How do you explain a 50% drop by banning something that accounted for less that 4% of homicides?
'We must do something!' 'The gun homicide rate dropped by half in the last 20 years; you want to interrupt that progress by 'doing something'? 'But media says it's a growing problem. Would they provoke a moral panic just to sell papers and get clicks?' 'Asked and answered.'pic.twitter.com/2bySWm2Ils
-
-
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Better chart. I’m a supporter of the right to bear arms, but to suggest gun deaths and gun availability aren’t linked is a bad argument. Argument should focus more on fact that handguns are the biggest issue, not “assault rifles,” whatever those arepic.twitter.com/Kjr7Lhj0hA
-
Agree, and most of my posts have been about rifle vs handgun homicide rates...
- 1 more reply
New conversation -
-
-
This Tweet is unavailable.
-
Gun homicide is what everyone is talking about this week, usually with no data and no awareness of historical trends. It's not cherry picked; its the key fact.
- 1 more reply
-
-
-
Why are gun people willing to make such obviously fallacious arguments? There are good arguments to be made.
-
What's fallacious? I just pointed out a historical trend about the gun homicide rate falling by half. Do you think it didn't drop by half?
- 1 more reply
New conversation -
-
-
We decreased violent crime. Good. Now let's do something else to decrease it further. Is that a terrible idea?
-
Can you propose 'doing something' that doesn't violate fundamental constitutional rights?
- 3 more replies
New conversation -
-
-
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.