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Gun Control & RKBA

sarisataka

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4. To prominently title a chart

Reply to jimmy the one (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 07:23 PM

Apr 2016

One thing then show a graph of a cherry picked minute subset is false and misleading. Why not show DGUs vs total violent crime? Is it because claiming an event is "rare" doesn't sound as compelling if they admit it happens at least 50k times per year?

As for the CDC's opinion of the validity of Kleck or the NCVS, I make no judgement. I am simply reiterating their skeptical view of both. I cannot see why anyone favoring gun control would take issue with the CDC view. After all, isn't that the exact organization that people want studying gun violence? Shouldn't they be allowed to do so unfettered; or should they only be allowed to do studies which support predetermined outcomes?

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