I don't think he was cherry picking, he just didn't notice the nuance in the argument i was making.
In any event, I don't think crime stats do a very good job of describing the affects of hand guns on our society, both good and bad. If a gun prevents a crime, it won't show up in a stat, and if a gun is used to threaten a person but is never reported or used in a crime, that won't show up either. On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > you have to admit its a nice piece of cherry picking. > > On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 12:09 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> > >> "FBI statistics have shown clearly that states with shall issue > >> requirements and higher levels of gun ownership have lower incidents of > >> violent crime. Meanwhile in cities with the strictest gun laws (DC, > >> Chicago) these rates continuted to rise. After Heller and the new stuff > >> gong on in DC since 09 the violent crime rate has dropped 25%" > >> > >> Everybody knows it. I have posted some of the statistics here before. > >> > >> When people start spouting off the reverse, one has to wonder what in > the > >> hell their agenda is. It flies in the face of reality. > >> > > > > I did not spout off the reverse. I did not say that areas with more guns > > have higher crimes. I said that a hand gun is more likely to be used > > successfully to harm society, than in defense. > > > > It is a different argument. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:356735 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
