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Gun Control & RKBA

PavePusher

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10. Wow, what a misleading title and article by CBS.

Reply to hack89 (Original post)

Thu Jan 12, 2012, 12:46 PM

Jan 2012

Makes it sound like there are way more homocides than the actual numbers indicate. When you look at the chart, the total deaths, by cause, fall off incredibly rapidly, with the top cause, heart diseases, at almost 600K, and #15 down at 17K.

Either lazy or agenda-driven "reporting" methinks.

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Murder not a top cause of death, a first in 45 yrs [View all] hack89 Jan 2012 OP

Well what do you know... We_Have_A_Problem Jan 2012 #1

Record high gun registration. montanto Jan 2012 #2

Are you being serious or sarcastic? We_Have_A_Problem Jan 2012 #3

I think he forgot that extra-big sarcasm smiley. nt SteveW Jan 2012 #4

I guess its sarcsm. montanto Jan 2012 #8

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I guess that's it. montanto Jan 2012 #9

One must be careful when dry firing for practice. n/t burf Jan 2012 #6

Boy, you hate to see a statistic like that. mvccd1000 Jan 2012 #7

Wow, what a misleading title and article by CBS. PavePusher Jan 2012 #10

What agenda is supported by falling murder rates? hack89 Jan 2012 #11

I have no idea. PavePusher Jan 2012 #13

I see your point hack89 Jan 2012 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author PavePusher Jan 2012 #12