I was reading in the Commercial Appeal this morning about some name dropping columnist who had dinner with Morgan Freeman recently. While the article went on and on about how she talked with him about her dogs and sports and travel…She went on and on and I never really found a point to the article. However, one thing really did stand out.
Morgan Freeman was telling her that he doesn’t have a problem with guns. Apparently Mr. Freeman found a study that shows that “MOST people don’t shoot their guns at people unless someone fires at them first.”
I’m no math major, but if someone fires at you and you fire back then 2 people have fired guns. 1 + 1 = 2. So if two people fire shot and one of them fired first and another fired back in response, doesn’t that lead to the assumption that the first person fired at will, not because they were fired at? Leaving me to draw the conclusion that 50 percent of all people who fire guns, fire first. And that invalidates Mr. Freeman’s argument that MOST people don’t fire guns unless they are shot at first.
Just goes to show, even famous people believe everything they read in the papers…Then again maybe he didn’t really read anything. Maybe he’s like a lot of people I know (me included) and he just makes up stats and studies. I have heard that 43 percent of all percentage stats are made up numbers…
Morgan Freeman was telling her that he doesn’t have a problem with guns. Apparently Mr. Freeman found a study that shows that “MOST people don’t shoot their guns at people unless someone fires at them first.”
I’m no math major, but if someone fires at you and you fire back then 2 people have fired guns. 1 + 1 = 2. So if two people fire shot and one of them fired first and another fired back in response, doesn’t that lead to the assumption that the first person fired at will, not because they were fired at? Leaving me to draw the conclusion that 50 percent of all people who fire guns, fire first. And that invalidates Mr. Freeman’s argument that MOST people don’t fire guns unless they are shot at first.
Just goes to show, even famous people believe everything they read in the papers…Then again maybe he didn’t really read anything. Maybe he’s like a lot of people I know (me included) and he just makes up stats and studies. I have heard that 43 percent of all percentage stats are made up numbers…
4 comments:
LOL Thats funny Shite!!!!!!
Yeah that is funny. Making up stories and stats....Hm, that reminds of this guy I know. His name is Jeremy Glass. I think they did a movie about him. You remember that movie, Chris?
Yeah, they called the movie Shattered Glass 2: The Sports Scandal
Not to mention that 50% would mean that everyone who shoots first is shooting at someone with a gun! Plenty of shootings happen where the victim is unarmed or doesn't fire back.
I would argue that way more than 50% of people who fire a gun shoot first.
Ridiculous!
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