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Gun Control & RKBA

TheMoreYouKnow

(63 posts)

18. There are rural tribes who believe

Reply to ileus (Reply #5)

Mon Dec 24, 2012, 12:52 PM

Dec 2012

Certain wooden and stone monuments/idols are evil and have souls that can kill you. We generally attribute this to superstition and extreme ignorance while dismissing their nuttiness. Those who believe that an inanimate metal object can kill on its own should be treated the same way.

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Gun ownership causes crime [View all] Howzit Dec 2012 OP

Yep, Cenk's an ignorant fool on this issue, no doubt. n/t PavePusher Dec 2012 #1

I have owned guns Berserker Dec 2012 #2

You know you could almost say intaglio Dec 2012 #4

Pretty much sums it up. jeepnstein Dec 2012 #6

I can see it now... Yavapai Dec 2012 #9

Very interesting video. Thanks. (n/t) spin Dec 2012 #3

Mechanical devices cannot cause crime. ileus Dec 2012 #5

There are rural tribes who believe TheMoreYouKnow Dec 2012 #18

correlation is NOT causation. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #7

I've looked at statistics... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 #8

The validity of a hypothisis is inversely proportional rrneck Dec 2012 #10

There's a keeper :) n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 #15

Or to the size of the head of the commentator or host. spin Dec 2012 #19

Ahh, the good ol' gungeon! Still going with the RW youtube videos over the peer reviewed research! DanTex Dec 2012 #11

so did you gejohnston Dec 2012 #12

Deeper analysis of what? I googled the source. DanTex Dec 2012 #13

which is about ecomomics, not guns gejohnston Dec 2012 #14

Actually, it's an all-around RW/libertarian think tank. DanTex Dec 2012 #16

if you wish gejohnston Dec 2012 #17