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• paws4thot commented on Big Guns[1]
  shooting all the sociologists Er, won't we need guns and ammo to do this? ;-)...
• Greg. Tingey commented on Big Guns[1]
  paws NO Just use longbows .......
• paws4thot commented on Big Guns[1]
  Hmmmm, I'd really rather use a compound recurve, but either way......
• rauldmiller commented on Big Guns[1]
  Here's an interesting article on reducing violent crime: http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/01/lead-crime-link-gasoline I think one of the reasons discussions of legal changes become so flammable is that there are ethical issues associated with testing the validity of a hypothesis. So it can be difficult dealing a belief that does not correspond to one's own experiences -- you can agree with the belief or disagree with it, you can get upset with people that disagree with you... but approaching the problem scientifically -- finding adequate evidence -- can be difficult and ambiguous. All of which is my way of saying that I have no...
• RDSouth commented on Big Guns[1]
  I believe it one hundred percent. Leaded gasoline was an INSANE thing to do. Did we learn nothing from the Romans? I wonder how much lead shooters get in the vapor when they shoot guns for a long time. And I wonder what other pollutants we are currently being exposed to that we don't know about. What is the lead gasoline of the future? Hate to sound the way I might, but when I was growing up in Dallas there was a neighborhood in the poor African American part of town (Cadillac Heights) http://www.knowledgeplex.org/news/2912211.html?p=1 that had a lead factory, and...