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Gun Control & RKBA

beevul

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22. Speaking of Ms Watts...

Reply to DonP (Reply #21)

Sun Nov 15, 2015, 06:23 PM

Nov 2015

Her crumby little org is trying to make hay out of the paris terrorist attacks too:

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The truth about guns and self-defense [View all] SecularMotion Nov 2015 OP

So here's why I question this TeddyR Nov 2015 #1

What percent of "80 million Americans who keep guns in the home" are criminals? SecularMotion Nov 2015 #3

If you had your way... krispos42 Nov 2015 #9

Hah! Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #12

Thanks anyways but I'll keep my rights to self defense... ileus Nov 2015 #2

Math issues sarisataka Nov 2015 #4

Something I was told MANY MANY years ago and always will be true. napi21 Nov 2015 #5

IMHO the most under discussed part of personal security is... discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #8

remember folks: "the killing of a felon... discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #6

The irony. Gun-banners demand corpses as the basis for analysis. Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #13

Doesn't include non-lethal DGUs. Kang Colby Nov 2015 #7

They never do, the numbers don't look good when it's included DonP Nov 2015 #10

We owe the OP a debt for keeping our media literacy skills sharp friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #15

Check the dates too DonP Nov 2015 #18

".........that turns out to be a pro second amendment story." pablo_marmol Nov 2015 #28

I think it has more to do with having more of his posts up in our group DonP Nov 2015 #30

Well here's an example of a DGU... Ghost in the Machine Nov 2015 #11

Update on shooting of nursing mother... Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #16

Thanks for the update, Eleanors38! I was in the process of looking Ghost in the Machine Nov 2015 #17

Our rights aren't determined by statistics. beevul Nov 2015 #14

It's not about the statistics, it's about shaming DonP Nov 2015 #19

Good point. Our rights aren't determined by shaming. beevul Nov 2015 #20

It might bother me ... if they were in the least bit effective DonP Nov 2015 #21

Speaking of Ms Watts... beevul Nov 2015 #22

I guess the ones killed by suicide bombers at the stadium are out of luck as far as she's concerned DonP Nov 2015 #23

All that, plus... beevul Nov 2015 #24

AFAIC they can continue to shame all they want -- the more the better. pablo_marmol Nov 2015 #29

rights aren't determined by statistics, yet.... jimmy the one Nov 2015 #32

Yes, every year... beevul Nov 2015 #33

yes you are contradictory, & misleading jimmy the one Nov 2015 #34

Well, whaddya know...self-reporting of defensive gun use is unreliable... Marengo Nov 2015 #25

Yeah, its funny how selective some folks are about things like that. beevul Nov 2015 #26

Let's all be sure to ask them about the discrepancy when the opportunity presents... friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #27

What makes that opinion piece worth reading? ManiacJoe Nov 2015 #31