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Re: Sticking my gun where it doesn't belong...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 13 Sep 2003 03:59:29 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mike Petrucelli wrote:
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http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/gunaus.htm
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Yeah and I can find a dozen sites with the oppisite data. The only
conclusion we can draw is that both sides are using only the data that
supports their respective arguments and ignoring anything to the contrary.
Therefore logically there is no correlation between gun laws and the crime
rate.
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That’s not quite right. Logically, data cannot be used selectively to
demonstrate the efficacy of gun control laws. However, it does not
logically follow, therefore, that no correlation exists between gun control
and gun crime.
I happen to believe that incidence of gun crime is largely independent of gun
control legislation, but I also accept that it is difficult to find objective
raw data supporting this belief.
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I could be difficult and argue the definition of is*, but I think your
logically right. ;-)
There are quite a few things that might be responsible for the decrease in
crime, like the increased rate of incarceration of criminals for example. I
suppose it probablly isn’t due to any one factor but many together, which
creates a statistical nightmare to try and figure out.
-Mike Petrucelli
*I know, I know
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| (...) That's not quite right. Logically, data cannot be used selectively to demonstrate the efficacy of gun control laws. However, it does not logically follow, therefore, that no correlation exists between gun control and gun crime. I happen to (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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