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jimmy the one

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15. explanation por favor
Sat Sep 12, 2015, 10:53 AM
Sep 2015

Pablo: Dr. Gary Kleck refers to the dishonest tactic of pro-control supporters when they quote one garbage study after another. They attempt to convince an uninformed public that "the evidence is mixed" w/regard to gun violence, when of course the evidence is decidedly unkind for Control

Could you post a link/source to this?
oh wait, it's Pablo, never mind; I'll see what I can come up with.
OK, here's what I got on google, just an excerpt, library puter is blocking this one:

Targeting Guns- Firearms and Their Control Gary Kleck ... Rather than just censoring all the contrary studies or claiming there is little or no relevant evidence, they adopt a stance of ... Often what the term "mixed evidence" really appears to mean is that "the evidence is overwhelmingly contrary to my preferred views, but there is at least a ... https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0202369412

Don't understand, Pablo. Are those vile gun control advocates citing 'GARBAGE STUDIES', or are they citing 'CONTRARY STUDIES'? - assumedly pro-gun studies 'contrary' to gun control.
... How can supposedly anti-gun 'garbage studies' be 'unkind to gun control', if they (supposedly) anti-gun to begin with?

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If I'd ever thought about it, I would have assumed that a petronius Aug 2015 #1
Agreed discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2015 #2
Lawful is limiting needledriver Aug 2015 #3
imho... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2015 #4
Indeed needledriver Aug 2015 #5
Agreed discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2015 #6
I would like to see the word "Discuss" in all caps and bold letters. oneshooter Aug 2015 #7
Perhaps an addition could be made to the effect... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2015 #11
Very good idea, IMO. pablo_marmol Sep 2015 #12
excuse my overall bluntness discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2015 #13
Speaking of which. oneshooter Sep 2015 #14
AFAIK the trash function is a temporary means to block a thread discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2015 #16
explanation por favor jimmy the one Sep 2015 #15
Holding off for now. I think I see the point, but I am concerned... Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #8
re: "...bottom-scraping local newz stories..." discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2015 #9
I have no objection to the change, having considered it further... Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #10
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