Reply #6: That's a bit of a cheap shot [View All]

[Euromutt]

Fact is, ideology doesn't get along with science, regardless of where on the political spectrum that ideology finds itself. There's no shortage of liberals who are opposed to vaccines (at least, for their own kids; let others take the risks to maintain herd immunity), and the organic farming lobby recently got the US Dept. of Agriculture to suppress a report on how GMOs would not be incompatible with sustainable, pesticide-free agriculture.

Conversely, ideology is quite happy to embrace scientific data when it suits that ideology's agenda. The fact that the NRA is happy to push certain findings because they suit the organization's agenda does not mean the science is by definition bad; it might be, but you can't discount it merely because of the source. And if I may be so bold, a willingness to dismiss science solely because it might support an agenda you disagree with is an anti-science attitude.