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Gun Control & RKBA

angstlessk

(11,862 posts)

5. besides being a non sequitur, it's a biased source.

Reply to jonno99 (Reply #3)

Mon Jul 25, 2016, 02:09 PM

Jul 2016

what? guns don't kill people, doctors who went into medicine for the paychecks kill people?

Of course a site called "medicalmalpracticelawyer" just might be prejudiced?

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How are they so clueless? "The One Question I Want All Gun Nuts to Answer" [View all] jmg257 Jul 2016 OP

From what I can see it's axiomatic: FEELINGS > facts jonno99 Jul 2016 #1

Here is a snapshot of gun associated shootings. angstlessk Jul 2016 #2

If we REALLY care about seeing less death & injury, it seems we should be addressing the BIGGER jonno99 Jul 2016 #3

besides being a non sequitur, it's a biased source. angstlessk Jul 2016 #5

Please don't "miss the forest for the trees": jonno99 Jul 2016 #6

I don't see gun deaths, just suicide, homicide and accidental deaths angstlessk Jul 2016 #10

Here's a link to the CDC's WISQARS apps discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2016 #16

Unfortunately they only go back a couple years. nt jmg257 Jul 2016 #4

Huh maybe they AREN'T clueless - they just change the argument! jmg257 Jul 2016 #7

I think controllers have given up on science and good argument. It is... Eleanors38 Jul 2016 #8

technically you should only need 5 SD firearms per person. ileus Jul 2016 #11

So they think our President is lying? DonP Jul 2016 #12

Maybe they put more stock in Hemenway then the President. jmg257 Jul 2016 #13

If we weren't all banned .... DonP Jul 2016 #14

Better to have questions answered the way YOU want them answered. jmg257 Jul 2016 #15

half wrong, half right, both of youse jimmy the one Jul 2016 #17

Nt a lot of time now, but considering the number of background checks lately jmg257 Jul 2016 #20

gun ownership rates fell dramatically 1992 - 2000 jimmy the one Jul 2016 #18

Thanks jimmy - addressed this in another post about ownership rates vs gunstock#s. jmg257 Jul 2016 #19