Questions the left won't discuss about gun control, but should - and soon.

[jimmy the one]

124. think again, my irrefutable rebuttal

Up to your usual tapdancing I see. I am not going to argue anymore with continuing gibberish from a duplicitous spin doctor. Whatever reply you make I will simply repost this, which destroys any picayune argument you make that 'I believe a hypothesis exists' cannot equate synonymously to 'I think a hypothesis exists'.

I first wrote: .. so I believe the hypothesis that declining g.o. rates contributed to declining v-crime rates.

straw man: 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.

I have no problem with my vocabulary, you have a problem with alternate definitions & applying your own definition to what other people say.
Straw man argues 'believe' cannot equate to 'think':

amer heritage: believe: 3. To expect or suppose; think: I believe they will arrive shortly
4. To have an opinion; think: They have already left, I believe.

merriam websters: 3 to hold an opinion : think <I believe so>

Collins: (when transitive, takes a clause as object) to think, assume, or suppose - I believe that he has left already
6. (transitive; followed by of; used with can, could, would, etc) to think that someone is able to do (a particular action)

Quick definitions from Macmillan (believe)
verb to think that a fact is true...
to think that what someone has said is true...
To believe or accept that something is true or exists: think, believe in, suppose
http://www.onelook.com/?w=believe+&ls=a

thesaurus gets poor straw man on both ends:
think - verb to believe something based on facts or ideas
believe in - to think that someone or something exists