I'm just going to reply to the asserted by this obviously "scientific" opinio...study.
1: They're coming for your guns.Proposed Guntersville ordinance sparks controversyIf they are trying to do this at a local level, then they are trying to do this at the national level.
Verdict: fail2: Guns don't kill peoplepeople kill people.Everything about there answer has nothing to do with the statement. All the statistics in the world are going to disprove this statement. No gun has killed a single person of its own volition. Only guns used inappropriately or deliberately have killed people. So the problem here is people, not guns.
Verdict fail3: An armed society is a polite society.hmmm...never heard that one.
4: More good guys with guns can stop rampaging bad guys.never heard that one either...are you sure these aren't being made up?
5: Keeping a gun at home makes you safer.
6: Carrying a gun for self-defense makes you safer.
7: Guns make women safer.These are all really related. The gun doesn't make you safer. It is training in the proper use and handling of the gun that makes you safer. That said, you are only "safe" while the gun is in your possession, and "safe " is a relative term. A gun is an equalizer. It can be as lethal in the hands of a weakling as a strong man. At worst, if you are facing a person with a gun, you are on equal footing (assuming skill not a factor). So, the gun doesn't make you safer. You make you safer.
Verdict true, but the statistics presented are not represented adequately. They can be misleading.
8: "Vicious, violent video games" deserve more blame than guns.I have to laugh at this. Video games have no more impact on violence than guns. At worst, guns make the outcome more catastrophic, put violent people commit violence with or without guns.
Verdict fail9: More and more Americans are becoming gun owners. This is a case of figures don't lie, but liars can figure. Percentages used in absolute terms like this are at best misleading. You have to explore what the numbers really mean. The population of the US was 203,392,031 people in 1970. As of 2010 we have 308,745,538 people. So, using the percentages posted in the "Myths shoot down", that would mean that about 101,696,015 (50%) had guns in 1970, and 138,935,492 (45%) had guns in 2010.So, while relative percentages are down, more Americans actually do have guns. You can't just look at percentages, you have to look at what they represent in relation to each other.
Verdict fail10: We don't need more gun lawswe just need to enforce the ones we have.So, because we wrote a bad gun law, we need to write an even worse one? Guns are stolen like any other valuable merchandise. That is also how criminals get a hold of them. There is no perfect system, and legislating guns away isn't any better. In all likelihood, it's worse. So, shall we get off the ban guns bandwagon now?
Verdict fail