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Straw Man

(6,626 posts)
23. Could you put a number on "predominantly"?
Tue May 13, 2014, 03:26 PM
May 2014

Could we talk about what safety legislation the various states have? For example, in New York there is no state-mandated training, safety or otherwise, for a CCW. Could we talk about accident rates per firearm-owning household rather than per raw population figures? Could we talk about how we could accurately assess the impact of gun-control legislation on accident rates? Your map doesn't even come close to doing that.

You cite 2 exceptions which were noticed & accounted for, ignoring the predominance of southern & Midwestern pro gun states which prove what I said, to be true.

I believe I cited six exceptions, and that was by no means comprehensive. You "noticed and accounted for" nothing. You have a mass of data there that you have digested whole and then spewed out some vague and unsupported causal assertions. If that's what you call "fact," I'll beg to differ.
endless needless death and maiming will continue until they grow up randys1 May 2014 #1
Childhood accidents via guns are lower than electrocution, Eleanors38 May 2014 #2
Guns are toys for childish playtime. randys1 May 2014 #3
Actually not. But have a good day. Eleanors38 May 2014 #13
I never understand this kind of argument. upaloopa May 2014 #5
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I put that line in there just to see what reply I would get. upaloopa May 2014 #7
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The comment was just flame-bait? IronGate May 2014 #9
No here is my ideas. upaloopa May 2014 #11
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"who gives a s---?" Obviously the OP & perhaps you. Eleanors38 May 2014 #14
Now everything you don't like is an insult. upaloopa May 2014 #15
false dichotomy jimmy the one May 2014 #16
Fact? Jack? Straw Man May 2014 #17
predominance jimmy the one May 2014 #21
I'm sure every gun owning Floridian gejohnston May 2014 #22
Could you put a number on "predominantly"? Straw Man May 2014 #23
predominance explained jimmy the one May 2014 #24
Your castle is made of sand, Jimmy. Straw Man May 2014 #28
nyc has more stringent storage laws jimmy the one May 2014 #30
Keep movin' those goalposts, Jimmy. Straw Man May 2014 #32
undeniably wrong jimmy the one May 2014 #33
A meaningless truism. Straw Man May 2014 #34
ccw not what it seems, J jimmy the one May 2014 #25
Population density, Jimmy. Straw Man May 2014 #26
defacto shall issue, hah jimmy the one May 2014 #27
Hah hah. Straw Man May 2014 #29
I'll say this about jimmy, Jenoch May 2014 #35
Can I get a little dressing for this word salad.. SQUEE May 2014 #20
Is there an equal number of electrical outlets to guns in the United States? itsrobert May 2014 #31
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I can think sarisataka May 2014 #10
That's why I recommend all firearms except your EDC be locked up. ileus May 2014 #18
Yep, there's only two safe places for a gun... Bazinga May 2014 #19
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