There’s been much talk recently — including from President Obama — about there being a substantial correlation between state-level gun death rates and state gun laws. Now correlation obviously doesn’t equal causation; there may be lots of other factors that are the true causes of both of the things that are being measured. But if we do look for now at correlation, it seems to me that the key question should focus on state total homicide rates, or perhaps (for reasons I describe below) total intentional homicide plus accidental gun death rates. And it turns out that there is essentially zero correlation between these numbers and state gun laws.
The comments from the gun control nuts are a riot of ignorance.
Here's some local misuse of statistics: http://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/fewest-gun-deaths-in-idaho-take-place-in-bear-ada-canyon-counties-most-in-lewis-county/Content?oid=3617194
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