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A comment on Murder by Rifle vs. Death by Meteor. Parent comment

Re:Murder by Rifle vs. Death by Meteor by i_am_proteus on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @05:31PM (#21276016)
Given the implication of his opening line that "gun advocates do not understand statistics and mathematics," this is an excellent example of a straw man.
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Re:Murder by Rifle vs. Death by Meteor by Turing_Machine on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @06:03PM (#21276426)
I'm pretty sure that generalizing from a single anonymous "somebody" to "gun advocates" as a whole does not "demonstrate understanding of statistics and mathematics".
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Re:Murder by Rifle vs. Death by Meteor by jakeogh on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @06:07PM (#21276475)
Parent's comment makes more sense if one assumes they are referring to the article.
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Re:Murder by Rifle vs. Death by Meteor by Turing_Machine on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @06:19PM (#21276597)
Ah, so it does.
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