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Are guns in the USA used 80 time more often to protect life than to take it?
I came across this infographic recently: http://americangunfacts.com/
I wonder how truthful it really is? Even if the numbers presented are correct, it seems that they present it in a way that is not ...
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Is the US Government buying extra ammunition in order to deny it the Civilian Population
During a Press release today Senators Inhofe and Lucas accused the Department of Homeland Security of "limiting what’s available in the market with federal agencies purchasing unnecessary stockpiles ...
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Was George Washington the source of this quote equating government gun control with evil intentions?
The latest gun advocacy rhetoric I've seen includes this quote, attributed to George Washington:
When any nation mistrusts its citizens with guns it is sending a clear message. It no longer trusts ...
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How many Americans support background checks for person-to-person gun purchases?
I was just watching Bill Maher on HBO and he was commenting on the US Senate bill on gun control that failed recently.
He was saying that 90% of Americans "support background checks."
I highly doubt ...
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If attacked, does having a handgun increase your chance of injury?
Rape survivor Amanda Collins spoke during a legislative hearing concerning Colorado’s proposed ban on concealed firearms on college campuses. She explained how she wished she would’ve had a firearm to ...
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Has a mass murder ever been prevented by a good guy with a firearm? [duplicate]
While the statistical relationship between gun ownership and mass homicides has been discussed on Skeptics.SE, I have not seen any questions or answers on the following claim.
The policy of the ...
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Was a semi-automatic rifle used in the Sandy Hook massacre?
Many people are claiming a semi-automatic rifle was not used in the Sandy Hook Massacre? Is this true, was a semi-automatic rifle used in the Sandy Hook massacre?
NBC citing "federal officials, and ...
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During the decade of the Clinton ban on semiautomatic rifles and high-capacity magazines, did crime not go down?
Source: Opposing view: Eliminate 'gun-free zone' regulations (USA Today)
Larry Pratt, the executive director of Gun Owners of America, made a claim:
During the decade of the Clinton ban on ...
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Did the Aurora, Colorado movie theater killer select the only nearby theater where guns were prohibited?
I heard a claim on an AM radio talk show that in the July 2012 Aurora, CO movie theater mass shooting rampage (also known as the Batman shooting), the killer chose the only local theater that was a ...
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If comparing white populations, does the U.S. have the same murder rate as Belgium?
Ann Coulter recently made the following claim on the FOX News show 'Hannity':
On the gun crimes, we keep hearing how low they are in Europe, and oh, they're so low, and they have no guns. If you ...
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Are over 90% of school shooters on anti-psychotics?
The video The Truthseeker: Schools, Guns & Drugs claims that over 90% of "school shooters" were on presciption drugs (voice-over) or anti-psychotics (subtitles).
It seems to me that it would be ...
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Does increased gun ownership in the US correlate with a reduction in violent crime rates?
This is somewhat of the converse of the question Is Gun Control Effective:
A quote of famous musician and gun advocate Ted Nugent has been making the rounds on the Internet again lately:
Where ...
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What is the value of armed bystanders in preventing gun deaths?
On Nov. 5, 2009, 12 soldiers and one civilian were killed, and more than two dozen others were wounded, when a gunman walked into the Soldier Readiness Processing Center at Fort Hood and opened fire. ...
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How often are guns used by private citizens in self defense per year in the United States?
According to Wikipedia the numbers reported range from 65 thousand to 2.5 million. I am very skeptical of the 2.5 million figure and in fact I am even skeptical of the 65 thousand figure. This ...
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Does the use of tasers by the police lead to an increase in people killed by police?
The anti-taser blog, Truth Not Tasers lists over 768 people that they claim have been killed by police tasers since the 1983.
On the other hand, the Wikipedia article contains an unsourced ...
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Are lax gun laws responsible for the high rate of handgun violence in the United States? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What real evidence is there for the effects of gun control?
In the wake of today's horrible tragedy in Connecticut, many say US handgun laws are to blame:
If laws ...
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Can a bullet ricochet back at the shooter?
There are a few videos on the internet that show long-range firing going almost deadly, when, supposedly, the shooter's own bullet ricochets at the target area, and comes flying back at the shooter.
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Is it, in some parts of the U.S., easier to get a rifle than to register to vote?
I've seen claims in several places that in some parts of the United States of America, the bureaucratic procedure to register to vote is more difficult/complicated than to get a permit to buy a ...
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Was a tech support call made, mid-coup, to help unlock an armoury?
I'm trying to verify an urban tech legend I heard a few years ago.
Some poor SuperMac TechSport got a call from some middle level official...
from the legitimate government of Trinidad. The ...
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What risk does the United Nations Arms Treaty pose to the Second Ammendment [closed]
I have been trying to understand some of the background and fear surrounding the UN Arms Treaty. It has been difficult to find unbiased news sources.
It seems unlikely to me that this would ...
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Did the Liberator pistol take longer to reload than to manufacture?
It is said the the Liberator pistol made bay the U.S. in WWII took longer to reload than it did to manufacture the gun, is this true?
The Liberator was a single-shot pistol stamped out of sheet ...
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Is owning a handgun for personal protection justifiable under risk analysis? [closed]
There is a common saying in the United States that "it's better to own a gun and not use it, than need a gun and not have it." Unwilling to accept such commonplaces in my decisions regarding security, ...
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Are there more guns in America than people?
Daisy Rifles Ad from 40 years ago
On Real Time with Bill Maher (aired March 30, 2012), host Bill Maher said:
There are now more guns in America than there are people...
(I'm guessing he is ...
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Can a gun be made from ceramic?
In the film Die Hard 2 one of the bad guys has a porcelain gun (clip):
That punk pulled a Glock 7 on me. You know what that is? It's a porcelain gun made in Germany. Doesn't show up on your ...
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Are more people accidentally killed by doctors than accidentally killed by guns and traffic combined?
The actual claim is something like this
The top five causes of death in the United States, in order, are
tobacco, alcohol, medical malpractice, traffic and firearms. According
to JAMA, doctors ...
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Is there any place where you need one form of ID to buy a gun, but two to pay for it by check?
This XKCD comic strip has the following alt text:
I hear in some places, you need one form of ID to buy a gun, but two to pay for it by check. It's interesting who has what incentives to care ...
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Can you make an explosion by shooting at fuel or fuel tank?
I see this a lot in movies. Have anyone studied whether this is easily doable?
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Can you shoot a locked door open?
I think Mythbusters did padlocks, but I don't know if they did the standard door lock test. We see it in movies and tv shows, but can a locked door be "unlocked" by shooting the lock with a handgun?
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Matching bullets to handguns (Ballistic fingerprinting)
Ballistic fingerprinting has been used as evidence in US courts and elsewhere. In this method found bullets are compared based on markings the firing gun left on them. This should allow to prove which ...
