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Gun Control & RKBA

beevul

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2. They don't want 'the simplest conclusion'.

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Original post)

Wed Jan 20, 2016, 05:34 PM

Jan 2016

They don't want 'the simplest conclusion'.

They want to muddy the waters, then go for 'the simplest solution'.

Exhibit A: "Gun deaths", rather than discussing firearm homicides and suicides as the distinctly different things with distinctly different root causes and therefore solutions, that they are.

This is deliberate and calculated.

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The firearm-homicde rate is apparrently not tied to restrictive firearm laws [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2016 OP

But some want tax funding to prove otherwise. Eleanors38 Jan 2016 #1

It is my opinion that... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2016 #5

They don't want 'the simplest conclusion'. beevul Jan 2016 #2

re: "This is deliberate and calculated." discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2016 #6

No... Puha Ekapi Jan 2016 #7

DUzy discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2016 #8

Huh? EdwardBernays Jan 2016 #3

Well I was able to find 4 on wikipedia discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2016 #4