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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 12 Oct 2017

    NIH should renew gun research. Politics aside, knowledge is paramount. Can the right not handle the truth?https://goo.gl/c4PRFN 

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      1. Marc Esadrian‏ @MarcEsadrian 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        “Politics aside, knowledge is paramount. Can the right not handle the truth?” This statement is, in fact, political.

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      1. Brian Hearst‏ @iambtrochee 13 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        They've never encountered it at any of their gatherings so they fear it.

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      1. Mary Waters‏ @McwWaters 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Is that a rhetorical question?

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      2. Nancy‏ @coastalday 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        "Can the right not handle the truth.." Think the last several decades have answered that one.

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      3. Michael Garrison‏ @MikeDGarrison 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @coastalday @sapinker

        Decreasing crime and murder along with increasing gun ownership?

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      4. christopher‏ @cdavisshannon 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @MikeDGarrison @coastalday @sapinker

        While overall # of guns has increased, households with guns has dropped substantially in the last 30 years.

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      5. Michael Garrison‏ @MikeDGarrison 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @cdavisshannon @coastalday @sapinker

        People don’t like hunting as much as they used to. “Gun research” won’t prevent Sandy Hook or Vegas. It’s a distraction.

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      6. christopher‏ @cdavisshannon 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @MikeDGarrison @coastalday @sapinker

        That doesn't change the fact that your previous statement was false. What is gun research a distraction from?

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      7. christopher‏ @cdavisshannon 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @cdavisshannon @MikeDGarrison and

        You are correct that they would not have prevented either. Mass shootings are a very small subsection of gun deaths.

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      8. christopher‏ @cdavisshannon 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @cdavisshannon @MikeDGarrison and

        If we had more research we could have a more informed discussion from both sides. There is no detriment.

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      9. Michael Garrison‏ @MikeDGarrison 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @cdavisshannon @coastalday @sapinker

        What is “gun resesrch”?

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      2. Texatopia‏ @WidelyForgotten 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        I believe the worry is that the research is biased. This is not an unreasonable worry with the likely anti-gun views of researchers.

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      1. yneb on the contrary‏ @yneb_on 12 Oct 2017
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        Why wasn't done during the 8 years of Obama presidency?

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      1. Nathan Hall‏ @LupusFerros 12 Oct 2017
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        They can't handle most things.

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      1. Cat Stuff with Free Shipping‏ @catsrgreen 12 Oct 2017
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        Probably not. The confusion could make them even more violentpic.twitter.com/csNIxijluI

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      1. Eric louis petersen‏ @ericp73 12 Oct 2017
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        The right paid money to be ignorant. NRA in its lack of wisdom paid our gov to make it illegal to study the effects of guns using gov funds.

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      1. Bernard H. ✡️‏ @yeshuabyoseph 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        "Can the right not handle the truth?" As a single collective? No,not at all. I've been trying to understand the mechanisms of this L-R mind

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      1. Paul Rene Nichols‏ @paulrenenichols 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Paul Rene Nichols Retweeted Jennifer Doleac

        This is mood affiliation drivel. Gun violence research hasn't been shut down.https://twitter.com/jenniferdoleac/status/915931820058976256 …

        Paul Rene Nichols added,

        Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac
        I agree that the CDC should be allowed to study #gunviolence but disagree strongly with this headline 1/n https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/10/04/gun-violence-research-has-been-shut-down-for-20-years/?utm_term=.cc799fd8f123 …
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      1. Scott Graham‏ @grahamsor 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        No Dr. Pinker, the right doesn't expect NIH would actually put politics aside.

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