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Gun Control & RKBA

AndyS

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4. Correlation/causation? I thought that NRA/ILA dodge had run it's course.

Reply to TexasDem69 (Reply #3)

Wed Sep 20, 2023, 07:29 PM

Sep 2023

There is a difference. Correlation means that if this (more guns) we can expect that (more gun violence). Causation is proving that any one incident (a homicide) can be directly linked to any one change in circumstance (gun entering the system).

So yeah, if there are more guns there will be more gun violence. There is a correlation, we agree.

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There certainly is too much TexasDem69 Sep 2023 #1

Any other corollary factors? Any at all? AndyS Sep 2023 #2

Correlation TexasDem69 Sep 2023 #3

Correlation/causation? I thought that NRA/ILA dodge had run it's course. AndyS Sep 2023 #4

Wow TexasDem69 Sep 2023 #5

My OP was about AndyS Sep 2023 #6

Grand conspiracy theories TexasDem69 Sep 2023 #7

The phrase is about 15 years old and more common in some black communities. AndyS Sep 2023 #8

Prosecute the crime. ManiacJoe Sep 2023 #9

Actually it has little deterrent. AndyS Sep 2023 #10

I've read that prison isn't a real threat to repeat criminals. discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2023 #11

I know of prisoners planning their second bit while getting locked up for their first. yagotme Sep 2023 #12