Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri...
by seoaeu on Thursday May 26, 2022 @01:06AM
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No, I pointed out that the quoted text made an irrelevant distinction between different kinds of guns while the entire rest of the comment (and the ones it is replying to) are about guns in general
Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri...
by zmgsabst on Thursday May 26, 2022 @01:09AM
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> That’s your only citation and hardly a compelling one to back up your claim that the US has a far lower crime rate thanks to all the guns
We have your comment which dishonestly claims that link was related to the claim about crime rates — when it clearly wasn’t.
The distinction is meaningful because gun restrictions tend to target rifles, when they’re hardly used in crimes.
Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri...
by seoaeu on Thursday May 26, 2022 @01:21AM
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> dishonestly claims that link was related to the claim about crime rates — when it clearly wasn’t.
I’m sorry for assuming that the final sentence of the comment and only citation was related to the rest of it
Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri...
by zmgsabst on Thursday May 26, 2022 @01:27AM
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I accept your apology for making a bad assumption that ignored the actual text of my post and which assumed bad faith on my part, since that link supported the nearby text which described data from that report.
Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri...
by seoaeu on Thursday May 26, 2022 @09:10AM
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No, I assumed you were engaging in good faith when you mentioned rifles. Instead you were responding to strawman argument no one made about how banning rifles (but not pistols) wouldn’t work.
You ignored what the text you quoted actually said.