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Note the title of the article in the link has changed (after a comment there) to "more gun regulation correlates to more violence", which is quite a bit differe
by dsizzle 13y ago
Note the title of the article in the link has changed (after a comment there) to "more gun regulation correlates to more violence", which is quite a bit different from less guns correlate to more violence (the current title here).
- lutusp 13y agoYes -- it's grammatically correct, and this title isn't.
- dsizzle 13y agoWell, the tacit assumption that "more gun control" means "fewer guns" is a more substantive problem. I think other "Harvard studies" (Hemenway) show, in fact, that fewer guns correlate with LESS homicide. http://nyti.ms/142rOJe http://nyti.ms/142rOJe
- lutusp 13y agoShifting topics away from grammar for a moment, it's unfortunate that these issues can't really be studied scientifically. The result is that people can take the existing data and twist it to suit any conclusion. Most European countries have fewer guns or no guns, and much lower levels of violence. But then, they're different people with different values -- the role of guns in their societies might be an effect, not a cause.
- robobenjie 13y agoAnother way to put it: Places with high violence tend to adopt more gun control. When stated that way this study's findings sound obvious.