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clffrdjk

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5. Why not homicides per 100,000?

Mon Jul 30, 2012, 12:01 PM

Jul 2012

Now I am not an anti gun guy but your argument would do a heck of a lot better if you used homicides per 100,000 then linked a high murder rate to the high number of guns. But when you need to cherry pick statistics like "gun homicides per 100,000" to anyone who notices it sounds something like this

Sam has 4 red cats
Katie has 4 blue cats
katie is 1,000,000x more likely to have a blue cat run away than Sam is.

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It's time to unemotionally look at the real facts around the impact of gun control [View all] samsingh Jul 2012 OP

One would think this would be obvious to most people. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #1

K/R moondust Jul 2012 #2

So what about the facts that show a 50% decline in murder and manslaughter deaths due to firearms hack89 Jul 2012 #3

And do you think that's because we have so many guns? N/T mcranor Jul 2012 #6

No. The causes of violent crime are complex hack89 Jul 2012 #7

LOL bongbong Jul 2012 #9

As soon as you can present some actual evidence to the contrary hack89 Jul 2012 #15

LOL UnrepentantLiberal Jul 2012 #12

The fact remains that our murder rate has decline to 1950 levels hack89 Jul 2012 #14

Why did you not post this in the RKBA forums? ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #4

Why not homicides per 100,000? clffrdjk Jul 2012 #5

It is also a matter of common sense nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #8

Host lock in 3.....2......1..... aikoaiko Jul 2012 #10

Interesting kctim Jul 2012 #11

Yep. UnrepentantLiberal Jul 2012 #13

IBTL and LOL @ "...getting automatic weapons has become easier." slackmaster Jul 2012 #16

Locking SunsetDreams Jul 2012 #17