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from the anthropogenic-population-change dept.
We have a recent report by the US government that climate change is almost certainly caused by humans. However, we don't have the same rigor in gun death statistics; instead policy debate can rely only on FBI crime statistics which aren't directly comparable year-over-year due to changing measurement methodology (see "Caution to users").
This is because the NRA put pressure on the CDC through a Republican Congress to halt this research, under the logic that it promotes the cause of gun control.
But how likely is it that this is intentional, to use the US Second Amendment as an ongoing lightning rod for public attention (in a "bread and circuses" sense) while political business continues as usual on the back end (e.g. Paradise Papers)? Obama and a Democratic congress had the opportunity to restart this, which would presumably be just as "common sense" as the actual reforms they have been promoting on this issue, since whoever was actually supported by the facts would presumably have a motivation to set the program back in motion to improve support for their proposals.
(Score: 2) by mhajicek on Thursday November 09 2017, @06:22AM (2 children)
The top three nation's for murder rate in the world ban civilians from owning guns. It's sure helping them, isn't it?
The spacelike surfaces of time foliations can have a cusp at the surface of discontinuity. - P. Hajicek
(Score: 3, Insightful) by caffeine on Thursday November 09 2017, @07:37AM (1 child)
Are you talking about El Salvador, Honduras and Venezuela? I think their high murder rates come from much bigger issues than firearms regulation.
And, I was actually talking about gun control laws rather than banning civilians from owning guns, and about the motives of US gun owners compared to Australian ones.
(Score: 2) by mhajicek on Thursday November 09 2017, @08:22AM
Yes, the factor tied most closely to violent crime is poverty, not guns. This is why gun control, which is another term for banning civilians from owning guns, will not help reduce violent crime.
The spacelike surfaces of time foliations can have a cusp at the surface of discontinuity. - P. Hajicek