Re: Todays rant

On Fri, 6 Dec 2024 15:43:23 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

On 12/6/2024 3:30 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote:

On Fri, 6 Dec 2024 14:39:10 -0500, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
 

On 12/6/2024 4:18 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:

On Thu, 5 Dec 2024 20:29:23 -0500, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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On 12/5/2024 6:07 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote:

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I remember someone who insists that the fact that people who have guns
sometimes get shot mean that having a gun makes you more likely to get
shot.

You're not remembering. You're imagining straw man positions. Just like
Tom, you imagine arguments in which you're "winning."
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I've given multiple citations of reputable sources, and many links to
reputable studies. You've given only snarks, which is one of the reasons
I so seldom respond to you.
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You've got the intellectual depth of a whiny third grader.

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My, I seem to have upset Mr. Tricycle! How could that have happened?  ;-)
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I remember it well. You went on and on insisting that the correlation
between gun shot victims and gun owning victims meant owning a gun was
dangerous.

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Post links to exactly what I said, and we can discuss. People here don't
trust your "memory" any more than we trust the "memory" of Tom Kunich.

 
See below:
 

As for your citations of reputable sources, the thing is;  you saying
they're reputable doesn't make them reputable.

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Yeah, I know. Any source that disagrees with your simplistic mind is not
reputable. Perhaps I should be quoting the Epoch Times instead?  Or
maybe Tucker Carlson?  ;-)
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Have you yet grown the courage to ride your tricycle on a bike path
without having a handgun for feelings of security?
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I thought not.

 
And the data's clear that a gun in the house "for
protection" greatly increases the chance someone in that
house will be badly hurt or killed by it. Houses without
guns are almost always safer.
--Krygowski
 
Do you really want to discuss that nonsense? I'm ready if you are.
 
--
C'est bon
Soloman

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I don't doubt that (I don't actually know it) as people who
face greater danger (wolves, bears, home invaders, rapists)
in their immediate environment are much more likely to arm
themselves.
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As you note frequently, correlation is not causation.

Protection againsst a bear might require something bigger than my
.380, and neither wolves or bears are likely to be put off by merely
displaying a gun.

--
C'est bon
Soloman