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In reply to the discussion: Harvard Study: Gun Control is counter productive [View all]DanTex
(20,709 posts)46. And why is it garbage science? Because you disagree with it?
Usually if something is "garbage", that's because it's actually flawed in some way. For example, the study you posted used false data. But the only problem with the studies I cited is that they disagree with your politics.
Also, the Gerry Falwell stuff doesn't get through peer review. Like the Kates study from the OP, it ends up in a non-peer-reviewed journal with a politically biased editorial board. But it's good to see that yet another gun nut has decided to rail against peer review -- it's basically a concession that the actual scientific research doesn't support your point of view, and so you have to resort to conspiracy theories and junk science like the Kates-Mauser study.
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Also, there are no legal civilian handguns in Russia, but their murder rate is over 3x the USA. nt
rDigital
Aug 2012
#1
Facebook.com/guncontrolkills is a site that romanticizes the Ruby Ridge killers...eom
Kolesar
Aug 2012
#28
Prove it wrong. I've provided an easy avenue for you to do so. FYI: you can't : )
rDigital
Aug 2012
#8
"This place really needs to be shut down like a restaurant with a rat problem." Aww, poor you.
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2012
#32
You're not Deputy Zampolit of DU and never will be. Get over yourself.
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2012
#36
"This place really needs to be shut down like a restaurant with a rat problem."
TPaine7
Aug 2012
#42
"What is the difference you see in the run of the mill Democratic (or independent for that matter)"
ellisonz
Aug 2012
#57
You're actually answering your own question and proving my point with this sentence.
ellisonz
Aug 2012
#62
There's no correlation in your articles, just obfuscation and misinterpretation.
rDigital
Aug 2012
#43
Although some have rejected the observation re Russia, it might be worthwhile to focus upon England
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2012
#61