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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHARD FACTS: 10 Pro-Gun Myths, Shot Down
By cutting off federal funding for research and stymieing data collection and sharing, the National Rifle Association has tried to do to the study of gun violence what climate deniers have done to the science of global warming. No wonder: When it comes to hard numbers, some of the gun lobby's favorite arguments are full of holes.....
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/01/pro-gun-myths-fact-check
My opinion is that this is a great case for gun control. The senseless killing of our kids HAS TO STOP!
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HARD FACTS: 10 Pro-Gun Myths, Shot Down (Original Post)
doxydad
May 2014
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Agschmid
(28,749 posts)1. Good read.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)2. K & R
Thanks for the info, GOP always on the side of life, not in the case of guns.
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)3. These don't count as facts because they
aren't gunner facts.
Only gunners have facts they constantly tell us so.
Maedhros
(10,007 posts)4. Oh, upaloopa!
You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true.