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[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 36 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (26 children)

notice how in the graph on wikipedia, excluding USA, the correlation is really not that strong.

dont get me wrong, i agree with the general sentiment, but bad data weakens even the best of cases.

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[–] Dadifer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (4 children)

You know it's illegal to study gun violence in America, correct?

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That is absolutely fucked up, but whats the relevance?

[–] Dadifer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

oh, well, luckily its not illegal for researchers in the rest of the world to study gun violence in America.

[–] Dadifer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

True enough, but good luck getting the data.

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