On training again, so my replies will be spotty today. at the same time, if you look at the murder rates in Canada and the US, Canada has a murder rate that is far below what would be expected if gun control laws had no effect on homicide rate. When you statistically control for other factors, such as economic and ses factors, the differences are even greater.
One very good example I like was a study that compared emergency room visits to Seattle area and Vancouver, BC area hospitals. For Seattle the majority of emergency room visits were firearm related. In Vancouver it was auto and home accidents. When statistical matching was used to control for national differences other than guns, such as health care factors etc, the only differences that remained were entirely attributed to firearms. One thing that many forget in this arguement is the impulsiveness involved with many firearm related homicides and incidents. Beating a person to death or using a blunt instrument required a lot of deliberation and intentionality. In contrast, how fast does it take to use a firearm? Remove firearms from the equation and homicide rates drop precipitously. larry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_community Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
