Myth You may think a 30 round magazine is too big. Under the real purpose of the second amendment, a 30 round magazine might be too small. – Erick Erickson To put it bluntly, I need an assault rifle…
Myth “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.” – Wayne LaPierre Overview of Pro-Gun Arguments Guns are an effective deterrent against bad guys with guns. As you cannot…
Myth “I refuse to play the game of ‘assault weapon,’ because that’s any weapon. It’s a hammer. It’s the machetes. In Rwanda that killed 800,000 people, an article came out this week, the massive number that are killed with…
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The Gun-Free Zone Myth: No relationship between Gun-Free Zones and Mass Shootings
Jul 27, 2013, 3:04 AM 31
This post challenges the belief that ‘gun-free zones’, areas such as schools and work place institutions, are breeding grounds for a mass shooting. The commonly held belief that mass shooters are attracted to gun-free, vulnerable areas is shown to…
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The Drunk Driving Fallacy: Why Gun Regulation is like Drunk Driving Laws
Jul 24, 2013, 5:34 AM 31
For our first post, we thought it would be an excellent idea to tackle one of the most popular analogies used to combat gun control proposals. Although it has been debunked numerous times (most memorably by Jon Stewart), it…
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