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In reply to the discussion: 45 Facts that challenge the NRA's talking points [View all]Lurks Often
(5,455 posts)1. Do you have any thoughts of your own or is this a google dump AGAIN
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Are you disputing the fact that states with more gun laws have lower rates of gun deaths?
SecularMotion
Aug 2014
#18
Are you disputing that your OP says "gun deaths" and not "rates of gun deaths"? n/t
krispos42
Aug 2014
#39
Are you disputing that states with more gun laws have far more gun violence than states that don't?
beevul
Aug 2014
#40
Care to cite your source for those maps and what makes you think they represent
Dark n Stormy Knight
Aug 2014
#35
So, you'll believe that any map accurately represents what the creators intend for it to represent?
Dark n Stormy Knight
Sep 2014
#55
I believe it accurately contradicts the inferences intended by the use of "rates".
beevul
Sep 2014
#60
Oh, we are surely doomed now. An anonymous Facebook post listing assorted lies and distortions.
NYC_SKP
Aug 2014
#12
Lies, damned lies and statistics. "Gun deaths"? Perhaps but not violent crime.
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2014
#19
Fox News is a good place to start. You'll hear a lot of NRA talking points there.
Dark n Stormy Knight
Aug 2014
#37
I think most of them are untrue or simplistic and not valid arguments against gun
Dark n Stormy Knight
Sep 2014
#57
Yeah, they do consitute NRA talking points. Unless you're going by some definition of talking points
Dark n Stormy Knight
Sep 2014
#56