🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <1993Mar13.194953.27108@apgea.army.mil> ahgrabow@apgea.army.mil (Alexander H. Grabowski <ahgrabow>) writes:
>In article <C3qI75.Gzx@nocusuhs.nnmc.navy.mil> perez@mgr.hjf.org (Charles Perez) writes:
>>In article <1nnkppINN2ea@sol.tis.com> mjr@tis.com (Marcus J Ranum) writes:
>>>>The important question is, "will 
>>>>enacting more gun control laws really reduce the number guns on 
>>>>the street, and therefore reduce the number of murders?"
>>>
>>>	The answer is, "most likely"
>>>
>>>	Next?
>>
>>Wow. Proof by Blatant Assertion. I'm amazed. Really.
>>
>I would call it proof by common sense. For those who don't understand:
>Common sense means having your brain doing the thinking, not your
>hormones or your triggerfinger.

Common sense doesn't prove anything. It doesn't protect you from popular
misconceptions. Whoever wants credit for using reason needs to make his
reasoning clear to the rest of us. This is precisely what the above
blatant assertion did not do.


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