My post wasn't about murders, it was about accidental deaths, and it wasn't related to knives at all.Legionmaster wrote:Except that the murder rate with non-handgun firearms has been consistent with the rate with knives (first chart), so all this "zomg we need to stop assault weapinz NAO" talk is pretty knee-jerk and unwarranted. What's the next level of nuance that we take this to?eabaker wrote:Also, there are a lot fewer accidental baseball bat beatings than accidental shootings.Tyler wrote:The thing is though gun murders outnumber every one of those by a wide margin.
That's not me taking astand on the gun control issue, byy the way. Just me expressing a complaint with what I see as a rather glib take on a nuanced issue.
You make a good point, but presenting it as a response to what I said doesn't make much sense.
Further, note that what you said addressed specific aspects of the debate; you were looking at it with more nuance than the glib cartoon above.