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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 20 Aug 2015

    The NRA is wrong: Guns are much more likely to harm you than protect you. http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2015/01/good_guy_with_a_gun_myth_guns_increase_the_risk_of_homicide_accidents_suicide.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_top … via @slate

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      1. Arthur B.  🚀‏ @ArthurB 20 Aug 2015
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        @sapinker @Slate you need to look at total homicides, not gun related homicides. Correlation disappears. Graph I madepic.twitter.com/8HVpdIy484

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      1. Jimbo Dim the Lights  👻  🌘‏ @jimoutofbennies 20 Aug 2015
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        @sapinker @Slate Bumper sticker: "When guns are outlawed only outlaws will accidentally shoot their own kids."

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      1. Confusion is King‏ @collectivlunacy 21 Aug 2015
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        @sapinker @MaxCRoser @Slate I wonder if this this view will be expressed in-person to military personnel & "Defense Department officials" :)

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      1. Joanna‏ @JoannaCocoGrove 20 Aug 2015
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        @sapinker @marti431uew @Slate And the numbers prove that NRA is DEAD wrong.

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      1. 1Iodin‏ @1Iodin 20 Aug 2015
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        @sapinker @Slate The NRA has always been wrong but they don'r care because the object is to make money not keep people safe.

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      1. deplorable mule‏ @jarsthemule 20 Aug 2015
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        how do you measure a prevented crime? @sapinker The NRA is wrong: Guns are much more likely to harm you than protect you. @slate

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      1. Anton Chigurh‏ @sewerpimp 23 Aug 2015
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        @sapinker @arne_reabel @Slate I'll take my chances guns don't shoot people people shoot people

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      1. Millwright‏ @sasquatch3001 22 Aug 2015
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        @sapinker @MaxCRoser @Slate Fascists & commies murdered over 250MM people in the 20th century. Won't happen here.

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      1. Uwe Lancier‏ @Ulan_ka 22 Aug 2015
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        @sapinker Yep: A gun makes a lousy shield but a fine target. @slate @deuxcvsix

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      1. Dr. Ryan McCourt‏ @MarcCountry 21 Aug 2015
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        @sapinker ... I'd love to hear you debate @SamHarrisOrg onto is issue: "The Firearm Delusion"...

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      2. Stefania Passera‏ @StewieKee 20 Aug 2015
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        @sapinker @Slate it's sth everyone in EU already knows. The morbid attachment to guns in a modern country such as US still surprises me so!

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      3. Millwright‏ @sasquatch3001 22 Aug 2015
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        @StewieKee @sapinker @Slate Jews gave up their guns before krystallnacht. A grave error.

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      1. Eric Hanneken‏ @EricHanneken 20 Aug 2015
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        @sapinker This is an old debate. The article you linked presents one side, pretends it’s the only side. Disappointed.

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      1. John Beene‏ @johnbeene 20 Aug 2015
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        @sapinker @Slate NRA: "Facts shmacts".

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