Gun Control & RKBA

straw man: Stop letting dictionaries do your thinking for you

You should rely on dictionaries more then; you continue to make utterly absurd counters, trying to make some tedious strained point, by splitting hairs.

straw man, +emph: Hypotheses are developed from what individuals think may be true. If you think that that phrase is equivalent to believe to be true, then you have a problem with your vocabulary as well as your scientific method.
The first affirms acceptance of the hypothesis as fact. The second indicates that more investigation is necessary. They are clearly different. .

Observe readers the dictionary definition of hypothesis; note how hypotheses have been formulated countless times in the past by researchers who either 'believe' it to be true, or simply 'think may be true'. :

oxford: A supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation

general: an idea that attempts to explain something but has not yet been tested or proved to be correct.

Merriam Webster: .. an idea or theory that is not proven but that leads to further study or discussionhttp://www.onelook.com/?w=hypothesis&ls=a

Whether a man actually believes his 'proposed explanation' is true, or thinks his idea 'may be true', does not refute that his idea is a hypothesis. You hair split the meaning of believe & think may be, is all, trying to save face. Stop playing stupid word games.

merr websters: Full Definition of HYPOTHESIS a : an assumption or concession made for the sake of argument
b : an interpretation of a practical situation or condition taken as the ground for action
2 a tentative assumption made in order to draw out and test its logical or empirical consequences

Duh strawman, I made an assumption which I both believe & think may be true. Duh, I made a tentative assumption which I both believe, as well as think may be true.
You strawman, split hairs with strained reasoning, and argue the absurd.