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In reply to the discussion: The CDC study on guns...shut down. [View all]Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)The rationale for carrying firearms is NOT social policy; presumably the straw man constructed by MoJo. The rationale is SELF-DEFENSE, not necessarily stopping the celebro-punk from further killing. It is so unfortunate that this Gerry-built narrative continues and is nourished by MoJo, it does not reflect well on the magazine.
There ARE studies which indicate that successful self-defense using firearms has occurred anywhere from a few hundred thousand times a year to over 2 million. I will also point out that mass murders are holding relatively stable over the last 30 or so years.
BTW, in a threat the other day in the Gungeon, one poster took to task a concealed-carry Democrat because he was only "selfishly" protecting himself, and didn't care about anyone else. Guess what other gun-controller/prohibitionists would have said if this concealed-carry fellow had said he was doing so to protect the folks around him? "Macho man."
Gun-control is throwing ANY PROHIBITION or argument against the wall and seeing what sticks.