Everybody’s Lying About the Link Between Gun Ownership and Homicide

Everybody’s Lying About the Link Between Gun Ownership and Homicide

Lies, damn lies, and statistics (with graphs). "There is no clear correlation whatsoever between gun ownership rate and gun homicide rate. Not within the USA. Not regionally. Not internationally. Not among peaceful societies. Not among violent ones. Gun ownership doesn’t make us safer. It doesn’t make us less safe. The correlation simply isn’t there. It is blatantly not-there. It is so tremendously not-there that the “not-there-ness” of it alone should be a huge news story. And anyone with access to the internet and a basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel can check for themselves. Here’s how you do it."