(May 12, 2014 at 12:58 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote:(May 12, 2014 at 11:19 am)Chas Wrote: Except we have facts and evidence. You have unsubstantiated opinion.
The best estimates are about 45% or 52 million of American households owning 260 million guns. So if 'most' gun owners are irresponsible, we should see tens of millions of deaths and injuries from firearms.
We see no such thing.
I bet you see far fewer gun injuries per head of population in the UK where private gun ownership is very rare.
Not the point. The response is to psychotwat's assertion:
"If everyone was responsible with a gun that would be fine but the fact is most are not"
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
Science is not a subject, but a method.