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**44 AMP** · January 2, 2012, 02:59 PM

Years ago, thanks to a "defector" it became common knowledge that Handgun Contol Inc was using anyone shot and killed under the age of 25 as their "death of a child due to a handgun" statistic.

This included suicides, murders, accidents, gang shootings, defensive shootings, people the police shot in the line of duty, anyone under 25 shot and killed in the US (with anything!) went into their database for that statistic.

Why should we expect anyone else with a similar agenda to be any more accurate (even if they do get govt funds)?

And even if its not the official policy of the agency to be anti gun, how do you know the people compiling the statistics don't have agenda's of their own?

Not many folks will, or can, check the "facts" touted by "reputable" organizations, those on our side, included...

January 2, 2012, 02:59 PM	#21
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 28,839	Years ago, thanks to a "defector" it became common knowledge that Handgun Contol Inc was using anyone shot and killed under the age of 25 as their "death of a child due to a handgun" statistic. This included suicides, murders, accidents, gang shootings, defensive shootings, people the police shot in the line of duty, anyone under 25 shot and killed in the US (with anything!) went into their database for that statistic. Why should we expect anyone else with a similar agenda to be any more accurate (even if they do get govt funds)? And even if its not the official policy of the agency to be anti gun, how do you know the people compiling the statistics don't have agenda's of their own? Not many folks will, or can, check the "facts" touted by "reputable" organizations, those on our side, included... __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.