the future, be careful about those car analogies, they don't really work very well.




DanTex (3,711 posts)
7. [font color="red" size="4pt" face="face"]But cars also provide immense benefits to society. It's an issue of costs versus benefits.[/font]
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Star Member rrneck (13,657 posts)
43. Okay, that's funny. nt
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DanTex (3,711 posts)
45. And yet, like the rest of the NRAers, you have no response.

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Please, explain to us all what benefits guns provide to society that outweigh the 30,000 deaths plus all the injury and trauma.

C'mon, there's got to be at least one gun nut who's willing to give this a shot!
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Star Member rrneck (13,657 posts)
49. Okay...




http://www.epa.gov/oms/climate/

http://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/petro-politics-mixing-oil-and-war
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DanTex (3,711 posts)
51. Is that graph supposed to represent the benefits of guns to society?
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Star Member rrneck (13,657 posts)
54. Are you sure you're on the right board?

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Don't you recognize this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockey_stick_controversy

Maybe you forgot about these too...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War

http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Afghanistan-And-The-Future-U.S.-Withdrawal-Energy-Corridor-Or-Dead-Zone-.html
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DanTex (3,711 posts)
57. So you're going to dodge the question about the benefits of guns to society.

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That's not too surprising. None of your NRA buddies has an answer either.

30,000 deaths a year, for what benefit?

Crickets.
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If you're going to play to the crowd make sure you know your role. The shining knight of ideological purity should sally forth with some gravitas, and not recognizing the "hockey stick" graph is a little rough on the image. Insults from the court jester are flattery. Take your bows and exit stage left while you still have some shred of dignity.