Quote:
Originally Posted by Ledgem
Two arguments could be made from the data:
1) Guns increase the death rates in assaults (there is a positive correlation between gun ownership and deaths by assaults);
2) Guns do not offer any protection from assaults (otherwise you would find a negative correlation).
|
I think you would need to see how many of the assaults were actually committed with firearm, and how many of the deaths involved victims who were armed before you can draw those conclusions, not to mention that due to the way crime statistics are calculated, assault attempts that were prevented/stopped wouldn't have made it into that list anyway. The data is just too broad and ambiguous there.
Edit:
Man, just watched some of the clips from Pierce Morgan's "debate", which made the most heated of the arguments on this forum looks like jovial afternoon picnics
If all he wanted to do was shout over everyone who disagreed with him, why bother?