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To: combjelly who wrote (895813)	10/22/2015 11:07:05 PM
From: i-node	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB TimF Respond to of 1573222

>>Right. It is the overall murder rate. In general, the more guns, the higher the murder rate. Total apophenia. The murder rate today is substantially lower than 25 years ago. Close to half, IIRC. Yet, the number of guns is substantially higher, with the average guns per capita at new highs. And I wouldn't want to begin to speculate on the other spurious correlations with gun possession. God, could it e the number of bullets? This is how we got climate change. Just stop it.

To: combjelly who wrote (895813)	10/23/2015 11:11:57 AM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1573222

In general, the more guns, the higher the murder rate. The data doesn't support your conclusion. The data you presented for Australia was about "gun deaths", not murders. It also can't reasonably control for other factors. The data for Europe (a much more populated place then Australia, and with more different levels of gun control, murder, and number of guns per capita, to compare then your comparison of Australia to the US) shows a modest reverse correlation where more guns goes along with less murder. The data for the world as a whole seems to show no significant correlation in either direction.