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In reply to the discussion: Silencing the Guns [View all]DanTex
(20,709 posts)100. As one of the OP's of the Larry Bell article from Forbes...
...the fact that you don't even attempt to defend the false content of the article you posted is noted. Here, have another look.
For example, consider the recent work of fiction claiming to debunk the "myths" of gun control, written by professional climate change denier Larry Bell, and posted here not once but twice. The difference is that the pro-gun types like Larry Bell go way beyond just technical omissions that don't change to the main argument. The pro-gun lies, include pretending that the Brady Campaign has simply invented the fact that gun ownership has dropped, despite the fact that we both know this comes from GSS, universally considered the best source for gun ownership statistics by social scientists (including your friend). And then there's the claim that NCVS only counts DGUs "where a citizen kills a criminal, not when one is only wounded". This is not an omission it is an overt lie, and it makes a huge difference to the argument, because if that were true, it would be a valid reason to discount NCVS DGU statistics.
Wanna give it a shot? LOL. No I didn't think so.
It's OK, we already know: you (and other pro-gunners) will post any article, no matter how full of falsehoods, and no matter how much of a climate-denying right-wing nutjob the author is, as long as it supports the gun cause. And as much as you'd like to think that the more progressive articles on gun control, like this OP, are just as inaccurate as the right-wing crap that y'all link to, it just isn't true.
So that's why you are stuck playing word games and ignoring facts.
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Was Loughner able to discharge a lot of rounds in rapid succession without reloading?
baldguy
Mar 2012
#19
So you think we should liberalize laws regarding silencers? I must say, that's quite refreshi...
Johnny Rico
Mar 2012
#7
I'd imagine those parts of Europe generally have much stricter gun control. n/t
ellisonz
Mar 2012
#44
They certainly do...but in this particular respect (silencers) their laws are more rational.
Johnny Rico
Mar 2012
#63
Good article. And I see that the right-wing talking points have arrived right on cue!
DanTex
Mar 2012
#57
As far as I can tell, the "inaccuracy" amounts to failing to mention the loophole in...
DanTex
Mar 2012
#68
Number od posts does not seem to correlate closely with factual accuracy....
PavePusher
Mar 2012
#85
Anti-gun types are fond of making spree killers reload, aren't they?
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2012
#132