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Gun Control & RKBA

DonP

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8. Read it again ... slooowly. No debunking is involved

Reply to Gman (Reply #5)

Wed May 18, 2016, 06:14 PM

May 2016

Debunking would indicate the OP was trying to prove the VPC wrong with it's claimed numbers.

The OP accepts all of the VPC numbers as is, with no argument.

They then compare it to the factual number of concealed carriers in the country. That's not debunking, it's what we call "Math".

So ... are gun control fans just really bad at basic math, far too aroused at the idea of "Gunz!!!" that they can't use a calculator, or just plain stupid?

Pick one.

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Once again, the VPC hopes you are both easily frightened and poor at math [View all] friendly_iconoclast May 2016 OP

Your average concealed and/or open carry person Gman May 2016 #1

Do you have something non-tangental to say about the OP? friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #2

The OP attempts to debunk VPC's numbers and argument Gman May 2016 #5

The VPC's 'argument' is mere fear-mongering not supported by fact friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #7

Read it again ... slooowly. No debunking is involved DonP May 2016 #8

No but you'd be surprised Gman May 2016 #9

You don't know me. CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #11

That's a good thing then Gman May 2016 #15

Why? CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #16

Well, my statement was Gman May 2016 #17

Thank you. CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #18

Then there are all those "Mayors Against Illegal Guns" pedophiles too. DonP May 2016 #14

What makes them dumbasses? ileus May 2016 #22

They don't do what I do. CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #24

I do all of the above except the Gman May 2016 #25

Anecdotal Press Virginia May 2016 #26

So you take the few "dumbasses" you know TeddyR May 2016 #30

This is of course, your opinion... beevul May 2016 #3

Opinion which didn't actually address anything in the OP friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #4

Can you define average? JonathanRackham May 2016 #10

Evidently he hangs out with a bunch of dumbasses who have guns but Press Virginia May 2016 #27

"When the NRA figures out how to keep guns out of those hands" CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #13

Yeah, that stuck out for me as well... Eleanors38 May 2016 #23

"examples of non-self defense incidents involving private citizens" CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #12

9 years of data...less then 100 deaths a year, including suicides... jmg257 May 2016 #19

Even using VPC's cooked numbers, their header doesn't match reality friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #20

They know their audience well. ileus May 2016 #21

robbing peter to pay paul, ccw wise jimmy the one May 2016 #28

Did you have something germane you wanted to add? I'm sure we'd all love to see it. friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #29

Your post TeddyR May 2016 #31