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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 6 Dec 2015

    Would Cracking Down on Guns in the US Reduce Violence much? This is a sacred belief, but the answer it not so clear. http://natl.re/kOjsLy 

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      2. gee‏ @hongeorge 6 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker This this graphic tells a clear story.pic.twitter.com/FnjZbRveSr

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      2. Matt Kelly‏ @kellmano9 6 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker not read the article, but I don't think anyone thinks 'violence' is the problem, rather 'lethal violence'

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      1. Drunk Gershwin‏ @DrunkGershwin 6 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker Prof Pinker now citing National Review! / whatever will the campus snowflakes now do/the trauma may even cause them to sue

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      1. Adam “Halloween Joke” Banks‏Verified account @adambanksdotcom 6 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker Astonishing that this piece uses a multiple shooting as hook yet declines to consider that multi-homicides only happen with guns.

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      1. Aiiieeee-va Cheung‏ @IvaCheung 6 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker Stopping the epidemic of gun-related suicides should be enough of a goal in itself.

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      2. Doreen Cifrodella‏ @Ineed2pinacolad 6 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @aduanebrown let's face the truth the bad guy will always get his hands on a gun that's a fact

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      3. kevin chambers‏ @kevchambers 6 Dec 2015
        Replying to @Ineed2pinacolad

        @Ineed2pinacolad @sapinker @aduanebrown the "bad guy" is that lady that just pointed a gun at my face because I honked at her. x30,000

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      1. Rob‏ @nekko377 6 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker The data conclusions presented in that article contradict findings from the Harvard Injury Control Center:http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hicrc/firearms-research/guns-and-death/ …

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      1. John‏ @JohnJonny1 6 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @jfcarpio

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      1. Hrant H Papazian‏ @hhpapazian 6 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker In fact the answer is clearly No. Even without gun deaths the US is #1. @SteveStuWill

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      1. Luis Lara‏ @LaraLuis20 6 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker There is still going to be crime!.... The purpose of gun reform is to decrease casualties, limiting 50 or 100 + bullet magazines.

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      1. Africanatheist‏ @Luwandamagere 6 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker I think most people agree that the solution to reducing violence is multidimensional.

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      1. Marciniak Lab  🎃‏ @MarciniakLab 6 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker I know you're well aware of these numbers but: Statistics behind US gun violence http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34996604 …pic.twitter.com/9Xrr5fHYOf

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      1. Data Dave‏ @DaveHimrich 6 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker you are far too smart for this. Violence down as guns proliferate

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      1. Jack Patterson‏ @JacquotLeGrand 6 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker Eventually it could, but there would have to be consensus that it us necessary.

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      2. ZC Travel Agency‏ @ZootopiaCity 6 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker Rebuttal:http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/10/how-australia-and-britain-tackled-gun-violence.html …

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      3. Themanclaw‏ @themanclaw 6 Dec 2015
        Replying to @ZootopiaCity

        @mleggers @sapinker Their homicide rates were declining already BEFORE the ban. Plus, the US has a VERY different situation.

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      4. ZC Travel Agency‏ @ZootopiaCity 6 Dec 2015
        Replying to @themanclaw

        @themanclaw @sapinker Yes we do. The people in the US care little about peace, or living without fear. They choose guns over public safety.

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      5. ZC Travel Agency‏ @ZootopiaCity 6 Dec 2015
        Replying to @ZootopiaCity

        @themanclaw @sapinker ~ And we're so rabidly insane about it, we *refuse* to consider any non-'pro-gun' view as anything but 'unpatriotic'.

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      6. ZC Travel Agency‏ @ZootopiaCity 6 Dec 2015
        Replying to @ZootopiaCity

        @themanclaw @sapinker ~ When a 6-yo child refuses to go 2 bed, you can't talk them into it. You have to put them 2 bed. Talking = pointless.

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      7. ZC Travel Agency‏ @ZootopiaCity 6 Dec 2015
        Replying to @ZootopiaCity

        @themanclaw @sapinker ~ When pro-guners refuse to accept regulation, you have to enforce anyway, even when they're kicking/screaming loud.

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      9. ZC Travel Agency‏ @ZootopiaCity 6 Dec 2015
        Replying to @okayultra

        @okayultra @themanclaw @sapinker By voting for people who will both make it law, and make sure that it is enforced or disciplined properly.

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