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		i_am_proteus on Oct 16, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Murder by Rifle vs. Death by Meteor Given the implication of his opening line that "gun advocates do not understand statistics and mathematics," this is an excellent example of a straw man.

Turing_Machine on Oct 16, 2019 [–]

I'm pretty sure that generalizing from a single anonymous "somebody" to "gun advocates" as a whole does not "demonstrate understanding of statistics and mathematics".

jakeogh on Oct 16, 2019 | [–]

Parent's comment makes more sense if one assumes they are referring to the article.

Turing_Machine on Oct 16, 2019 | | [–]

Ah, so it does.

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