Take for instance this defense of guns against other methods of homicide.
The beauty of this particular post was that they cited the source. By citing the source the reader can blindly accept that the information is factual and not misleading. They then can proceed to feel superior in their beliefs, as this poster did who thinks its funny that knives are more deadly than guns.
The rub is that the gun total is COMPLETELY MISLEADING! When you go to the actual source, the FBI, the data is as follows: All Guns, Handguns, Rifles, Shotguns. This graphic ONLY chose to report rifles at 322. However, ALL GUNS totaled 8855! They used a photo of a rifle so as to not be out right lying, but the assumption to the average person is that they mean all guns, not just rifles.
The response I received was "I still think they are missing the point...it's not the gun that is the killer it's the person behind it...You can take away our guns, but people that want to kill are still going to do it."
The rub is that the gun total is COMPLETELY MISLEADING! When you go to the actual source, the FBI, the data is as follows: All Guns, Handguns, Rifles, Shotguns. This graphic ONLY chose to report rifles at 322. However, ALL GUNS totaled 8855! They used a photo of a rifle so as to not be out right lying, but the assumption to the average person is that they mean all guns, not just rifles.
The response I received was "I still think they are missing the point...it's not the gun that is the killer it's the person behind it...You can take away our guns, but people that want to kill are still going to do it."
Now I am not for or against guns. I personally would like to see bullets become so expensive that they are not purchased in such large quantities and the shooter has to carefully think about the use of each and every one. But that is not the point of this post. The point is that I hate this type of misleading justification about anything!
