Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Gun control advocates are lying to us again. Color me unsurprised [View all]jimmy the one
(2,808 posts)kioa: If you read 'statistics for dummies' you would learn about the term "per capita"
So you admit you've read it then? I haven't actually, didn't need to since I took statistics & probability in college, albeit just a C grade, tack on another 21 credits in math including differential & integral calculus & non Euclidean geometry (horn toots).
You mention 'per capita' yet that was the rub in your conditions set out in your previous post, which I debunked, that is you neglected to use 'per capita' and used total violent crime instead. So you're hardly the one to be harping on me about failure to understand what per capita means.
kioa: After you finish the "per capita" chapter of 'statistics for dummies', I suggest you read those studies.
When you do so you will find that "Texas CHL holders were less likely to commit any particular type of crime than the general population, and overall were 13 times less likely to commit any crime."
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concealed_carry_in_the_United_States
Has little to do with what happens on average after shall issue is enabled. Your texas stat also doesn't take into account unreported crime committed by ccw holders, or committed by legal ccw holders who commit crimes & don't get caught.