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In reply to the discussion: Pew Research Admits Flaw in Poll Used to Attack Strong Gun Control Laws [View all]NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)21. You're very coy. We don't have mods and your graph is crap.
If you'd read the replies upthread, I have already pointed that out precisely, that raw numbers are misleading and showing whole numbers disguised the real trends, which show that the rates of violence and gun deaths are falling.
I'm beginning to really pity your apparent inability to grasp these simple facts and instead try to distract rather than face the reality of it all.
Good luck with all you pursue, but remember that information and knowledge are powerful tools in making your point.
And, using bad data and misrepresenting data has the same effect, in the end, as lying.
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Pew Research Admits Flaw in Poll Used to Attack Strong Gun Control Laws [View all]
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
OP
I know you folk hate that chart so I put it up...... even though it is totally unrelated to gun control.
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#2
It is so in your face true and irrefutable and horrible it is hard to say much, I get it.
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#9
OP fails to adjust for population growth, deceptive chart shows only total deaths.
NYC_SKP
Dec 2014
#16
The headline seems to overstate what Pew actually 'admitted' - it's not a perfect
petronius
Dec 2014
#12
A per capita chart and a whole numbers chart are not tweaks, they are different charts.
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#18
Well then you should speak to a mod about the article as you describe it, is there one around?
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#20
More from PEW: Good news, progress for progressive gun rights supporters! From the OP sources!
NYC_SKP
Dec 2014
#22
The ownership numbers are suspect. People unlikely to self-report ownership, distrustful of Gov.
NYC_SKP
Dec 2014
#25
In 1973 when the survey was taken that showed 49% of people had a firearm in their ...
spin
Dec 2014
#29
Sorry, but the only weird logic here is yours if you think you have freedom of speech on this site.
GGJohn
Jan 2015
#46
PS, what are the self-reported rates for illicit drug ownership? Kinky porn ownership?
NYC_SKP
Dec 2014
#27
Notice how gun fun men reject all facts, which are all facts, contrary to their set in metal beliefs,
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#28
The OP is quite willing to accept poll results without question- when he *agrees* with the results:
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2015
#36
Notice how Gallup survey shows 2014 has lowest number of "no guns in home" reponses in 20 years?
NYC_SKP
Dec 2014
#31
You mean now today ownership is higher than in 1983, and many recent years also, that "trend"?
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#32