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In reply to the discussion: Study: States With Loose Gun Laws Have Higher Rates Of Gun Violence [View all]beevul
(12,194 posts)Those who are "mathematically-challenged", wouldn't likely know the difference between rates and raw numbers, or why that difference is significant. I do.
I live near a small town we'll just call bumfuck, for sake of discussion.
"Bumfuck" has a real, factual and true population of 34 people.
If theres a single death in "Bumfuck" with by gun, thats 1 in 34.
Thats a RATE of 2941 per 100k. If one were to look ONLY at that rate, it would seem bumfuck has a gun violence epidemic of monumental proportions on their hands, wouldn't it? Gee, is there something in their water or what?
On the other side of the coin, a larger population example of say 20 million, with the same rate, would have 1188200 hypothetical gun deaths. For sake of discussion, well call it "megaville".
So say this hypothetical city of megaville DOES have a gun death epidemic. Say 100000 die by guns. Thats 200 per 100k. A rate roughly 14.5 times Roughly lower that Bumfuck. Without looking at the exact numbers, it sure looks like bumfuck has a huge problem on their hands, compared to megaville, doesnt it?
Put simply, this study implies that states with the loosest gun laws have the worst gun violence problems. Clearly, they don't. That's what we have here. Nothing more, nothing less, and it isn't "nra extremism" to point it out.
But you knew that, even before you hit the "post my reply!" button.