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To: i-node who wrote (826553)12/29/2014 2:21:27 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1578189
 
Not really. According to Fox News, a person is 3 times more likely to commit suicide if they own guns. Given that it hasn't been shown that owning a gun improves your chances of survival, this is pretty much a slam dunk.

foxnews.com

When you factor in those shootings where a kid finds a gun and offs themselves, a playmate, a sibling or parent, well...

Now, you were bloviating?



To: i-node who wrote (826553)12/29/2014 3:15:06 PM
From: Taro  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 1578189
 
Correlation is no proof of causality.
Any basic course in statistics will tell the student that.

/Taro