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Gun Control Reform Activism

BigL

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1. Confounding variable

Reply to billh58 (Original post)

Fri Dec 13, 2013, 08:57 PM

Dec 2013

I could be mistaken, but this chart does not account for suicides, which are about 1/3 of all gun-related deaths. Some of the states with the highest incidence of gun deaths also have the highest incidence of suicide, although you'd have to examine the number of suicides done via firearm to get any sort of useable data :/
While I am sure there is some level of truth here, without accounting for suicide vs. murder (vs accidental death, I suppose as well), it is difficult to ascertain how accurate this chart is.

But like I said, I could be mistaken here.

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Gun violence by State, redux... [View all] billh58 Dec 2013 OP

Confounding variable BigL Dec 2013 #1

All of these links billh58 Dec 2013 #2

Which is the most important comparison. BigL Dec 2013 #3

Hi BigL SecularMotion Dec 2013 #8

I'd also like to see stats on woundings, use of guns to intimidate, etc. I suspect findings would be Hoyt Dec 2013 #4

Here you go. Statistics are from the FBI BigL Dec 2013 #5

Compare the data to Red vs Blue states from 2012 BigL Dec 2013 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author billh58 Dec 2013 #7

But of course billh58 Dec 2013 #9

Just one more source billh58 Dec 2013 #10