The Gun Debate

8/18/2019 The Gun Debate

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SECTION 1 – WHO HAS THE MOST? (AKA THE SPARK OF FIRE FOR DEBATE)

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Here’s a Rankin !" #$e M!s# %Hea&i' Are*’ S#a#es in #$e +S 'ecember 2)* 2+",

$ollowing the terrorist attack in an %ernardino* CBS Ne,s took a closer look at guns in!merica particularly* which states had the most 0heavy arms1 per capita. heir list is based entirely on the 2+"3 census and the !$1s 4ational $irearms 5egistration and ranser 5ecord. he !$ record which doesn1t include pistols covers the sale and transer o the ollowing weapons:

• machine guns

• short-barreled ri6es and shotguns*

• suppressors

• destructive devices like bombs and grenades

• concealable devices with the ability to discharge a shot through the energy o ane7plosive

• any frearm with a bore over hal an inch that has not been determined to have alegitimate sporting use.89ditorial 4ote: all o the bulletpointed items above are considered 4$!; and reere1s the ranking:. 4ew ?ork: 3.3 guns per "*+++ residents3. 5hode @sland: 3.A guns per "*+++ residents2. elaware: .2 guns per "*+++ residents". Bichigan: .3 guns per "*+++ residents+. Bassachusetts: .) guns per "*+++ residents3). >awaii: ,." guns per "*+++ residents3A. 4ew Cersey: ,.A guns per "*+++ residents3D. @owa: ." guns per "*+++ residents3. Eermont: . guns per "*+++ residents3,. Bississippi: .A guns per "*+++ residents3. 4ebraska: D. guns per "*+++ residents33. Faliornia: D. guns per "*+++ residents32. Gisconsin: D.A guns per "*+++ residents3". Bissouri: A., guns per "*+++ residents3+. Gashington: A. guns per "*+++ residents2). Baine: A.D guns per "*+++ residents2A. @llinois: ).2 guns per "*+++ residents2D. Gest Eirginia: (tie& ). guns per "*+++ residents2D. !riHona: (tie& ). guns per "*+++ residents2. 4orth akota: (tie& )., guns per "*+++ residents2. Binnesota: (tie& )., guns per "*+++ residents2,. F'!ri*a- 1./0 ns 2er 13... resi*en#s2. Iansas: "" guns per "*+++ residents23. 4orth Farolina: ""." guns per "*+++ residents22. ennessee: (tie& "".3 guns per "*+++ residents22. Bontana: (tie& "".3 guns per "*+++ residents

22. Fonnecticut: (tie& "".3 guns per "*+++ residents2". Jregon: (tie& "". guns per "*+++ residents2". Jhio: (tie& "". guns per "*+++ residents2+. outh akota: ""., guns per "*+++ residents"). outh Farolina: "". guns per "*+++ residents"A. Folorado: "2 guns per "*+++ residents"D. Jklahoma: "2.3 guns per "*+++ residents". e7as: "2.A guns per "*+++ residents",. Ktah: "2.) guns per "*+++ residents". Ientucky: "3., guns per "*+++ residents"3. @ndiana: "." guns per "*+++ residents

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"2. 4ew >ampshire: (tie& ". guns per "*+++ residents"2. Leorgia: (tie& ". guns per "+++ residents"". Mennsylvania: (tie& ", guns per "*+++ residents"". Baryland: (tie& ", guns per "*+++ residents"+. Nouisiana: ",." guns per "*+++ residents). !laska: ",.2 guns per "*+++ residentsA. 4evada: ")., guns per "*+++ residents

D. !labama: 2+ guns per "*+++ residents. @daho: 2.2 guns per "*+++ residents,. Eirginia: 3+." guns per "*+++ residents. 4ew Be7ico: +., guns per "*+++ residents3. !rkansas: ". guns per "*+++ residents2. Gashington* .F.: . guns per "*+++ residents". Gyoming: "),.D guns per "*+++ residents%ased on the above criteria* how heavily armed is your stateO

SECTION 0 – 4OOKIN5 A 4ITT4E F+RTHER INTO THE N+MBERS

$urther research using 5!!'e P shows a wide variety o statistics* some with obvious slantP

Q9ditorial 4ote: would you preer to know about gun totals rom the Lun industry or 45!* orwould your frst source be a private research tank or the !merican !cademy o MediatricsO @

know i @ was looking or vehicle registrations @1d go to the BE* the manuacturers* or even theinsurance companies* beore @1d go ask Lreen Meace* the !MF!* or other activist group. otake the data with a grain o salt* and realiHe everyone is trying to gain the upper hand oconvincing youP

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yet had a suicide rate more than twice that o the Knited tates in 2++2.3. Myth: Handguns are 43 times more likely to kill a family member than a criminal

Fact: Of the 43 deaths reported in this flawed study, 37 (86%) were suicides. Other deaths involved

criminal activity between the family members (drug deals gone bad).

Fact: Of the remaining deaths, the deceased family members include felons, drug dealers, violent spouses

committing assault, and other criminals.

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SECTION 7 – THE CO+NTER8AR5+MENT +SIN5 FACTS

http://www.washingtone7aminer.com/no-states-with-higher-gun-ownership-dont-have-more-gun-murders/article/2,D33,3

N!3 s#a#es ,i#$ $i$er n !,ners$i2 *!n9# $a&e !re n r*ers%y avid $reddoso ([reddoso& \ "+/3/", :,+ MB

@n siting through the acts about the gun debate* beware o the misleading use o statistics.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/no-states-with-higher-gun-ownership-dont-have-more-gun-murders/article/2573353http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/no-states-with-higher-gun-ownership-dont-have-more-gun-murders/article/2573353http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/david-freddosohttp://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/david-freddosohttp://twitter.com/freddosohttp://www.washingtonexaminer.com/no-states-with-higher-gun-ownership-dont-have-more-gun-murders/article/2573353http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/no-states-with-higher-gun-ownership-dont-have-more-gun-murders/article/2573353http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/david-freddosohttp://twitter.com/freddoso


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ake or e7ample* ]act] number fve on the main Eo7 card on this issue. @t contains a chartrom Bother Cones* which is presented to make the case ^ as Bother Cones puts it ^ that]Meople with more guns tend to kill more people ^ with guns.] Jr as Eo7 puts it* ]Bore guns*more violence.] %oth statements are alse* but this chart at least seems convincing.

%ut then* look more careully at what the chart says ^ ]gun deaths.] 4ot all o those deathsare ]violence.] his is a bait and switch.

4ow look at this chart. 9ach state is again represented as a dot* but this measures the !"#$"%&'% rate in the A states that submitted timely $%@ reports or 2+" (!labama and $loridadid not&. he number o gun murders per "++*+++ residents is plotted against each state_s gunownership rate as ound in a ,+-state study or the publication @n`ury Mrevention.

http://www.vox.com/2015/8/24/9183525/gun-violence-statisticshttp://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/01/pro-gun-myths-fact-checkhttps://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2014/crime-in-the-u.s.-2014/tables/table-20https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2014/crime-in-the-u.s.-2014/tables/table-20http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/early/2015/06/09/injuryprev-2015-041586.full.pdf?keytype=ref&ijkey=doj6vx0laFZMsQ2http://www.vox.com/2015/8/24/9183525/gun-violence-statisticshttp://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/01/pro-gun-myths-fact-checkhttps://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2014/crime-in-the-u.s.-2014/tables/table-20http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/early/2015/06/09/injuryprev-2015-041586.full.pdf?keytype=ref&ijkey=doj6vx0laFZMsQ2


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hat looks a lot like a shotgun blast* because at least in 2+"* the statistical case that highstate gun ownership translates to more !"# ()$*+*&' was non-e7istent. his is what happenswhen you `ust look at the relevant numbers instead o cherrypicking whatever numbers tell thestory you want. here_s no signifcant statistical correlation here* whether or not you choose toinclude .F. (the outlier* way up above the others&. !nd in act* when you `ust look at lastyear_s gun homicide rate by state (calculated rom $%@ and Fensus data&* you see that many othe states that they claim have low ]gun death] rates actually have comparatively high rateso gun murders. 4ew Cersey* or e7ample* had a much higher gun murder rate than @daho andEermont.


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@ haven_t taken the time yet to calculate rates or every year going back a decade ^ perhapsor another day ^ but @ have the raw totals and there isn_t anything in the numbers thatsuggests a fve-year average would change much.

o now you see why Eo7* Bother Cones and others deliberately conuse the issue o gunviolence by including gun deaths that don_t involve violence: because their cherrypickingmakes it seem like people in states with high gun ownership are more likely to shoot otherpeople* when in act it `ust isn_t so. Merhaps there_s another argument to be had about suicide*but it_s a very diXerent sort o debate. Ghen most people think about gun control* they_reworried about whether it can help stop them rom being shot* not about whether it will preventthem rom having a gun in case they become incredibly depressed and decide to end it all.

In s$!r#3 #$ere isn9# a !!* :ase in #$e s#a#e *a#a "!r 'ii#in n !,ners$i2 !n #$e;asis !" n r*er ra#es. %ut i Bother Cones wants to make the case that gun ownershipshould be limited or paternalistic reasons because it makes suicide more likely* perhaps theycan publish that argument instead* alongside their advocacy or physician-assisted suicide.
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/09/jerry-brown-should-sign-californias-assisted-suicide-billhttp://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/09/jerry-brown-should-sign-californias-assisted-suicide-bill

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