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Gun Control & RKBA

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)

1. Most posts of this type are just spam (from both sides).

Reply to rrneck (Original post)

Sun Dec 11, 2011, 12:46 PM

Dec 2011

If one wants to post a current events story and start a discussion by adding comments about what they want to discuss, that is great.

Dumping gun related stories into this forum with no indication as to why the story was posted beyond it containing a gun reference is not useful to anyone.

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About that "police blotter". [View all] rrneck Dec 2011 OP

Most posts of this type are just spam (from both sides). ManiacJoe Dec 2011 #1

Anecdotes are anedcotes. Reading them always makes me want statistics. saras Dec 2011 #2

Statistics sre important. rrneck Dec 2011 #3

statistics are descriptive and predictive - impying past/present and future DrDan Dec 2011 #4

They can if used right. But how often does that actually happen? rrneck Dec 2011 #5

First off, no, statistics do bring clarity to the future. TheWraith Dec 2011 #6

Statistics are predictive, rrneck Dec 2011 #7