Mass shootings

[Belsnickel]

(02-22-2018, 06:11 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: I respectfully disagree. In addition to suggesting any regulation is a call for banning guns, we have seen fake statistics, such as the ones Lucie just posted from a major pro gun research group suggesting that all mass shootings have occurred in gun free zones. 

I don't disagree that they're upfront with their goals, but that doesn't mean they're arguments aren't misleading. I also don't even understand their need to be misleading. You can acknowledge gun violence and also point out the 2nd Amendment as being the only thing that matters to the debate.

Yeah, I didn't see the post which you are quoting here, but there is a lot of misleading information on both sides where numbers are massaged or framed in a way to be more favorable than they really are. It's important to keep in mind that on both sides, the data is not made up. What is being done is presenting the information in a way that makes a better argument. I've taken classes on how to avoid this in statistics and for my policy stuff, but unfortunately those are more like "how to" manuals for more partisan actors.