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Estimating the Number of DGUs [View all] mikeb302000 Nov 2012 OP
And yet you can't provide any proof glacierbay Nov 2012 #1
For you they're all good ones, right? mikeb302000 Nov 2012 #28
And *I'll* bet you can't produce even one link showing that he believes what you claim... friendly_iconoclast Nov 2012 #40
Yeah, thought so. All sizzle and no steak, as usual... friendly_iconoclast Nov 2012 #46
Gun nut trick number 23 mikeb302000 Nov 2012 #49
Proof is posted. Clames Nov 2012 #53
That which is asserted without evidence can be dismissed likewise. friendly_iconoclast Nov 2012 #56
at least provide some evidence gejohnston Nov 2012 #57
"This is not a scientific study..." Atypical Liberal Nov 2012 #2
yep, that is where I stopped reading. Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2012 #13
The actual number can't be known gejohnston Nov 2012 #3
I suppose in your mind that these aren't DGU's glacierbay Nov 2012 #4
Those don't count... ileus Nov 2012 #12
They might be. There are about 500 good ones a year. nt mikeb302000 Nov 2012 #29
And we are to accept without question your diktat about the number of DGUs? friendly_iconoclast Nov 2012 #41
A guy with a blog quotes a guy with a blog. Stop the presses. nt rrneck Nov 2012 #5
Blogs citing only blogs often escalate into huge non-stories slackmaster Nov 2012 #17
Actually, mikeb302000 Nov 2012 #30
We dont have to with you. nt rrneck Nov 2012 #36
propaganda professor.....LOL ileus Nov 2012 #6
I think it is funny that you have to cite an old blog to flog your own blog. ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #7
What do I think? Straw Man Nov 2012 #8
I'm not saying they're DGUs ... but ... holdencaufield Nov 2012 #9
"This is not a scientific study..." Gosh, Mike, you really don't care at all... Eleanors38 Nov 2012 #10
My opinion is that it's a frivolous, low-value speculative brain fart that contributes nothing... slackmaster Nov 2012 #11
Thanks PropagandaProfessor Nov 2012 #14
You stated yourself that your methodology was not scientific slackmaster Nov 2012 #16
for example? gejohnston Nov 2012 #20
Welcome to DU! hrmjustin Nov 2012 #21
You would lose the Ponderosa. GreenStormCloud Nov 2012 #23
What you're leaving out of your calculations is the number of false DGUs. mikeb302000 Nov 2012 #32
No, I easily showed over 1,000 DGU shootings. GreenStormCloud Nov 2012 #43
Your numbers are horrendously off. AtheistCrusader Nov 2012 #24
"that actually produce a fatality" I didn't see that qualifier. nt mikeb302000 Nov 2012 #33
Read it again. AtheistCrusader Nov 2012 #37
Knee-jerk reactions. Straw Man Nov 2012 #27
Thanks to you Propaganda Professor mikeb302000 Nov 2012 #31
What truth? Clames Nov 2012 #44
The truth? Straw Man Nov 2012 #45
I'm afraid any list of so-called DGUs is chock full of criminal acts jckelly Nov 2012 #15
As opposed to the popular adage mikeb302000 Nov 2012 #50
I have four words for that gejohnston Nov 2012 #58
I think you gun restrictionist agenda is a complete failure. aikoaiko Nov 2012 #18
Failure? Really? mikeb302000 Nov 2012 #34
McDonald also lost at the circuit level- at first, then was upheld at the USSC. friendly_iconoclast Nov 2012 #39
Federal appeals court strikes down concealed carry ban [Illinois] hack89 Dec 2012 #63
Big news. Peoria will be really safe now. nt mikeb302000 Dec 2012 #65
I think that the reason that the gun-restrictionist crowd goes after DGU with such Simo 1939_1940 Nov 2012 #19
The United States Department of Justice pins the number at 60k-100k per year depending on year. AtheistCrusader Nov 2012 #22
Too True jckelly Nov 2012 #25
Your 98% positivity is tainted by paranoia. nt mikeb302000 Nov 2012 #35
How would you know? I rather doubt you were there at the time. friendly_iconoclast Nov 2012 #38
maybe your right jckelly Nov 2012 #42
And your 500 DGU figure is pulled out of your taint. n/t Common Sense Party Nov 2012 #48
Wait... What!? Glassunion Nov 2012 #26
Mike is an expert only in accomplishing own-goals. PavePusher Dec 2012 #60
Well, not really. mikeb302000 Dec 2012 #66
You are not helping your point. Glassunion Dec 2012 #68
Is that "upwards of" 500? Common Sense Party Nov 2012 #47
Yeah, upwards of 500. nt mikeb302000 Nov 2012 #51
Which means LESS THAN 500 in your lexicon? Common Sense Party Nov 2012 #52
Not the first time mikey had been caught incorrectly using that phrase. Clames Nov 2012 #54
I remember it well. Common Sense Party Nov 2012 #55
Checking in again PropagandaProfessor Dec 2012 #59
When you ignore entire types of DGU hack89 Dec 2012 #61
Why don't you tell us how to verify the 4th category. nt mikeb302000 Dec 2012 #67
You tell us first how you can completely ignore it hack89 Dec 2012 #69
It is somewhat difficult to have a "productive discussion" on the subject of DGUs ... spin Dec 2012 #64
FWIW, I did a quick google after your earlier thread, and petronius Dec 2012 #62
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