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Originally posted by 4thTimeLucky
Brady factsheet:
Given Moore's track record and the fact that he only cites the Brady factsheet as his source of statistics it seems clear to me that he has taken this fact....
(1) a GUN is 22 times as likely to be used to SHOOT your family than harm a burglar.
....and turned it into this fact....
(2) a FAMILY MEMBER is 22 times as likely to DIE from gunfire if you own a gun than if you don't.
Now is it just me, or does the leap from (1) to (2) seem gargantuan and in fact a blatant mistruth?
So that means that on just one page he has essentially either made up or completely distorted two facts that are integral to his argument.
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4TheTimeLucky, you switched the wording in number 1.
The Brady Fact Sheet does state that a gun in the home is 22 time more likely to
kill (not merely shoot) someone one knows than an intruder.
So the issue becomes whether Moore incorrectly interpreted whether the danger is to family members and people (like friends and surprise visitors), in general, and not whether he incorrectly assessed to risk of death rather than mere shootings.