Murder rates are the incorrect factor to correlate with anything gun related.
Total gun crime, crimes in which shots are fired, ER visits for shootings regardless of outcome, criminal reports of assault with a firearm, or convictions for use of a gun in a crime are all more closely associated with gun use than deaths, which depend quite a lot on ambulance service & trauma surgeon skill as well as shots fired.
September 3rd, 2014 at 10:32 am
Murder rates are the incorrect factor to correlate with anything gun related.
Total gun crime, crimes in which shots are fired, ER visits for shootings regardless of outcome, criminal reports of assault with a firearm, or convictions for use of a gun in a crime are all more closely associated with gun use than deaths, which depend quite a lot on ambulance service & trauma surgeon skill as well as shots fired.