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Gun Control Reform Activism

DanTex

(20,709 posts)

8. Ahh, gungeoneers versus science. Always a fun spectacle!

Reply to billh58 (Reply #3)

Sat Sep 14, 2013, 11:15 AM

Sep 2013

It takes me back to the days where I spent far too much time posting facts and research in the gungeon. A real lesson in the way people find ways to ignore evidence when they really don't want to believe something.

I remember one thread when I had to explain basic algebra to a gungeoneer claiming to be a "math major" but didn't even know what a correlation was.

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Gun Violence Study Links State Levels Of Gun Ownership And Homicide [View all] applegrove Sep 2013 OP

Isn't this the same study statistical collections the Congress forbade Historic NY Sep 2013 #1

Is this ever acknowledged by our friendly adversaries in the Gungeon? CTyankee Sep 2013 #2

The Gungeon is still billh58 Sep 2013 #3

I did ask one gungeon frequenter why he didn't challenge that B.U. study with his own data and CTyankee Sep 2013 #4

Ahh, gungeoneers versus science. Always a fun spectacle! DanTex Sep 2013 #8

Can you explain the "self deletes" in this thread? CTyankee Sep 2013 #13

Briefly... DanTex Sep 2013 #14

Oh, my goodness! CTyankee Sep 2013 #15

Oh it was pretty bad... DanTex Sep 2013 #16

a bit embarrassing, if you ask me... CTyankee Sep 2013 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author SoutherDem Sep 2013 #5

If your observation billh58 Sep 2013 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author SoutherDem Sep 2013 #10

"the other side has studies which supports their side too". For example? DanTex Sep 2013 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author SoutherDem Sep 2013 #9

LOL. First off, none of those are peer reviewed studies. (Do you even know what that is?) DanTex Sep 2013 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author SoutherDem Sep 2013 #12