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Gun Control & RKBA

SecularMotion

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7. There is no evidence to back up your claims

Reply to krispos42 (Reply #6)

Mon May 2, 2016, 08:02 PM

May 2016

These "hundreds of thousands of times a year, possibly over a million" incidents of defensive gun use are mostly fantasies in the minds of gun owners who need to rationalize their obsession with firearms and concealed carry.

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Guns Are Killing People and It is Not The “Bad Guys” Getting Killed: More NRA Propaganda Exposed! [View all] SecularMotion May 2016 OP

So you are saying sarisataka May 2016 #1

VPC & HuffPo got high standards: You MUST KILL, or you don't make the grade! Eleanors38 May 2016 #3

I cannot grasp sarisataka May 2016 #4

It's da Creationist Theory of gun self-defense. Eleanors38 May 2016 #5

Far too many deaths from gun violence. Thinkingabout May 2016 #2

Do you want the government to actively reduce gun ownership... krispos42 May 2016 #6

There is no evidence to back up your claims SecularMotion May 2016 #7

What about that CDC study I know you have seen many times? Nt hack89 May 2016 #8

There are only surveys & studies, no hard evidence, no official reports. SecularMotion May 2016 #9

That's a good number. A lot of lives potentially saved. Nt hack89 May 2016 #11

I'll take it. Straw Man May 2016 #13

So you dispute nothing else? krispos42 May 2016 #12

Carry on and have faith....let's stay progressive on the 2A. ileus May 2016 #10