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Complicating the Conversation December 22, 2012 2:00 pm podrock

Some of this conversation has been complicated by differing statistics and differing interpretations.

Apparently, there’s a reason for that:

Silencing the Science on Gun Research from JAMA via Kevin Drum.

For the record, I am neither pro-gun or anti-gun. Don’t own one. Maybe I should? Prohibitions have a poor record. Hard to put the cat in the bag when there are so many guns out there. Just how many lives would be lost trying to take the guns away? That alone would cause a civil war.

  • That's been our experience here. by bowser 2012-12-22 21:56:18
    • Bet a dollar you didn't read any of the articles I've posted here. by TB 2012-12-22 22:04:12
    • Well, that's appalling. by MaryAnne 2012-12-22 17:46:21
      • Yup. by podrock 2012-12-22 21:18:58
        • Biometric gun lock boxes are for sale on, of course, Amazon. by MaryAnne 2012-12-22 23:09:31
          • Thanks for the google by podrock 2012-12-22 23:33:14
            • I only wish chimps just threw rocks. by TB 2012-12-22 23:11:18
            • I don't know about hardwired... by TB 2012-12-22 22:14:48
              • More than defense... by podrock 2012-12-22 22:29:24
                • Good point. by TB 2012-12-22 22:37:29
            • You don't actually have to guess by Robert 2012-12-22 20:05:59
              • "Common ground." by TB 2012-12-22 21:30:53
                • Strange stance to take in a thread about suppressing knowledge. by alcaray 2012-12-22 21:40:20
                  • It was a specific response to a specific comment. by TB 2012-12-22 21:46:23

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