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Originally Posted by NuclearFart
Correlation does NOT equate to causation. This study that you point to has been repeatedly criticized on these grounds (among other issues), and particularily when people try and extrapolate such conclusions. This is an inherent flaw of any retrospective study, because it cannot take into account all known and unknown factors, let alone the direction of causality. Based on the UK study, to even imply that gun control = increased crime, is a major fallacy.
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But the opposite is true as well.
Lots of Guns does not equate to lots of crime.
You only have to look at crime rates in NY versus London. NY has lots of guns and has 1/10th the crime of London.
Correlation has to do with enforcement and punnishment. Not guns period. So banning guns is not the answer.