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Homicide Rates Higher in States with More Guns at Home

Guns are used to kill two out of every three homicide victims in the United States, and new research shows that easy-access guns in the home make a difference. Homicide rates are highest in states where more households have guns, the national survey concludes.

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HighNoon

Doesn't anyone ever check the numbers? The murder rate is number of murders divided by the population.

http://www.disastercenter.com/crime
/mtcrimn.htm
Montana
Crime Rates (57.7% gun ownership)
2007 Pop 957861; 14 Murders= / 0.0000146 is the rate
2006 Pop 944632; 17 Murders= / 0.0000179 is the rate

http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/macrim
e.htm
Massachusetts
Crime Rates (12-13% gun ownership)
2007 pop 6449755; 184 Murders= / 0.0000285 is the rate
2006 pop 6437193; 186 Murders= / 0.0000288 is the rate

You don't have to be very smart to see that
0.0000146(MT) is less than 0.0000285(MA)
In fact, the murder rate in Massachusetts is almost TWICE that of Montana (195%). It's called math. Try it sometime.

posted Dec 8, 2008 |
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