Statistician finds out common sense gun control makes no sense...in Wash Post!

[Alamo]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin....html?tid=ss_tw-bottom&utm_term=.5362bbe37b75

Then, my colleagues and I at FiveThirtyEight spent three months analyzing all 33,000 lives ended by guns each year in the United States, and I wound up frustrated in a whole new way. We looked at what interventions might have saved those people, and the case for the policies I’d lobbied for crumbled when I examined the evidence. The best ideas left standing were narrowly tailored interventions to protect subtypes of potential victims, not broad attempts to limit the lethality of guns.

RTWT.

 

[MCgrease08]

I am honestly shocked to see this published by The Washington Post, opinion page or not. This is a great link to share. It's not too long or full of wonky stats. It's easy to understand, even for those ignorant of guns.

 

[Cameramonkey]

And pro gun control arguments make no sense.

Las Vegas Shooting -- Gun Control Advocates Are Passionate But Misguided | National Review

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[MCgrease08]

And pro gun control arguments make no sense.

Las Vegas Shooting -- Gun Control Advocates Are Passionate But Misguided | National Review

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That one isn't bad either, but much more likely to be dismissed by anyone left of center considering the "right wing" source.

 

[actaeon277]

Don't read the articles though.

 

[MCgrease08]

Another useful article that breaks down major mass shootings since Sandy Hook. Analysis found that no current or proposed gun law would have stopped any of them.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amph...otings-would-have-been-prevented-by-gun-laws/

 

[churchmouse]

Another useful article that breaks down major mass shootings since Sandy Hook. Analysis found that no current or proposed gun law would have stopped any of them.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amph...otings-would-have-been-prevented-by-gun-laws/

In having this very conversation with a few people I used to think were switched on the responses I get when using this logic..."Lawless people will not follow the law" are dumbfounding. The main one is...."Well, we have to do something"
No amount of factual argument will sway them from this emotionally charged mind set.

Edit....And I meant it when I said "Used" to think they were switched on.

 

[Dentoro]

50+ people were murdered. I've not heard a single word about making murder more illegal or another law about making shooting out a room into crowds of people more illegal. Why you might ask? Because although both are preposterous, more laws would not have stopped this, no matter the law.

 

[spencer rifle]

I am honestly shocked to see this published by The Washington Post, opinion page or not. This is a great link to share. It's not too long or full of wonky stats. It's easy to understand, even for those ignorant of guns.

Ever so much this ^^^^^

 

[russc2542]

Saw that too in my morning perusal of the news on my way to my email. I too was shocked that someone would admit that in this day and age, especially right after an event like LV. I wouldn't go out of my way to do it but I'd buy that guy a drink if the opportunity arose.

 

[Alamo]

... but I'd buy that guy a drink if the opportunity arose.

Gal.

 

[nakinate]

Saw that too in my morning perusal of the news on my way to my email. I too was shocked that someone would admit that in this day and age, especially right after an event like LV. I wouldn't go out of my way to do it but I'd buy that guy a drink if the opportunity arose.

Gal.

It's 2017. How dare either of you assume xir gender.