5 false assumptions in the gun control debate
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Introduction First things first, let me assure readers that we'll be back to the more usual "civilian defence" and other martial arts topics again soon. However I've had a great number of responses to my article "We need to talk about the whole gun thing" and I thought I'd address them – preferably in one article. Many of the responses share a common feature: the tendency to assume one or more variables that are false , but that are nonetheless intuitively appealing – so appealing we can't relinquish them to see the situation for what it truly is. I liken this process to the "grip reflex" of which I've previously spoken: as a species, humanity often seems to have difficulty letting go of something that seems intuitive (ie. that which comes to us automatically and just feels "right") – especially if it makes the issue with which we're confronted look "simple" or "common sense". We end up thi