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Gun Control & RKBA

beevul

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8. We weren't discussing how "bad" it is...

Reply to jimmy the one (Reply #7)

Tue Oct 27, 2015, 02:48 PM

Oct 2015

Which means possibly as low as 8% or as high as 28%, and 28% is nearly 30%.
Fifteen to 20 percent is actually bad enough, anyone disagree?

We weren't discussing how "bad" it is in this subthread, of which I am the originator. We were discussing how far from the truth "40 percent" which is the universally cited number here on DU, actually is.

The clue you seem to have missed, was:

The "up to 40 percent" myth...BUSTED

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Ahh yes, the "up to 40 percent" myth...BUSTED beevul Oct 2015 #3

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what 2 pinocchios means jimmy the one Oct 2015 #7

We weren't discussing how "bad" it is... beevul Oct 2015 #8

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