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Anti-Gun Everytown Employs Propaganda, Fake Numbers in Juvenile Shooting Report

March 10, 2025March 19, 2024 by Lee Williams

Children unintentionally shot and killed more than 157 people last year and wounded more than 270, or so Everytown for Gun Safety would have you believe. NBC News was the first media outlet to lap up this fake-news story. “The children who pulled the trigger were most often teenagers ages 14 to 17 or children … Read more

Howard: Gun Deaths Highest in 40 Years

December 15, 2018 by Kat Ainsworth Stevens

Nearly 40,000 people in the United States died by guns last year, marking the highest number of gun deaths in decades, according to a new analysis of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s WONDER database. CNN replicated that analysis and found that 39,773 people died by guns in 2017, which is an … Read more

Pew Research: 48 Percent of Gun Owners Support an ‘Assault’ Rifle Ban

November 2, 2018 by Kat Ainsworth Stevens

“Solid majorities of both gun owners and non-owners favor limiting access to guns for people with mental illnesses and individuals who are on federal no-fly or terrorist watch lists, and strong majorities favor background checks for private sales and at gun shows. “There is also a partisan divide on views of gun policy, and these … Read more

Handguns = Rampant Murder? Nope.

March 2, 2011 by ttag

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f_p0CgPeyA

Last night, I was chatting with a dear friend who lives in Australia. He made a statement heard in many quarters. “You Americans and your love of hand guns are ruining your country and making you the laughing stock of the civilized world.” All we had to do was “look at the numbers to see the truth.” Well, I did look at the numbers. If you compare the total number of murders in the U.S. to that of a small country like, say, Costa Rica, you’d be right. But to get a fair and balanced apples-to-apples comparison, you need to look at the number of crimes per 1,000 residents. Now it get’s really interesting . . .

Editorial: Lies, Damned Lies & Statistics

February 2, 2025March 25, 2010 by ttag

Here at TTAG, we’re doing our best to present all points of view. [ED: We never knowingly not publish ANY article on gun control, except those that fail a basic literacy test.] Taking that one step further, I’ve extended this attitude into my personal life. Yep. It’s true. I’m dating someone who is about as anti-gun as you can find. Lemme tell you, it makes for some interesting conversations and debates (which only occasionally devolve into arguments). Yesterday, we had one such dialogue regarding a piece I’d penned previously, talking about the issue of conceal carry. She brought up what I thought were some very interesting, salient points. Points that I’d like to address here.

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