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To: epicure who wrote (211761)	12/16/2012 12:25:46 AM
From: cnyndwllr	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543987

Norming for socioeconomic factors probably won't tell you how many of the shootings were between armed members of feuding gangs. In addition, it won't tell you how many people were carrying a gun because they reasonably felt they were threatened with gun violence. Both of these factors surely increased the likelihood that the murdered person would be armed. A scenario that would support your argument, however, is that an armed man threatened with an escalation of conflict with a gun pulled by the other person might then pull his gun and end the threat. I just don't buy the 4 1/2 times increase in risk. Ed