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Gun Control & RKBA

friendly_iconoclast

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5. That's not exactly what you said, is it?

Reply to BeyondGeography (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 27, 2020, 11:24 PM

Oct 2020

"Most will end up using it on themselves or someone they know"

With >80 million gun owners in this country, if your statement was true we'd have seen near-medieval levels of gun violence by now.

99% of those gun owners never have, and never will be, "...involved in a fatal or nonfatal accidental shooting, criminal assault, or suicide attempt..."

You are perfectly free to dislike guns, and I respect your right to do so.

You are not free to make stuff up without expecting to be called out on it.

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U.S. Voters Agree on One Thing: They'd Feel Better Owning a Gun [View all] sarisataka Oct 2020 OP

Most will end up using it on themselves or someone they know BeyondGeography Oct 2020 #1

Most people with guns end up using it on themselves or someone they know? MichMan Oct 2020 #2

I'm talking about shootings, not playing at the range BeyondGeography Oct 2020 #4

That's not exactly what you said, is it? friendly_iconoclast Oct 2020 #5

I guess it depends how you define "using" BeyondGeography Oct 2020 #7

"The statistics on shootings speak for themselves" They do -but they don't say what you claimed. friendly_iconoclast Oct 2020 #8

I think it depends more on how you define "most." Straw Man Nov 2020 #11

Like this? BeyondGeography Nov 2020 #12

No. Not like that. Straw Man Nov 2020 #13

I said they are hardly ever used in self-defense BeyondGeography Nov 2020 #14

Not to intrude but... discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2020 #15

It sound like said defense is only counted if the gun is discharged krispos42 Oct 2020 #6

"..what are the odds that a... person with an honest job is going to use their legally-purchased... friendly_iconoclast Oct 2020 #9

Yup. It's what makes me the most crazy. AleksS Oct 2020 #3

That is a commonly wrong interpretation of the stats. ManiacJoe Oct 2020 #10