LETHAL LOGIC Fail, Part Two

Let's go back to our friend Dennis's book Lethal Logic, which purports to "[explode] the myths that paralyze American gun policy."

We looked at one of his myth-busting facts some time ago.

Let's look at another of those facts.

Dennis writes:

The gun lobby says, "Guns don’t kill people. People kill people." But assaults with guns are twenty-three times more deadly than assaults with other weapons. Guns enable people to kill people – more efficiently and effectively than other weapons.

Did you see it?

Dennis might've misdirected you.

Go back and read the quote again.

The gun lobby says, "Guns don’t kill people. People kill people." But assaults with guns are twenty-three times more deadly than assaults with other weapons. Guns enable people to kill people – more efficiently and effectively than other weapons.

See it this time?

No?

Let me show you.

Guns enable people to kill people

See it now?

Who's doing the killing?

Guns?

No.

People.

People are doing the killing to other people.

Dennis says so himself.

And that "enable" part?

Misleading.

How?

If the mere presence of a gun resulted in a person killing another person, there would be repeated deaths at gun shops across the country.

The bolded bit?

Misleading again.

How?

Sizzle. Not steak. Flashy colors and bright lights. Distracting.

The core of the issue is: people killing people.

Once more.

People.

Not the tools used.

People.

The statement holds.

Dennis doesn't.