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Do you really need a reference on gun violence?
by pipeline_peak 2y ago
Do you really need a reference on gun violence?
- gruez 2y agoI think he's questioning whether those factors changed, not whether those factors contribute to deaths. The claim of the article after all, is that life expectancy has risen.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 2y agoIn order to judge the merits of the argument it is helpful to understand why certain points are made so journalists will usually provide some citation which justifies their claims. It doesn’t help the argument to provide bad references, let alone to not bother with a reference.
- anthony_d 2y agoYes. The overwhelming majority of gun violence are suicides, so real data is a great proxy for things that are harder to track.