tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279973426476621559.post8215050063830834397..comments2023-04-03T05:20:01.318-04:00Comments on Young, Hip and Conservative: a skeptical blog: Mass errors about mass shootingsMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00427964335321253510noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279973426476621559.post-90912502138679591242012-12-18T22:43:25.204-05:002012-12-18T22:43:25.204-05:00I think every misconception, fallacy, and lie ever...I think every misconception, fallacy, and lie ever told is right here.<br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/18/whoopi-goldberg-gun-control_n_2325318.html?utm_hp_ref=mediaNatehttp://congressshallmakenolaw.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279973426476621559.post-61745238413488214582012-12-18T14:01:22.661-05:002012-12-18T14:01:22.661-05:00This is very interesting. I especially like the ar...This is very interesting. I especially like the article: "The gun is civilization" as I was sent an article only yesterday claiming literally the exact opposite. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/16/the-freedom-of-an-armed-society/<br /><br />You make a lot of great points. There are a couple other points I think are important.<br /><br />About 2/3 of gun related deaths in the US are suicides which presumably would have happened regardless of firearms. So if when someone says there are "x" number of gun deaths per year, chances are you can throw out about 2/3 of those as not exactly relevant to the current debate.<br /><br />People love to talk about how many fewer gun deaths there are in England. What these same people do not like to talk about is how many more violent crimes there are in the UK proportionate to population. About 4x more common than in the US. Not looking so great now. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1196941/The-violent-country-Europe-Britain-worse-South-Africa-U-S.html These stats are three years old but I'm not aware they have changed significantly.<br /><br />It is also important to note that CT has the 5th most strict gun laws in the US. So that should also be considered when debating the effectiveness of gun control.Evan E. Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11170677473957012939noreply@blogger.com