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See where I just commented on the fact that our murder rate has halved since the 1970-90s period while gun ownership rates have not changed, strongly suggesting
by hga 11y ago
See where I just commented on the fact that our murder rate has halved since the 1970-90s period while gun ownership rates have not changed, strongly suggesting we should look elsewhere, perhaps, as I note, demographics: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9838517 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9838517
- res0nat0r 11y agoThe murder rate overall has gone down, but we are still an outlier when it comes to the number of guns and gun homicides.
- tedunangst 11y agoThis is a strange definition of correlated, where one variable changes and the other does not.
- res0nat0r 11y agoOur outlier high gun homicide rate is dependent on our extremely high number of guns easily available to commit those homicides.
- hga 11y agoSo you're saying these two variables are correlated, even though they are not, in fact, correlated?
- res0nat0r 11y agoThey are correlated.
- tedunangst 11y agoWho's on first?