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JakobVirgil  ·  4353 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Australia Banned Assault Weapons. America Can, Too. - NYTimes.com

Per capita does not control for the effects of group size. so I would say to the authors of that piece "why don't you know that?"

the answer is

International Coalition for Women inShooting and Hunting (WiSH), Glebe NSW, Australia. chair@ic-wish.org <-the author





dublinben  ·  4353 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Is that basically just an ad hominem attack against the author of the study?

JakobVirgil  ·  4353 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That or a identification of propaganda. My argument does not contain an ad hom though. My argument is that New Zealand is a bad analogue for Australia and is misused by the study.

My speculation is that paper used bad science because it was paid for by a pro-gun lobby.