Anyone else read any of his books/articles/blogs? I really like him and his views, one of only a few conservatives I overwhelmingly agree with. He did a very good article today for CNN on the current debate (or lack thereof) on gun policy and what drives it.
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Good article, with some good data/analysis.
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Could the reduction in crime rates hes talking about since the early 90's hes referring too be because of this
kind of casts shades of doubt to his entire argument, some times its what is not said that speaks the loudest. Nice try though.
Little more hole poking.................... I read yours, now you read mine
Last edited by mrsleeve; 07-30-2012, 07:38 PM.Originally posted by FusionIf a car is the epitome of freedom, than an electric car is house arrest with your wife titty fucking your next door neighbor.
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Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants.
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Originally posted by mrsleeve View PostCould the reduction in crime rates hes talking about since the early 90's hes referring too be because of this
kind of casts shades of doubt to his entire argument, some times its what is not said that speaks the loudest. Nice try though.
Little more hole poking.................... I read yours, now you read mine
http://www.nssf.org/share/BP2/2006/060506.htm?AoI=media
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But most of the time, gun owners are frightening themselves irrationally. They have conjured in their own imaginations a much more terrifying environment than genuinely exists -- and they are living a fantasy about the security their guns will bestow.sigpic
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Originally posted by CorvallisBMW View PostExcept that there's absolutely no data to even hint that "right to carry" in any way leads to reduced crime. Correlation =\= causation
Nice try though ;)
must be a coincidence many many times in row
Good try againOriginally posted by FusionIf a car is the epitome of freedom, than an electric car is house arrest with your wife titty fucking your next door neighbor.
The Desire to Save Humanity is Always a False Front for the Urge to Rule it- H. L. Mencken
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants.
William Pitt-
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Originally posted by mrsleeve View Postother than the fact that when those states passes said laws the crime rates mestiriously dropped shortly after passage
must be a coincidence many many times in row
Good try again
And please note that I'm talking about actual causation, not just correlation. If those laws were passed at the same time as other crime laws, or at the same time as an improvement in the economic situation, or any number of other things that effect crime rates, you cannot single out that one single variable as the driving force behind the results.
Just like in your article you posted. Simply because gun sales rose slightly during the same period that crime dropped slightly does not, in any way, prove that more guns cause less crime. 2 things often happen at the same time that are completely unrelated. For instance, this morning I took a shit right about at sunrise. But I do not go around believing that dropping a deuce caused the sun to rise
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