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27. ban assault weapons and institute background checks for all gun purchases.

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Sun Apr 28, 2013, 12:36 PM

Apr 2013

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The most important criminological trend of our time is completely ignored [View all] Recursion Apr 2013 OP

a criminologist told me BainsBane Apr 2013 #1

That's the basis of the Freakonomics argument Recursion Apr 2013 #2

irrespective of the argument about abortion rights BainsBane Apr 2013 #4

Yeah, it's probably self-reinforcing, Benton D Struckcheon Apr 2013 #6

It's orthogonal to the right's and left's hobby horses Recursion Apr 2013 #8

Not familiar with DC's gun laws, Benton D Struckcheon Apr 2013 #10

DC had a total gun ban. But it was easier to buy a gun in DC than VA. Recursion Apr 2013 #11

And yet criminologists studying the DC gun ban concluded that it saved 47 lives per year. DanTex Apr 2013 #16

That study is from 1991, before the 90s crime spike Recursion Apr 2013 #18

Exactly. It measured the effect of the gun ban itself, before it was dwarfed by national trends. DanTex Apr 2013 #19

Given that it is now 2013 enlightenment Apr 2013 #29

The guys that put together Freakenomics... WCGreen Apr 2013 #3

The Freakonomics guys were ambivalent about lead Recursion Apr 2013 #5

the correlation is POPULATION. Plain and simple. BlancheSplanchnik Apr 2013 #7

Umm... but the population has been increasing Recursion Apr 2013 #9

Hrrrmmmmm.....maybe I was reading the graphs wrong...... BlancheSplanchnik Apr 2013 #25

It's still growth kudzu22 Apr 2013 #35

The biggest difference between then and now is the reporting. Archae Apr 2013 #12

We have great media diversity -- using the same script. Eleanors38 Apr 2013 #34

For something that's "completely ignored", a lot sure gets written about it muriel_volestrangler Apr 2013 #13

Name a politician who has suggested environmental or social solutions to crime Recursion Apr 2013 #14

President Obama: muriel_volestrangler Apr 2013 #15

So it looks like we've made no progress since 1976 on gun violence. DanTex Apr 2013 #17

Like 10,000 gun homicides a year isn't a problem. baldguy Apr 2013 #20

That nonsense again Recursion Apr 2013 #21

Ha.. I LOLed Pelican Apr 2013 #22

Because Brazil, Mexico, Russia, Indonesia etc are so similar to the US. baldguy Apr 2013 #24

Thanks for this post. nt redqueen Apr 2013 #26

Because Russia isn't a kleptocracy jeff47 Apr 2013 #30

Are you saying we aren't a kleptocracy and facing a massive drug war (of our own choosing)? Recursion Apr 2013 #32

Yes. jeff47 Apr 2013 #33

The other 460,000 gun crimes are no big deal, either! tabasco Apr 2013 #23

ban assault weapons and institute background checks for all gun purchases. spanone Apr 2013 #27

Automatic weapons are banned hack89 Apr 2013 #28

thanks, made correction... spanone Apr 2013 #31

The spikes correspond to Prohibition and the War on Drugs NickB79 Apr 2013 #36