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krispos42

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6. Do you want the government to actively reduce gun ownership...
Mon May 2, 2016, 07:54 PM
May 2016

...And concealed carry, then wonder why there are fewer DGUs?

Of course, you're not really counting DGUs, are you?

You're counting DGUs <i> that result in a homicide</i>.

You and your side commonly portray people that own guns for self defense are trigger-happy and can't WAIT to shoot themselves a minority or two. That they sit around masturbating to tactical firearms publications and memorizing shooting scenarios and training to kill kill kill.

Then you claim that the rate of DGUs are very very low. Wait a minute, how can that be?

One of these things must be wrong, yes? And since only one of these things is a stone-cold undisputed FACT, the other must be WRONG.




The fact is that hundreds of thousands of times a year, possibly over a million, guns are grabbed in self defense and only a tiny fraction of those times result in a discharge. And only a tiny fraction of those result in a death.

This means, of course, that gun owners using a gun to defend themselves are reluctant to shoot and reluctant to kill.

And I just bet that causes cognitive dissonance headaches for you.

It explains, at minimum, your disinclination to engage in debate.

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