I’d like to direct your attention to “poisoning,” which is even more vague.
I suppose a person with bad intentions could deliberately pull any of the individual numbers out of context and use it as “evidence” for their political point.
But anyone who reads the whole thing is going to notice that most of the categories include suicides as an unstated percentage. Especially “accidents.”
Yes, and as was pointed out elsewhere poisoning is a very misleading category as well because it includes drug overdoses which is not immediately obvious in much the same way as we are discussing with firearms.
I’m not sure what you think you’re accomplishing here though. You seem to be agreeing with me that some of these categories have the potential to be misunderstood and yet you’re presenting an additional data point that helps make that case as if it disproves what I am saying. Are you just categorically opposed to agreeing with someone else without being a dick about it?
I’m simply stating that it’s not so difficult for anyone to see these are general categories and don’t imply anything about intent. I’m not trying to be a dick, and I certainly hope you’re not either. It’s okay for you to have a different opinion from others.
I’d like to direct your attention to “poisoning,” which is even more vague.
I suppose a person with bad intentions could deliberately pull any of the individual numbers out of context and use it as “evidence” for their political point.
But anyone who reads the whole thing is going to notice that most of the categories include suicides as an unstated percentage. Especially “accidents.”
Yes, and as was pointed out elsewhere poisoning is a very misleading category as well because it includes drug overdoses which is not immediately obvious in much the same way as we are discussing with firearms.
I’m not sure what you think you’re accomplishing here though. You seem to be agreeing with me that some of these categories have the potential to be misunderstood and yet you’re presenting an additional data point that helps make that case as if it disproves what I am saying. Are you just categorically opposed to agreeing with someone else without being a dick about it?
I’m simply stating that it’s not so difficult for anyone to see these are general categories and don’t imply anything about intent. I’m not trying to be a dick, and I certainly hope you’re not either. It’s okay for you to have a different opinion from others.