Debunking Pro-Gun Arguments: “I Just Feel Safer With a Gun”
There are various versions of this one (e.g., “I need to be able to protect my family,” “It’s dangerous to[…]
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Category: Debunking Gun Myths
Debunking Pro-Gun Arguments: “But what about Chicago”
Last time, I wrote about Switzerland, and how they really don’t have lax gun laws and shouldn’t be used as[…]
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Debunking Pro-Gun Arguments: “But what about Switzerland”
Gun enthusiasts are unified around a lot of things (like their odd hatred of people who confuse clip and magazine). […]
Read moreFact-Check: Did the NRA support gun control when the Black Panthers advocated that minorities arm themselves?
Yes, but it’s complicated. UCLA law professor, Adam Winkler, explains in a 2011 article for The Atlantic that the National[…]
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Fact-Check: More Deaths from Gun Violence than from War?
True (but with one caveat). This picture, put out by the Obama administration, has been floating around the internet for[…]
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