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- From: amirza@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Anmar Caves)
- Subject: Re: reduction of availability
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- In article <1992Dec24.003958.4019@nas.nasa.gov> proett@tailspin.nas.nasa.gov (Thomas M. Proett) writes:
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- >gave statistics about the number of murders done in various countries
- >where guns are not generally available and then showed the number for
- >the US. The US had a gigantic number in proportion to the rest.
- >
- >Doesn't this show some correlation to "more guns" ==> "more murder"?
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- Correlation does not imply causation.
- Correlation does not imply causation.
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- Look at what you asked. You didn't ask "doesn't this show that there
- is a correlation to high gun ownership to high murder rates". You
- asked "does this correlation imply that more guns is equal to more
- murder rates". The answer to your question is no. The proof lies in
- places such as Switzerland, and Israel where there is a high "more
- guns", and a low "more murder". Back to the mantra
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- Correlation does not imply causation.
- Correlation does not imply causation.
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