That's an even crazier thing to say than Rob's was.

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alcaray — 1/18/2013 4:00:26 AM (archived)

You think someone standing off someone loaded for bear with lots of targets around would not make news? Can you name a few of these instances that would blow up the statistics on this if only they had been more reported?

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"snopes.com: Media Quiet About San Antonio Theater Shooting" - RobVG - 1/17/2013 5:52:50 AM
- Re: "snopes.com: Media Quiet About San Antonio Theater Shooting" - Jody - 1/18/2013 4:02:30 PM
- Signal to noise ratio - Robert - 1/17/2013 7:08:04 PM
  - Rob was referring to a very specific category of shooting. - TB - 1/17/2013 7:26:58 PM
    - That's what I said: cherry-picking - Robert - 1/17/2013 8:15:26 PM
      - Given the details of actual gun death statistics, the entire "assault rifle" flap is cherry-picking. - TB - 1/17/2013 10:02:03 PM
        
        I thought the NRA proposal was "volunteers", not "cops in schools". - alcaray - 1/18/2013 4:05:29 AM
        
        The exact quote from LaPierre's press conference: - TB - 1/18/2013 4:12:47 AM
        
        And here I was trusting Rob's description. Never mind. - alcaray - 1/18/2013 7:39:54 AM
        
        I didn't mention the NRA. n/t - RobVG - 1/20/2013 7:03:19 PM
        
        The exact quote's been out there all this time. - TB - 1/19/2013 4:47:08 PM
        
        You say I mischaracterized what LaPierre said? Care to point that out to me, please? - alcaray - 1/20/2013 6:52:46 AM
        
        (an apology will work, in lieu) - alcaray - 1/20/2013 6:54:42 AM
        
        "Trusting Rob's description." - TB - 1/20/2013 3:32:10 PM
        
        No you need to find a post where I said anything at all about the "LaPierre plan". - alcaray - 1/20/2013 6:36:42 PM
        
        Implied - RobVG - 1/20/2013 7:20:15 PM
        
        I don't think repetition will help much with these guys. Nice try though. n/t - RobVG - 1/19/2013 8:09:03 PM
- "Reporters don't report buildings that don't burn." - TB - 1/17/2013 3:06:13 PM
  - That's an even crazier thing to say than Rob's was. - alcaray - 1/18/2013 4:00:26 AM
    - There's one list... - TB - 1/18/2013 4:20:47 AM
      - They are very old cases and I don't recall the coverage except for one of them. - alcaray - 1/18/2013 7:51:59 AM

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