Re:New evidence that British workplaces are losing viewpoint...
by hn8788 on Thursday April 29, 2021 @09:05AM
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The "criminal-on-criminal" crimes may not make the news, but they end up being used to push for stricter gun control laws.If I remember correctly, the majority of gun violence and mass shootings is done with hand guns, is gang related, and mostly contained to some very violent areas in cities. Politicians and the media try to make it seem like the shootings are all done by right-wing radicals killing kids with AR-15s.
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Re:New evidence that British workplaces are losing viewpoint...
by inglor_cz on Thursday April 29, 2021 @09:13AM
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Yeah, I surprise my fellow Europeans by explaining that homicides (by gun or other means) are extremely unevenly distributed in the U.S. and that, depending on where you live, your safety may be on the level of Reykjavík (basically a peace heaven) or Johannesburg (living hell), with local gun ownership rates having only a very loose correlation to crime, if any.
Re:New evidence that British workplaces are losing viewpoint...
by brippalcharrid on Friday April 30, 2021 @12:30AM
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For gun murder, it could actually be a small negative correlation.
https://hwfo.substack.com/p/everybodys-lying-about-the-link-...
Statistics, of course, are often made to include all gun deaths, and it would also be interesting to see whether the overall rate of of suicide is affected by levels of gun ownership.