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In article <3961hv$igb@utdallas.edu> jspence@utdallas.edu writes:
: > Not only that, but within the 50% of the states with strict carry laws,
: > fully 80% of all murders occur.  Or put another way, you are 4 times
: > more likely to be murdered if you live in a state, such as Texas, which
: > has strict carry laws than if you live in a state without.
: > -- 
: Or it could mean that if these states did not have strict carry laws you 
: could be 8 or 16 times likely to be murdered! This is a terrible use of 
: statistics. Let's hope this person doesn't get a job determining rates on 
: insurance policies.

And this is the standard "liberal" response: "if we hadn't enacted government  
control, the problem (instead of simply getting exponentially worse -- like it  
actually did) would have gotten _even_worse_ than as bad as it is!  Sounds like  
an ostrich -- bury your head in the sand; even when confronted with  
overwhelming evidence that the current policy _doesn't_ work....

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