Worst fake news reports on guns 2017

[IronMonster]

Here Are the 5 Worst 'Fake News' Reports on Guns in 2017



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Some good stuff there. It's hard to beat the Al Frankin edition sexual assault rifle....IMO

 

[No_Regerts]

I saw something posted in a blog that gun ownership increases mortality rates. I was pretty sure that was set at 100% regardless.

 

[Slobray]

I saw something posted in a blog that gun ownership increases mortality rates. I was pretty sure that was set at 100% regardless.

No way, the only way your gonna die is because of guns and the three ways that they can kill you....................


Living in a house with a gun increases your odds of death


Ray

 

[IronMonster]

I recently saw a "news" bit that stated something like "you are five times more likely to get shot if a gun is involved in a crime"

I was thinking... yeah... it is pretty hard to get shot if there is not a gun involved

 

[No_Regerts]

I recently saw a "news" bit that stated something like "you are five times more likely to get shot if a gun is involved in a crime"

I was thinking... yeah... it is pretty hard to get shot if there is not a gun involved

I could be a good clickbait title creator.

Study shows residents of coastal states are five times more likely to get attacked by a great white.

Patrons are five times more likely to get food poisoning if eating McDonald's in a $15 minimum wage area.

A correlation exists between parents who buy kids skateboards and their likeihood
Of meeting their health care deductable.

 

[Koda]

when it comes to fake news about guns virtually all media sources are corrupt. Its an easy web search....

Perspective | Five myths about gun violence

 

[nehalemguy]

No way, the only way your gonna die is because of guns and the three ways that they can kill you....................

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Living in a house with a gun increases your odds of death


Ray

My anti gun brother in law sent me a similar version awhile back. I responded back by reminding him that he owned a boat and that he had a statistically higher risk of drowning when compared to non-boat owners.

E

 

[Travispitt]

I saw something posted in a blog that gun ownership increases mortality rates. I was pretty sure that was set at 100% regardless.

Wait you mean to tell me someone is more likely to be killed with a gun if they shoot themself with it. Sounds plausible.

 

[kmk1012]

My BIL argued that having a firearm in the house increased my odds exponentially of getting shot by my own weapon in a home invasion. Needless to say, I'm willing to take my chances. I do everything I can to keep ME in control of them at ALL times.

 

[Koda]

My BIL argued that having a firearm in the house increased my odds exponentially of getting shot by my own weapon in a home invasion. Needless to say, I'm willing to take my chances. I do everything I can to keep ME in control of them at ALL times.

As opposed to not having a gun and being shot by the intruder....

 

[AMT]

After reading through the OP's post (and link), now I know where a lot of my neighbor's get their information from!

 

[nehalemguy]

My BIL argued that having a firearm in the house increased my odds exponentially of getting shot by my own weapon in a home invasion. Needless to say, I'm willing to take my chances. I do everything I can to keep ME in control of them at ALL times.

Perhaps true, but you have to force your BIL to put those odds into real world numbers.

I often hear the phrase "(insert any number) times greater than" but what does that really mean?

.0005 > .0001......or I could rephrase it to simply say "5X greater than" and that is the deception that anti gunners use in this argument. They never actually give the real world odds because if they did it would sound so insignificant as to be petty. You will never see a claim such as "you have a 1 in 100,000 chance of your firearm being used against you" so when you are presented with the exponential argument, throw it back at them and demand the numbers.

E

 

[Koda]

Perhaps true, but you have to force your BIL to put those odds into real world numbers.

I often hear the phrase "(insert any number) times greater than" but what does that really mean?

.0005 > .0001......or I could rephrase it to simply say "5X greater than" and that is the deception that anti gunners use in this argument. They never actually give the real world odds because if they did it would sound so insignificant as to be petty. You will never see a claim such as "you have a 1 in 100,000 chance of your firearm being used against you" so when you are presented with the exponential argument, throw it back at them and demand the numbers.

E

Or you could just simply ask them to provide their statistical source....

Because there isnt one. Nobody has any statistics on how often a bad guy takes away the good guys gun and shoots him with it.

 

[kmk1012]

I took it as if I don't have any gun in the house then I would never get shot by my own gun. Thinking like that means you can insert or make your own stats.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

The idea of you having a greater chance of being shot by your own gun if you have one in your house , is kinda like saying that your chances of getting cut by your own saw is higher if you have one in your house...

Well DUH!...You need to have a gun ( any gun , not just yours ) around you if you are going to get shot.
That said....If you are smart and safe with your gun , then your chances of getting shot are decreased.
After all how many of us just here on the forum have guns in our homes?
Just how many of us here , have been shot by our own guns?

It seems to me that if having a gun in your house actually increased the odds ( in large numbers ) of getting shot with it ...
then with the millions of gun owners and the millions of guns out there...we would be seeing far more cases of this actually happening...
Andy

 

[Oathkeeper1775]

After reading through the OP's post (and link), now I know where a lot of my neighbor's get their information from!

There aren't any friendlies outside of my wire either...

The all time stupid news reports always begin with.....wait...

Assault Rifle...