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Confusious

(8,317 posts) Fri Jan 11, 2013, 05:36 PM Jan 2013

There are 20,000 gun laws, why don't we just enforce them?

Problem is, there aren't 20,000 guns laws.

http://www.brookings.edu/es/urban/publications/gunbook4.pdf

I was watching a video where a person, who I will call a skeptic, quoted that number. I wondered if it was true, how did they get that count? I guess he wasn't skeptical enough.

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There are 20,000 gun laws, why don't we just enforce them? (Original Post) Confusious Jan 2013 OP

That's an NRA Talking Point bongbong Jan 2013 #1

bongbong

(5,436 posts)

1. That's an NRA Talking Point

Reply to Confusious (Original post)

Fri Jan 11, 2013, 05:56 PM

Jan 2013

The NRA-bots arrive at 20,000 by counting the same law in every jurisdiction as a separate law, among other tricks.

It seems once you examine any of the NRA Talking Points, it turns out they're just, to put it plainly, lies.

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