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Gun Control & RKBA

slackmaster

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24. The numbers are really misleading. California murder victims are more likely to have been shot...

Reply to safeinOhio (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 07:33 PM

Mar 2013

...than are murder victims in Texas. But the overall murder rate in Texas is higher.

This kind of data is interesting for discussion but next to useless if one were to try to decide where to live based on the likelihood of being a crime victim. Your personal demographics - Age, socioeconomic status, gender, race, etc. and where specifically you live within a state are a lot more important than the state as a whole.

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Gun crime statistics by US state: latest data, Enjoy. [View all] littlemissmartypants Oct 2012 OP

on 2010 murders gejohnston Oct 2012 #1

Strange numbers and hard to say what the causes are. safeinOhio Oct 2012 #2

the south gejohnston Oct 2012 #4

Silly flatlander Flossl33ch Feb 2013 #13

Kind of insulting and over the top safeinOhio Feb 2013 #19

when your sample size is a grand total of 4, it's impossible to draw conclusions bubbayugga Feb 2013 #14

Hey bubba safeinOhio Feb 2013 #20

that conclusion is wrong too. bubbayugga Feb 2013 #21

I'd suggest population density safeinOhio Feb 2013 #22

The numbers are really misleading. California murder victims are more likely to have been shot... slackmaster Mar 2013 #24

DC is a city not a state. safeinOhio Oct 2012 #3

DC is a federal district gejohnston Oct 2012 #5

flash, DC is a city, not a state jimmy the one Feb 2013 #15

since the population of Wyoming and Vermont is about the same as DC, gejohnston Feb 2013 #16

density jimmy the one Feb 2013 #17

that's the best you can do? gejohnston Feb 2013 #18

I agree that population density is a big factor in gun crime SecularMotion Oct 2012 #6

but the states with the laxer laws gejohnston Oct 2012 #7

I am saying that there are many factors involved in gun crime rates. SecularMotion Oct 2012 #9

I'm saying gejohnston Oct 2012 #10

There is evidence that black markets for illegal guns in urban areas SecularMotion Oct 2012 #11

most of the crime guns are quite old gejohnston Oct 2012 #12

Population density is a big factor in all crime. ManiacJoe Oct 2012 #8

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