Reply To: THE PUZZLE OF MURDER-BY-GUN STATISTICS

Stutz wrote:

Before we start using terms like “liar”, it really seems like there’s a misunderstanding. You seem to be conflating murder in general with murder by a specific method. Removing one method of committing murder does not necessarily prevent those murders, since there are clearly alternative methods. I found the same thing in my brief review of murder in Australia, where the murder rate trend seemed unaffected by gun control.

It’s worse than that, Stutz. He’s conflating murder in general with all deaths (including suicides, defensive shootings, and accidents) using a specific type of device. Actually, he seems to understand the difference but doesn’t see that you can’t carry a correlation from one to the other.