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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 1 Jul 2016

    Why Do People Buy Guns? Sarah Cotterill, Harvard psych grad student, explains in Psych Today blog post. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-science-adversity/201606/why-do-people-buy-guns-behavioral-economics-perspective …

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      2. Ari Armstrong‏ @ariarmstrong 2 Jul 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        .@sapinker The article is deeply flawed; it assumes a gun-free society is "safe"—as if gang & domestic violence would magically disappear.

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      1. הלל גרשוני‏Verified account @gershuni 1 Jul 2016
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        Very disappointing post. some of it is too obvious, some not proved, and much of it is unrelated to the issue

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      1. BigMan_OnCampus‏ @BigMan_OnCampus 1 Jul 2016
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        She entirely ignores biology, some people are physically much more capable of harming others. Guns equalize this imbalance.

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      1. Joel Grus‏ @joelgrus 1 Jul 2016
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        many people (e.g. women) buy guns as protection against the otherwise *more powerful*. relevant game theory is 100% different.

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      1.  ❌Deplorabot  ❤️ 🇺🇸‏ @buybuydandavis 1 Jul 2016
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        @PsychToday I thought that violence actually declined as humans gained firearms. Back to the cave for safety?

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      1. Joe Viscomi‏ @viscomij 1 Jul 2016
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        the second sentence in the third paragraph is an incorrect assumption and skews some of the following arguments

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      1. Luka Skrlep‏ @LukaSkrlep 1 Jul 2016
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        ...first imagine a world where no one owns a gun... Well, most of the human history. Now read S. Pinker's The Better Angels...

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      1. Add your name‏ @hipturn 1 Jul 2016
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        @PsychToday not explored: individual protection as motive is linked to guns as check against tyrannical gov forcing "cooperation"

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      1. Jonathan R Goodman‏ @JonathnRGoodman 1 Jul 2016
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        So, essentially, a gun is better for the individual but guns are worse for society? Thanks, #psychology.

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      1. Djupstaten‏ @BZindiq 1 Jul 2016
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        I don't know...http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/178711/sexual-assaults-fell-90-after-colorado-springs-daniel-greenfield …

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      2.  🇨🇦 (((Jim May)))  🇺🇸‏ @jimm_eh 2 Jul 2016
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        .@sapinker No, she doesn’t.

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      3. Robert Cartrouble‏ @09389239849s 2 Jul 2016
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        it’s probably wrong, but at least it was brief.

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      1. Thomas Levenson‏ @TomLevenson 1 Jul 2016
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        @PsychToday Not an explanation. Rather, a simplified model.

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      1. Henry Gunn‏ @Henry_Gunn 1 Jul 2016
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        In Germany it appears to be for religious reasonshttp://shr.gs/OFpZXMG 

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      1. Vonnie Shallenberger‏ @Whitelionroars 1 Jul 2016
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        @PsychToday I found nothing addressing why this seems to be a uniquely American problem. Thoughts?

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      1. Lonny Eachus‏ @eachus 1 Jul 2016
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        .@sapinker Such assumptions of cause-effect are one reason the “soft scientists” almost never get these things right. Some day, maybe.

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      1. Lonny Eachus‏ @eachus 1 Jul 2016
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        .@sapinker Ridiculous. Author's assumptions contradicted by the real statistics. She’s a psychologist, not a real scientist. Assumptions…

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