subgenius wrote:DoubtingThomas wrote:For every gun used in self-defense, there are four unintentional shootings, seven criminal assaults or homicide, and eleven attempted or completed suicides.
This statistic offers nothing except an opportunity to construct a false-cause argument.
Why a false-cause argument? Do you think it is the other way around? Do you think for every gun used in homicide, there are seven guns used in self-defense?
Sure, every study that contradicts your worldview is flawed. Makes perfect sense. Where is the data that contradicts the study?