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Cake day: September 28th, 2023
  • brown567@sh.itjust.workstoComic Strips@lemmy.world•Optical illusion
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    19 days ago

    It should be noted that this chart compares gun homicides to gun ownership, which… of course those will correlate

    If we plotted kangaroo injuries vs kangaroos per capita, we’d see a similar outlier in Australia

    It would be more useful to see gun ownership compared to total homicides, to see if an overabundance of guns correlates with more murders. Even then, though, a correlation between the two might not be casual in that direction. It may instead be that in areas with a high homicide rate, people are more likely to own a firearm for defense.

    What you would need to prove is that places with high gun ownership have significantly higher homicide rates, but places with high homicide rates don’t have significantly higher rates of gun ownership

  • brown567@sh.itjust.workstoComic Strips@lemmy.world•Optical illusion
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    19 days ago

    I think you’re really underestimating 3d printed guns. There are some alarmingly reliable 3d printed 9mm semi-auto carbines that can be constructed with zero gun parts (source: I built one back when it was still legal in my state, but destroyed the receiver when registration became mandatory)

    You’re correct about ammo, but I’m pretty sure making a bomb without reliable, stable explosive compounds is extremely dangerous