On 5/7/07, Richard M. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hmm, this chart doesn't seem very useful to me. If I'm murdered, do I really care what kind of weapon was used to commit the crime?
I certainly wouldn't - but that's the search I chose.
The more interesting statistics are the number of murders per 100,000 people. Does your source have this chart that you can send along?
Visit the site, it has a nice interface and you'll be downloading csv files to your hearts content.
The interesting comparison is to then compare gun ownership rates per 100,000 people in states vs. their gun murder rates per 100,000. I suspect however that reliable statistics for gun ownership rates are hard to come by. Maybe legal gun sales per 100,000 could be a more reliable proxy.
This has been done by many notable folks - though I have to recommend anything done by John Lott. I don't recommend him because he is a gun owner (he is now, but he wasn't always) but because he's absolutely a nice guy who wanted to find the honest answers to the gun questions. I've met him on several occasions. A complete nerd. A complete numbers guy. A complete economist. Not a guy anyone wants to debate. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
