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To the extent that school shooting are, statistically, a "tail" event, you would expect that to change more sensitively than the "average" (guns per capita). So
by dsizzle 4y ago
To the extent that school shooting are, statistically, a "tail" event, you would expect that to change more sensitively than the "average" (guns per capita). So a tripling of the average gun measure (going from Serbia to US), might correspond to a much larger change in these extreme events. I doubt it's a simple statistical consequence, but it also doesn't follow that amount of guns would be (linearly) proportional to extreme events.
- BobbyJo 4y agoSweet baby Jesus thank you. I've been waiting years for someone to make a reasonable argument to me on why stricter guns laws are a good idea. Every other argument I've seen has been appeals to emotion without actually framing the cost/benefit relationship in any useful way.