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6. That's the interesting thing about regressions

Reply to busterbrown (Original post)

Tue Sep 17, 2013, 03:04 AM

Sep 2013

If it were the guns driving it, by definition we'd be on that line; in fact we're far, far above it. If that linear best-fit is the actual relationship between guns and violence, it contributes very little to our murder rate. According to the international comparisons, if we get gun ownership as tightly restricted as France we still have far and away the highest murder rate in the world.

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of for God Sakes... Just look at this chart comparing gun ownership and gun homicides [View all] busterbrown Sep 2013 OP

don't you get it? their fear and paranoia TRUMPS ALL Skittles Sep 2013 #1

No it's fucking money (NRA, Koch Brothers etc) that bastardize the political process gopiscrap Sep 2013 #26

We don't nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #2

I know you are blue14u Sep 2013 #4

That does not mean we should not try nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #5

Yes, we do need to try.. blue14u Sep 2013 #7

I know. nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #8

I will bookmark it for later.. blue14u Sep 2013 #9

I only saw a couple of places on the chart blue14u Sep 2013 #3

That's the interesting thing about regressions Recursion Sep 2013 #6

If you restrict the countries to developed ones, the USA is the clear end of the line muriel_volestrangler Sep 2013 #10

Now, do a linear best-fit on those Recursion Sep 2013 #11

If you want a linear trend, it is roughly y = 24x + 10 muriel_volestrangler Sep 2013 #12

I still have the dataset I used somewhere if I can dig it up (this is from last year) Recursion Sep 2013 #14

Their rights trump our dead BainsBane Sep 2013 #13

OMG! marew Sep 2013 #15

Indeed BainsBane Sep 2013 #16

Since you're making the claim pintobean Sep 2013 #17

The link is there now, and BainsBane's summary looks pretty accurate to me (nt) muriel_volestrangler Sep 2013 #25

The way to stop this dreamnightwind Sep 2013 #18

Not very familiar with the history of the NRA, are we? telclaven Sep 2013 #20

Just out of curiosity, what do you think truebluegreen Sep 2013 #22

When the Black Panthers wanted to exercise their right to own guns, tblue37 Sep 2013 #24

I'm not disputing those facts. bluedeathray Sep 2013 #19

k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. Laelth Sep 2013 #21

Its sickening. I can't believe the amount of people who sufrommich Sep 2013 #23

There is a current libodem Sep 2013 #27

American Exceptionalism. Iggo Sep 2013 #28

We're just fodder for bullets at this point n/t geomon666 Sep 2013 #29