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Can ya read Nutty?

desired result....

Fleegler and colleagues used a weighting system for such laws developed by the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence,

"He said his study suggests but doesn't prove that gun laws — or something else — led to fewer gun deaths."

By the author's own admission, the study does not prove anything!

"During the four-years studied, there were nearly 122,000 gun deaths, 60 percent of them suicides."

So the questions...?
What percentage decrease in suicide was seen in these states. Did the people that were taking their own life stop and not take their own life because a gun control law prevented it, or did they utilize some other means to end their life? If you take out the 60% suicide rate from the study, what does it do to the numbers?

When I took statistics in college so many years ago, the first day the instructors first words were "Statistics can say anything you want them to say as long as you use them correctly!" Simply stated, the link shares a bunch of gobbledygook from the Brady Bunch in an authoritative way to try to sway public and law maker opinion which may be a flat out lie. JUST AS I POINTED OUT in the response above. IF you say something long enough, it becomes fact...whether it is or not.

Words have meaning!

Docbuell, it proves that gun deaths are higher in less-regulated states. It's simply one more compelling piece of evidence, not to mention the overwhelming evidence from other advanced countries with much stricter gun laws, that you gun-nuts are so clearly on the wrong side of the gun issue.

A rational conclusion, that most people can plainly see, is that we simply have too many guns in our gun-crazed culture. Gee. Maybe it's just too easy for ANYBODY to get guns. Gee.

Words have meaning, such as the words, "well-regulated."

"Flat out lie"? Now those words have a meaning: crazy, unhinged, irrational, extreme, etc.

Funny that the medical doctors involved in the study seem to be very concerned about the epidemic of gun deaths in this country, including gun-related suicides. Shouldn't chropractors also be concerned about that, and not blow it off.

JP's comments about changing how guns and bought is code...do not miss read it. If we are to follow the line of thinking that all guns must be transferred through a licensed dealer then we will soon see that it is OK to allow for all guns to be registered. The NICS is supposed to (And I doubt very much that they do) destroy all information about the background checks that they perform so as not to develop a registry of gun owners and what they own. While not complete registration, the NICS is a tool that could very easily be implemented into a registration process in no time flat.

The problem with registration is that it is the first step to confiscation...and that my friends on both sides of the political spectrum is... the ultimate goal of this regime and its cohorts.

Looks like we will now get the low hanging fruit legislation that will end the gunshow loophole, requiring background checks on all gun transactions, except maybe family members.

Banning high capacity magazines, soon.

Why is it that, the media only broadcasts the bad uses of firearms, and not the events where a firearm saved the lives of a would be victim(s) if it were not for the legal use/ownership of a gun? I for one will always carry a concealed side arm, even at places that display the stupid signs saying " the carrying of firearms are prohibited on these premises".

I can understand why some women feel the need to carry, but it's hard to understand what motivates men.

I've had guns pointed at me in an armed robbery. I've been to Sturgis 6 times and Daytona Bike Week once. I've been to a bunch of biker rallies and events. I've been in places with notorious biker gangs. Bikers must be less threatening than those bad jackpines in Jackpineland, because I have NEVER BEEN IN A SITUATION WHEN I WISHED I WAS CARRYING A GUN.

You don't need?

A stone age technology gas sucking Harley to drive across the country to a party that you don't need to go to in leather clothing you to drink beer that you don't need.

And I sincerly doubt you were in any danger at Sturgis because Bikers are well know for compassion toward the handicapped.

On February 22, "Right Views" reported that a growing number of firearm companies have suspended the sale of guns to states, counties, cities and municipalities that restrict their citizens' rights to own them.

In just two weeks, the number of companies participating in what has been named the "Firearms Equality Movement," has more than tripled from 34 companies to 118.

Keep yer powder dry!

Like I always say, "It aint the Bill of needs its the Bill of Rights !"

Over 100 years ago, many American cities and towns came up with ordinances against allowing gun-slingers, like you modern-day regressive gun-nuts, carrying their guns to town. It was an effort to be more civilized and, for the most part, it has been the norm of civilization for the past 100 or so years. Few regular citizens have carried guns since then, except lately with you paranoid, less civilized jackpine gun-slingers. But then you are far from regular citizens.

You've got to ask what psychologically motivates a regular guy to feel the need to carry a gun with him wherever he goes. It's a fricken personality disorder!

Obviously Nancy doesnt know History!

Where did he lie in his post Sally?