poolingmyignorance 2,191 Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 http://theinternationallibertarian.blogspot.com/2015/01/gun-rights-versus-anecdotes.html?m=1 I tried posting the actual article but it didn't work. Sorry 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darrenlobo 2 Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 Hi poolingmyignorance, I'm the author of the article. Thanks for posting the link. Here's the beginning of it: Gun Rights Versus AnecdotesWhich side wins depends on whether one can reason or simply react emotionally. Letters and an ad from gun rights hating groups For a while back in the Winter, a retired philosophy professor (who wants to remain anonymous) and I exchanged a few emails and, from him, snail mail, discussing gun rights. After not hearing from him for several months he very unexpectedly mailed me a large envelope containing forty-nine newspaper clippings with many reports of shootings and a few anti-gun rights op-eds (and, strangely, a pro-gun op-ed by John Lott). He also included a fund raising letter from the Brady Campaign, another one from the Children's Defense Fund Action Counsel, a magazine ad from the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence, and a hand written note. Especially surprising for their absence were any articles from scholarly source. Are there no scholarly articles in favor of gun control? He sent almost all anecdotes from mass media sources leaning heavily towards the New York Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer. One would expect better from university professor. http://www.theinternationallibertarian.blogspot.com/2015/01/gun-rights-versus-anecdotes.html 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poolingmyignorance 2,191 Posted January 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 Hi Darren, Welcome aboard. I found you article on Texasguntalk.com and enjoyed it and thought I should share it with the guys over here. It's a little tighter nitt crowd than over there, and the guys are a litttle more crass, but ultimately more eye to eye on the big gun control topics. Like there shouldn't be any at all. I took the liberity of sharing it on a facebook page I admin as well. I hope you don't mind the extra exposure. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darrenlobo 2 Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 Hi Darren, Welcome aboard. I found you article on Texasguntalk.com and enjoyed it and thought I should share it with the guys over here. It's a little tighter nitt crowd than over there, and the guys are a litttle more crass, but ultimately more eye to eye on the big gun control topics. Like there shouldn't be any at all. I took the liberity of sharing it on a facebook page I admin as well. I hope you don't mind the extra exposure. Mind? No. I thanks for sharing it. What FB page do you admin? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poolingmyignorance 2,191 Posted January 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 https://www.facebook.com/pages/TAC47-Ind/1561916310713127 & https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Abrasive-Personality/764908436928622 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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