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Commented on Big Guns[1]
It seems to me that neither of those examples supports the argument you're presumably trying to make. The death toll from the China school attacks has been much lower than would be expected if guns had been used. As for...

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paws4thot commented on
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shooting all the sociologists Er, won't we need guns and ammo to do this? ;-)...
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Greg. Tingey commented on
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paws NO Just use longbows .......
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paws4thot commented on
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Hmmmm, I'd really rather use a compound recurve, but either way......
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rauldmiller commented on
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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...
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RDSouth commented on
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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...

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