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lawodevolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:18 AM Original message |
Poll question: Does high gun ownership rate correlate to lower murder rates? |
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GKirk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. How does a poll answer this question? |
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lawodevolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I just want to see what posters think before the information is posted |
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GKirk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. So I take it that I tell you my opinion then... |
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lawodevolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. It's what you think is true. I'll post the results of the study later and you can check the data |
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lawodevolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. P.S. I didn't vote and the results aren't ready yet |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. This is an empirical question and you left the correct answer off |
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lawodevolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. If it is backed by a t test that is verified correlation |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. There's no such thing as "unverified correlation" |
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lawodevolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. There is also plausibility and temporally it is possible |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
87. Sorry, I have to agree with Recursion |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
6. Given your previous posts, I think we can predict your results |
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lawodevolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. It doesn't matter if you think it is biased if the information is correct. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Three words: "Doctor Andrew Wakefield" |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
88. Strictly speaking, that's two words |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Oh, gawd! That DOES it! I'm cancelling my trip to Luxembourg! |
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lawodevolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. All the data I use comes from anti-gun groups or groups associated with anti-gun activity |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. So, would you ignore the truth if it disagreed with your beliefs? |
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gejohnston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I have seen that too |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. The correlation of gun ownership PER SE is really not the issue. |
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gejohnston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:17 AM Response to Reply #25 |
48. they often balance out |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:40 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. My point was that this poll is really not proving much of anything. |
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gejohnston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #52 |
63. splitting hairs but |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #63 |
79. "all the countries"? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:38 AM Response to Reply #25 |
51. Errr.... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:42 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Yes, I know that there are some restrictions. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:49 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. They make sense to me |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:53 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. What is your definition of "assault weapons"? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:01 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. "My" definition of assault weapons? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:24 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Now, what about the weapon used in Tucson? Was it an assault weapon? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:27 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. No, AFAIK he used a Glock 19 |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:34 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. I thought he ran out of ammo and was disarmed when he stopped and tried to reload. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:40 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Now that you mention it I've never seen the malfunction confirmed |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:50 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Would it be legal for a citizen in Norway to have such a weapon? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:55 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. I believe Norway has no restrictions on magazine capacity |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 10:05 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. So, let's circle back to the title of this thread. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. I had an early post saying, specifically, it does not |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 10:17 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. well, this leaves me wondering what the point of the poll is. |
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gejohnston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #57 |
119. my bad |
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gejohnston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #55 |
104. no it is not. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
13. Guns are ever so dreamy. nt |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. They complete me! |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 12:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Strange, I own a good number of firearms ... |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I own several |
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lawodevolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Yet you want to ban others from owning guns. Petty |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. yeah - I'm petty like that |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Well now we know you own firearms ... |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. You haven't been paying atttention have you |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. I admit I don't pay a lot of attention to your posts ... |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. *FAIL* "Most people who strongly oppose firearms have little knowledge of them." *FAIL* |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. O.K. Some questions ... |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:13 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. First of all - you can't call me out |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:29 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. No. |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:55 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. You don't want to trot out any more than your standard |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:03 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. awww - don't you like me? |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I don't know you well enough |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:44 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. I appreciate the fact that you answered ... |
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gejohnston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:26 AM Response to Reply #43 |
50. never mind |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #37 |
72. I call bullshit |
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gejohnston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:21 AM Response to Reply #34 |
49. PASS every anti I know has little or know knowledge of them PASS |
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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
19. No proof guns cause murders or reduce murders. Valid studies show both. But...... |
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billh58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
21. I believe that the volumes of statistics |
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lawodevolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. By the most easy means possible. Theft |
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billh58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. I sincerely appreciate that |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. This is where they get you into a bind. The reason that for countries in Western Europe |
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billh58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:07 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Thanks for the |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
73. Didn't those countries have low murder rates before those laws were put into effect? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 02:44 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. Your first point suggest that low murder rates/high ownership of guns |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 04:21 PM Response to Reply #77 |
113. The fear was communism / socialism.. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I agree that future gun control should focus on illegal firearms ... |
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lawodevolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Most black market guns are legal but in the wrong hands so the term "illegal guns" is misleading |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I definitely agree that we should end the failed War on Drugs ... |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:22 AM Response to Reply #31 |
47. More than forty years -earlier- |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
92. Guns are diverted from the legal market in the U.S. because a legal market exists |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
44. I don't think so. |
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lawodevolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
45. poll closed data going up soon. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 06:32 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. See post #25. |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
61. You can't make surch correlations. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 10:08 AM Response to Reply #61 |
66. So why do people in other civilized societies regulate guns as much as they do? |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #66 |
69. Fear. n/t |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Do you think our example proves their fear to be wise? |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #70 |
71. No. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. I wouldn't say that those countries are giving up essential liberty. |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Well I would. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. I certainly wouldn't compare Western European nations that have strict gun control |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. Conventions are conventions. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. Well, yes, I was expecting the "American exceptionalism" argument. |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. I have no idea. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. Your last paragraph saddens me and reminds me that in this country so many |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 05:06 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. You need only look at the statistics. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #85 |
90. Yes, you are right. In this country, it is a struggle against violent assaults every day. |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:33 AM Response to Reply #90 |
98. Not just this country. |
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gejohnston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 04:13 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. Your third paragraph |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 04:39 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. I don't know exactly what you are saying but I will say that since Western Europe |
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gejohnston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. Maybe dumb, but no more than yours |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. Of course, they evolved on their own terms. That is what happened. |
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gejohnston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:05 PM Response to Reply #89 |
93. and they continue to evolve |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #84 |
129. That would have been dumb, if it had been what I said |
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gejohnston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 11:41 PM Response to Reply #80 |
95. not exceptional |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 07:23 AM Response to Reply #95 |
96. by definition unique is exceptional. |
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gejohnston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #96 |
105. not exactly, different connotation |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #66 |
91. *People* didn't choose to regulate guns, *governments* did |
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gejohnston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:12 PM Response to Reply #91 |
94. Sounds like Raymond Keeler is right |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
97. There seems to be no correlation between gun ownership and murder rates |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #97 |
99. not with gun ownership per se. Gun ownership + regulation in free societies |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #99 |
100. Care to back that up with more than conjecture? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. I'll not go thru it again. Went thru a whole exercise earlier inthis thread |
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gejohnston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 02:56 PM Response to Reply #101 |
106. so we agree that the Norwegian gun culture is cool |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #106 |
108. And I agree. Which is why we can't just say that legal ownership of guns per se |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 04:12 PM Response to Reply #101 |
112. You made an assertion, I see no other evidence that you care to back it up.. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 04:48 PM Response to Reply #112 |
114. Oh, please. There's a long thread on Norway. Please re-read it. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #114 |
115. That doesn't back up your assertion. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #112 |
117. Sure I did. It backs me up. My research on Norway shows high gun ownership + gun control in |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #117 |
118. 'google it' is you backing up your assertion? Really? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 07:55 AM Response to Reply #118 |
120. Oh, you're funny. I notice google is FULL of pro-gun stuff. I had to wade past |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:13 AM Response to Reply #120 |
122. If you want to walk back your assertion, fine. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:27 AM Response to Reply #122 |
123. I don't walk back anything. That is my opinion. I didn't start this thread |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:39 AM Response to Reply #123 |
125. So it IS your opinion, but you refuse to back it up. k. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:46 AM Response to Reply #125 |
126. I guess that means, in a roundabout way, that the OP's poll is trying to "prove" |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:53 AM Response to Reply #126 |
127. I won't pretend to be in the OPs head. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 09:14 AM Response to Reply #127 |
128. Just FYI, I did not vote in this poll as I found it too simplistic. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 12:49 PM Response to Reply #99 |
102. Population density + economics + culture seems to be a better indicator |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #102 |
103. That would make sense in a functioning democracy. |
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gejohnston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #103 |
107. they are regulated |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #107 |
109. I think the Norwegians are onto something with their treatment of the issue. |
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gejohnston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #109 |
116. probably not. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #103 |
110. They were well regulated in DC |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #110 |
111. And they're well regulated in Norway and it has a low murder rate. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:08 AM Response to Reply #111 |
121. So if you claim regulation is the causal link |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:31 AM Response to Reply #121 |
124. I make no such claim. I believe it to have a lot of merit but I am not the one here |
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