Sorry for the "no-added-comment" reposting earlier today -- still getting used to my first iPhone, and accidentally sent off the reply while I was still trying to delete large blocks of the original posting. :-(
On Mar 25, 2013, at 2:17 PM, GunCite <[email protected]> wrote: > One doesn't have to run a regression analysis to see it (at a simple > bivariate level). If you run the data at either of the two links provided > above, you'll see that states such as Alaska and Arkansas, with high firearms > ownership rates, have higher levels of white homicide than average. > > Currently the available data, such as it is at the state level, favors the > pro-control side allowing the Joyce Foundation to sponsor and crank-out these > studies at will. > > What's missing from the equation, at the state level, are the prior records > of both homicide offenders and victims. As this page shows: > http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_gcgvmurd.html , > most of our homicide problem is probably a result of criminals (or those with > prior criminal behavior) misusing guns. > > I don't think it's controversial to say more guns in the hands of criminals > leads to more homicides. Also something to correct for is the implicit assumption that homicides = murders. It is reasonable to propose that where more guns are available for self-defense, they are more likely to be used to lethal effect against assailants. _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
