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Originally Posted by adouglas
Alex, you call BS on the claim that more guns equal less crime. Prove your point. Cite an objective study where the reverse is shown to be true. I've looked into this, and the stats are muddy at best because crime is complex and driven by much more than gun ownership.
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Sorry, that's not how this works. When someone posts "this should be so, and studies show that", the least they can do is point to them so they can be debated. Having to instead prove the inverse of an unsupported statement isn't the bar to clear here.
Where it goes from "let it go" to "point out why someone is wrong" for me, in this and any other interesting discussion, is when things go down this thought process.
Step 1: I want X.
Step 2: I think the world would be better if everyone had X.
Step 3: The facts show that I'm right, and those disagreeing with me are wrong.
Steps 1 & 2 are what the internet is for. Step 3 provokes responses.