Gun Control & RKBA

Ignore the syntactic matrix at your peril. Without it, you remain mired in reductive, simplistic thinking.

You are apparently claiming that the above statement is equivalent to this:

"I think that the hypothesis {that declining g.o. rates contributed to declining v-crime rates} may be true."

The first affirms acceptance of the hypothesis as fact. The second indicates that more investigation is necessary. They are clearly different.


At long last, sir, have you no shame? Please stop pretending I said anything of the kind. Here is what I said:


I'm standing by that. The key word is "may." Once you state that you "believe" a hypothesis, you have reached a point of certainty. If you do so without scientific support, you are engaging in an act of faith.