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by dctoedt 1000 days ago
> Clinging to the belief that it’s guns rather than social factors is just willful denial.

That's a false dichotomy — sure, social factors play an important role, but it's a multi-variate phenomenon, and you seem to want to deny that gun-ownership rates have anything to do with it.
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rayiner 1000 days ago
You haven’t presented any evidence that guns are a major factor after adjusting for social factors. The US also has the highest rates of fatherless households in the world, while India has one of the lowest. Maybe that’s the reason for the difference in homicide rates.
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dctoedt 1000 days ago
“The” driving factor? Are we in agreement that it’s a factor?
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