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In reply to the discussion: On guns, and the way the discussions are conducted. [View all]ehrenfeucht games
(139 posts)67. We could talk in absolute numbers. 20 children. 6 women.
But numbers, whether absolute numbers or statistics obtained by dividing by the US population, are quite sterile, and really miss the mark when it comes to conveying the reality of what we allowed to happen.
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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