This is an especially stupid argument...
There's a bunch of things wrong here, let's go point by point.
First off, the gun homicide rate in US is lowest in states with highest gun ownership.
There's a bunch of things wrong here, let's go point by point.
First off, the gun homicide rate in US is lowest in states with highest gun ownership.
https://twitter.com/erikveen/status/1345689627047428101
Interestingly enough, Wyoming has a murder rate the same as right across the border in more gun-controlled Canada...about a third of the US as a whole.
BC factors giving Canada a low murder rate give Wyoming a low murder rate...and those don't include lower gun ownership.
BC factors giving Canada a low murder rate give Wyoming a low murder rate...and those don't include lower gun ownership.
Similarly, there are many US states that combine very low firearm ownership with very high murder rates.
The highest "state" murder rate in the country is that of Washington, DC, which has a murder rate of 21.8, more than twenty times that of Wyoming
The highest "state" murder rate in the country is that of Washington, DC, which has a murder rate of 21.8, more than twenty times that of Wyoming
DC also has the strictest gun bans in the US... and the lowest gun ownership rate in the country, with gun ownership numbers less than in many European states.
Gun ownership numbers are utterly irreverent to gun homicide rate. You are wrong.
Gun ownership numbers are utterly irreverent to gun homicide rate. You are wrong.
Second off, let's limit it 2 JUST Europe...where citizens are "without guns."
There's no correlation supporting "more guns = more homicide."
R^2 = 0.0184. Garbage.
Because key factor here isn't guns, it's "how violent is the society."
There's no correlation supporting "more guns = more homicide."
R^2 = 0.0184. Garbage.
Because key factor here isn't guns, it's "how violent is the society."
If we go global, and drop it into Excel, there's NOT correlation ur way here.
Here's an actual graph with a proper axis value. and an R^2 of 0.01. More Garbage again!
Heck, firearm homicide rates are actually higher in countries with VERY few guns.
Here's an actual graph with a proper axis value. and an R^2 of 0.01. More Garbage again!
Heck, firearm homicide rates are actually higher in countries with VERY few guns.
The United States’ homicide rate of 3.8 is clearly higher than that of eg France (1.0), Germany (0.8), Australia (1.1), or Canada (1.4).
Our nonfirearm murder rate is 1.2.
In other words, our non-firearm homicide rate alone is higher than those countries total homicide rate
Our nonfirearm murder rate is 1.2.
In other words, our non-firearm homicide rate alone is higher than those countries total homicide rate
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