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In reply to the discussion: Really great piece on the Glock handgun, and gun control on NPR! [View all]PavePusher
(15,374 posts)39. How so?
Low-frequency, High-risk/high-cost events that can be greatly mitigated by simple, low-labor/low-cost counter-measures.
What is your justification for the false analogy claim?
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Really great piece on the Glock handgun, and gun control on NPR! [View all]
virginia mountainman
Jan 2012
OP
Please educate me on the direct and indirect harm people like me cause.
Atypical Liberal
Jan 2012
#13
"What does the percentage of guns used in crime have to do with carrying (or not)?"
Starboard Tack
Jan 2012
#28
No, you asked about 'most'.. when shown how rarely most guns or gun owners are used in crime..
X_Digger
Jan 2012
#33
No, your question is lame, because those things have little or nothing to do with crimes.
PavePusher
Jan 2012
#34
No-one carries extinguishers because you don't need to. They are in every public-access....
PavePusher
Jan 2012
#40
No, YOU moved the goalposts by changing the subject from probability to what criminals do with guns.
Atypical Liberal
Jan 2012
#46
Exactly. The few on this board may be wonderful carriers, it's all the others that are an issue.
Hoyt
Jan 2012
#18
IOW, "People shouldn't carry, in order to avoid a backlash against carrying."
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2012
#25
Regardless of political affiliation, they are hardly ever involved in crime.
Atypical Liberal
Jan 2012
#30
Not true. People are much less likely to get shot by someone who doesn't walk around with a gun.
Hoyt
Jan 2012
#32
But you don't live in a society where people don't walk around with guns!
Atypical Liberal
Jan 2012
#36
Of course they are. I just drew an analogy. Now answer the question.
Common Sense Party
Jan 2012
#23
In reality, what you mean is silly analogy = "an analogy that I don't like
Common Sense Party
Jan 2012
#54