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Old February 22, 2017, 11:29 AM   #57
Frank Ettin
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Originally Posted by 44 AMP
....Nor does it mean that the alleged abuse is NOT going on. Only that there is no documentable proof, at this time.....
There must always be some decent evidence or documentation. "It's the government and we don't like them" is never enough.

And sources matter. A bunch of guys in the bar, or Alex Jones, or similar sources aren't reliable. The Wall Street Journal is another matter.

People (both gun people and anti-gun people) believe a lot of things that aren't true in part because they don't understand the difference between evidence and guesses and in part because of confirmation bias.
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