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Dispelling the myth of "The Wild West"
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jpierce
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 Posted: Tue Feb 17th, 2009 03:00 pm
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http://www.examiner.com/x-3253-Minneapolis-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m2d17-Dispelling-the-myth-of-The-Wild-West
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 Posted: Tue Feb 17th, 2009 10:18 pm
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I frequently use this.  A coworker saw a perforated target in my office, and mentioned the Wild West thing. I pointed out that the homicide rate in Dodge City or Tombstone added up to a bad week in DC. She said she found it "disturbing" that I could quote a statistic like that off the top of my head...
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 Posted: Wed Feb 18th, 2009 08:18 pm
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3fgburner wrote: ...She said she found it "disturbing" that I could quote a statistic like that off the top of my head...


You should have told her that you found it disturbing that she uncritically repeated information that has been repeatedly disproved.
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 Posted: Wed Feb 18th, 2009 10:08 pm
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"In his book, Frontier Violence: Another Look, author W. Eugene Hollon, provides us with these astonishing facts:

 

 

Well... that's interesting.  Everything I just wrote disappeared...???

Last edited on Wed Feb 18th, 2009 10:10 pm by Sonora Rebel

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