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1. Great Wall of Texas says:

   August 23, 2013 at 4:23 am

   Have you checked out what SciShow claimed in the video Science and Gun Violence…

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFfWYYCfCZI

   Starting at 1:40

   “Households with guns are at three times more risk of experiencing a homicide than homes without guns and five times more risk of a gun related suicide.”

   “People who had a gun were four times more likley to be shot in an assault than those who were un armed.”

   Jeff do you really want to give these guys more exposure?

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   • Weerd Beard says:

     August 23, 2013 at 4:59 am

     I hadn’t seen that. I was on vacation when this aired. Thanks for pointing it out.

     Yeah he’s also a Global Climate Change Kool-Aid drinker too. Still overall his work is fantastic, so he can be afforded a few mulligans.

     Also even this video isn’t terrible. He notes that all the studies on various gun laws have been inconclusive, be it the AWB or concealed carry. This shows Hank to be an Authoritarian-Leaning fellow, as little old libertarian me always says “Inconclusive? Well repeal it!”. Also from watching his shows he’s a biologist, so this is well outside his expertise, so I can understand him being mislead by the creative writings of the Joyce Funded American Center for Pediatrics studies which intentionally conflate lawful gun owners, and violent criminals illegally owning guns, and engaging in illegal anti-social behavior.

     Hell I’ve seen people get mislead by a junk paper IN THEIR OWN FIELD!

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2. Great Wall of Texas says:

   August 23, 2013 at 4:29 am

   Sorry I meant Weer’d, jumping around on too many RKBA blogs right now.

   Not that you aren’t faaabulous too.

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