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Originally Posted by SIGSEGV
I don't think anybody is claiming that the number of guns are the only predictor of murder rate. Anyway, the number of guns is not the right number to use. A better number is the fraction of the population that owns at least one gun (since number of guns per person is probably not a huge factor in murder rate). I haven't seen solid statistics for this. Do you have evidence that the fraction of gun-owning people has increased?
Unfortunately, inability for federally funded research in this area doesn't help.
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Honestly, I don't think I've ever seen a study of the correlation among between gun laws/ownership and crime rates (specifically gun murders). I just hear people repeating selective talking points that goes along with one's narrative.
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