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1. The US gun homicide rate dropped 49%

Sat Jun 13, 2015, 10:51 AM

Jun 2015

http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2013/05/07/gun-homicide-rate-down-49-since-1993-peak-public-unaware/

Gun deaths dropped more on average in the US than they did in Connecticut. By your correlation automatically equals causation logic, we would have been better off not passing the law since the law caused gun deaths to fall slower than the national average.

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Connecticut's strict gun law linked to large homicide drop [View all] NutmegYankee Jun 2015 OP

The US gun homicide rate dropped 49% Travis_0004 Jun 2015 #1

"By your correlation automatically equals causation logic" NutmegYankee Jun 2015 #2

Yes and Im pointing out that the story is bullshit Travis_0004 Jun 2015 #3