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In reply to the discussion: On guns, and the way the discussions are conducted. [View all]ehrenfeucht games
(139 posts)65. 0.0000000008.25 % of US population killed in Sandy Hook Elementary School Massacre.
> 1. Never quote absolute numbers. Always divide by population.
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Sometimes absolute numbers are interesting and revealing in and of themselves
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#6
When something scales up with system size, you need to divide by system size.
redgreenandblue
Dec 2012
#8
So you assumed that a group of mostly laymen would have your grasp of statistics immediately
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#17
There may be a relationship, and I am not in fact claiming that America doesn't have a gun problem.
redgreenandblue
Dec 2012
#21
Here's an easy enough rule...IF there were no guns, there could be no gun violence.
jmg257
Dec 2012
#10
Statistics are cold, but they are what matters when thinking about policy.
redgreenandblue
Dec 2012
#26
Among "developed" nations, we are the bottom of the barrel in more ways than one.
Chorophyll
Dec 2012
#36
I fear the other driver more than any terrorist or gun, plane crash, robber, home invaders, police,
L0oniX
Dec 2012
#41
"The fact that over ten thousand people die from guns each year contains zero usable information."
Scuba
Jan 2013
#45
No. The arguments in favor of gun posession should face the same scrutiny.
redgreenandblue
Jan 2013
#53
0.0000000008.25 % of US population killed in Sandy Hook Elementary School Massacre.
ehrenfeucht games
Jan 2013
#65