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Gun Control & RKBA

benEzra

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12. Since the early 1980s, shall-issue CCW has increased what, tenfold?

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Thu Aug 13, 2015, 08:02 PM

Aug 2015

Ownership of AR's and AK's has increased by 1000% to 2000%. The number of privately owned guns in the United States has nearly doubled. And gun violence has declined by approximately 50%, has it not?

If you are arguing the post hoc, ergo prompter hoc fallacy, you're at least supposed to start with correlation in the right direction...

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Do More Guns Really Mean More Safety? [View all] SecularMotion Aug 2015 OP

Not really you should only need 6. ileus Aug 2015 #1

Why no mention of Garland TX? Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2015 #2

That's the wrong question. the band leader Aug 2015 #3

How about Hawaii and Alaska? Buzz cook Aug 2015 #4

The article mixes suicides with crime gejohnston Aug 2015 #5

Suicide is a crime is it not? Buzz cook Aug 2015 #6

Why only focus on states, when you can really dig down with the geography and demographics? branford Aug 2015 #7

More Guns, More Lies jimmy the one Aug 2015 #9

4x as many guns since 1960, so why isn't there 4x the rates of murder and violent crime? friendly_iconoclast Aug 2015 #10

Hah. beevul Aug 2015 #11

"Wallotext" posts inevitably remind me of these: friendly_iconoclast Aug 2015 #13

Alaska has very little gun crime actually-19 gun homicides in 2013 to be specific the band leader Aug 2015 #8

Since the early 1980s, shall-issue CCW has increased what, tenfold? benEzra Aug 2015 #12