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Posted on 04/24/2013 10:00:59 AM PDT by neverdem
WASHINGTON -- Washington's fight over firearms restrictions isn't limited to Congress. It's also taking place in the halls of science -- literally -- where gun control advocates and the National Rifle Association differ over the direction federal research on gun violence should take.
John Frazer, research director of the NRA's legislative arm, told a committee of experts on guns and public health Tuesday that better data is needed on the benefits of gun ownership, such as peoples' use of firearms to defend themselves.
Dan Gross, the president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, focused on obtaining more information on how people get guns and the deaths and injuries the weapons cause...
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Gun Ownership causes Global Warming. I have a study right here ...
LOL!
Gun control causes male pattern baldness, yeast infections, and the heartbreak of psoriasis.
I have the research right here ...
Law-abiding people get guns from gun dealers and therefore get background checked.
Criminals get their guns by stealing from law-abiding people.
Ergo, we must prevent law-abiding people from owning guns, then the criminals won't have victims from whom to steal their guns.
Problem solved.
Looks like we need to kick some of the big hitters in their privates sector, right in the place where most people carry their wallets!!!
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