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Gun Control & RKBA

Lizzie Poppet

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3. What I think happened was the incompetent author mashed-up stats...

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 25, 2016, 02:20 PM

Jan 2016

...for accidental deaths and all firearms-related deaths of minors. Obviously Harris County didn't have 1/3 of all accidental firearms-related deaths of minors in the country.

If SecMo actually spent a few seconds actually vetting his spam, we'd have been spared this idiocy. But being correct or informative isn't the point, is it?

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Guns now No. 2 cause of accidental child death in county [View all] SecularMotion Jan 2016 OP

I checked the 2014 info from the CDC discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2016 #1

Perhaps... beevul Jan 2016 #2

re: "Perhaps 'misleading' continues to be the entire point." discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2016 #4

Like Brady calling 20+ year old gang members "children" misleading? DonP Jan 2016 #5

What I think happened was the incompetent author mashed-up stats... Lizzie Poppet Jan 2016 #3

I hope you're not advocating... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2016 #6

As we often hear, no right is absolute. beevul Jan 2016 #7

Okay, that's a truly odd response. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2016 #8

Hey their pics are in the book under... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2016 #9

Awesome double-down! Lizzie Poppet Jan 2016 #10

A grain??? Maybe the whole damn shaker. discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2016 #11

sociopath you say... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2016 #12

Oh, baloney. Under 80 deaths in the U.S. an entire YEAR. Really. nt Eleanors38 Jan 2016 #13

goofy lies...shame on the hustontellalie. ileus Jan 2016 #14

A truthless driveby by an anti. beevul Jan 2016 #15

Why isn't this posted in the forum designed for the gullible? ileus Jan 2016 #16

Way too crowded and busy there DonP Jan 2016 #17

There was no room, because of all the boxes... beevul Jan 2016 #18

I see that Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #19