Comments on: Gun Control Reducing Gun Violence http://enableate.com/steve/2008/1193 make it happen Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:27:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: steve http://enableate.com/steve/2008/1193#comment-14952 steve Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:47:12 +0000 http://enableate.com/steve/2008/1193#comment-14952 Its per 100,000 people. Its per 100,000 people.

]]> By: Michael http://enableate.com/steve/2008/1193#comment-14950 Michael Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:00:34 +0000 http://enableate.com/steve/2008/1193#comment-14950 Population density in DC is much higher, which I think accounts for part of the discrepancy. Anyhow, as much as I agree that gun ownership is protected by the constitution, you are using bad science Steve. Correlation /= causation Population density in DC is much higher, which I think accounts for part of the discrepancy.

Anyhow, as much as I agree that gun ownership is protected by the constitution, you are using bad science Steve. Correlation /= causation

]]> By: darwin http://enableate.com/steve/2008/1193#comment-14933 darwin Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:33:41 +0000 http://enableate.com/steve/2008/1193#comment-14933 As I've said repeatedly, I agree that no city-wide ban is going to work because it's too trivially easy for criminals to continue getting guns and because the police probably won't enforce it seriously. I think that only a truly enforced national ban would change things in a significant way, and it might take decades to do so. But as long as these types of comparisons are admitted as facts, then the low murder rates in countries like England and Japan will back me up. As I’ve said repeatedly, I agree that no city-wide ban is going to work because it’s too trivially easy for criminals to continue getting guns and because the police probably won’t enforce it seriously. I think that only a truly enforced national ban would change things in a significant way, and it might take decades to do so. But as long as these types of comparisons are admitted as facts, then the low murder rates in countries like England and Japan will back me up.

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