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Old 08-27-2015, 08:29 AM   #1960
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Originally Posted by nfotiu View Post
Yeah, and on every one of those days 3000 people in the US died from preventable causes, and I bet a whole lot of those have equally sad circumstances behind them. I have no love for guns, would never own one, and would be just fine is someone took them all away. But the fact is mass shooting are just not statistically significant and even if you eliminated all of them, you aren't really making the country any safer in any kind of measurable way.
The existence of other causes of preventable death has no bearing whatsoever on the merits of reducing or eliminating this cause of preventable death. You are adding nothing to the discussion with this effort at misdirection. In fact, it belies your claimed lack of love for guns.
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