[codegeek]

"Twenty eight people dying is a sad thing, but irrelevant to the 6,755 people that die every day!"

In terms of number, yes you are correct. But are you honestly arguing that just because 28 ppl die due to guns every day while 6755 ppl die due to heart disease, cancer etc, we should stop talking about the 28 ppl ? Say that 1 more time? It is not about the numbers. It is about how those 28 ppl are dying vs. the 6755 ppl. Cancer: enough research/actions are being taken and going on. Heart disease: plenty. Ppl have a choice there with lifestyle etc to an extent. What choice do I have if someone comes at me with a semi-automatic gun ? Is that my fault ?

"Let's ban cars instead of guns"

Even if you say this 1000 times, it does not change the fact that you are comparing apples and oranges. Yes ppl die to due to car accidents but until ppl start using cars to mass murder 26 ppl like sandy hook, stop using this analogy. Try running over 26 ppl at once with a car in a matter of minutes and see how far u get. Try the same with an semi-automatic gun.

[thuffy]

All you are pointing out is that yes, the media uses the logical fallacy of an appeal to emotion in their argument to disarm the people.