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doxydad

(1,363 posts) Fri May 30, 2014, 07:36 PM May 2014

Well, This Explains Gun Nuts – Distrusting People Are Dumber [View all]

Have you ever tried arguing with a gun nut? In their minds (which are expressed with a lot of misspelled words and a limited vocabulary), it seems, the world is a very ugly place. Everyone is a predator, just waiting to rob, rape or shoot them. After these arguments, I tend to go away feeling sorry for them more than angry about them — at least until they stick their gun where it doesn’t belong. It turns out there may be a reason that your dumbest Facebook friends are also the biggest gun nuts. According to a recent study, basic human trust increases with IQ.

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Well, This Explains Gun Nuts – Distrusting People Are Dumber [View all] doxydad May 2014 OP

This is a pretty clear causation/correlation problem. Shandris May 2014 #1

That's right. Brigid May 2014 #8

Concealed carry holders are about 5 times more law abiding than the average citizen Travis_0004 May 2014 #2

Yeah well, chrisstopher May 2014 #3

Prove this or S.T.F.U. doxydad May 2014 #4

"According to a recent study" pintobean May 2014 #7

Wiki's not hard to find. rrneck May 2014 #10

I bet you feel silly now that the poster below provided hard data JJChambers May 2014 #11

Nope. doxydad May 2014 #17

Lol JJChambers May 2014 #19

You should trust more -- improves the I.Q. Eleanors38 May 2014 #13

All Gun Owners are Law Abiding until they aren't any longer Exposethefrauds May 2014 #6

Fraud, how much do you "trust" 80 mill. gun-owners? Eleanors38 May 2014 #14

Nearly every night pintobean May 2014 #15

Ok, now posts the names of the other 99,990,000 that didn't shoot anyone... beevul May 2014 #16

I gather you have a arsenal! whistler162 May 2014 #5

One little 20 rounder....laughable. ileus May 2014 #9

All part of family fun, big guy! Starboard Tack May 2014 #12

What does it say about a person that presumes... Ballast_Point May 2014 #18