And so these issues go unresolved and 150 million American firearm owners pay the price as they are pushed step by step through increasingly oppressive gun control toward becoming unwitting and unwilling criminals.

Politicians survive from visible sound-bite issues like gun control. Tackling issues 1 through 4 above are too difficult, their range and lifecycle too long for a 4-year politician to tackle. Societal problems and the misuse of firearmsĬrime and homicide survive in the following fertile breeding grounds:įor firearms critics guns are tangible and visible and attacking them, vilifying them polarizes voters into agreeing to something that seeks to provide a quick fix to a problem that will not go away. Their research methodology -who they interviewed, when and how – can leave a lot be desired. And that legal firearm holders are irresponsible and need to be controlled.

People like to give a pleasing answer to the interviewer telling them what they think they want to hear.Īfter wading through countless studies, research and medical papers about firearms and gun control, they all – with a tiny exception – enter their research pre-determined to prove that firearms are bad.

People often lie, their answer often does not reflect the truth or their true feelings, as they may be embarrassed by them.When we look at the audience being questioned two glaring anomalies arise that have proven to be true in the experience of interviewing people over time: In other words statistics can be made to say anything. The survey to collect the information can be influenced by: preparation, research and collection methods,.For example, statistical surveys are influenced by the researcher’s Statistic generation wade through the mud of variables which like a herd of cats are near impossible to control. Statistics can be generated to bolster any argument even in the face of insurmountable indicators against it. Statistic truth is in the eye of the prepared – the source of the survey. The statement refers to the persuasive power of numbers, and powerfully describes how even accurate statistics can be used to bolster inaccurate arguments. This well-known saying is part of a phrase attributed to Benjamin Disraeli (former British prime minister in the 1800s) and popularized by Mark Twain. There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

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