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		Lewton on July 25, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Treating violence as a public health problem has p... a more nuanced perspective http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/01/06/guns-and-states/

AmericanChopper on July 25, 2018 [flagged] [2 more]

I’m not sure if picking random confounding variables until you get the results you want is more nuanced than looking at the raw statistics.

24gttghh on July 25, 2018 | [–]

That is literally what the article you linked does by ignoring suicide statistics, which is a whopping 2/3'rds of the gun-related deaths in the US.

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