Juan Anonly wrote:
> On 2010-04-25 16:21:20 -0700, Dave Bugg said:
>
>> Juan Anonly wrote:
>>> On 2010-04-25 15:55:58 -0700, Omelet said:
>>>
>>>> Statistics can lie if you do not read them properly.
>>>
>>> Statistics WILL lie for you if that is the intent. The gun lobby has
>>> printed and disseminated lie sheets for generations.
>>
>> Prove it. And then prove that any of the statistics referred to come
>> from the 'gun lobby', whatever the hell THAT is.
>>
>> http://www.pjtv.com/v/3431
>
> Prove that stats will lie for you?!?

No, prove the gun lobby bit.

> Besides, proving/disproving that crap out of the NRA--why attempt it?

The majority of the stats have nothing to do with the NRA, but once again I
ask that you prove to us that the stats are predominately from the NRA.

> I think guns are a blight on the world,

I think the goblins who misuse guns are a blight. Guns are simply a tool.
Tools, as with other inanimate objects, do not create or prevent blights in
and of themselves.

> but have not made it the
> focus of my life.

Most gun owners don't either.

>Some people certainly love guns more than their
> countrymen, country or families it seems.

The same can be said of any material possession.

> In person, even quibbling about the accuracy of their world is a dangerous
> thing.

Can you give us a real-life example?

--
Dave
What is best in life? "To crush your enemies, see them driven before
you, and to hear the lamentation of the women." -- Conan