jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agoCalifornia is about to tax guns more like alcohol and tobacco − and that could put a dent in gun violencetheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square210fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkCalifornia is about to tax guns more like alcohol and tobacco − and that could put a dent in gun violencetheconversation.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square210fedilink
minus-squareArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months ago The probability that a gun is used in a murder is pretty low Oh I thought we were talking about the US where guns are the leading weapon used in murder, my mistake.
minus-squareSeaJ@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoProbability that a murder is done by a gun != the probability that a specific gun is used to murder someone. I hope you are not naive enough to think that every illegal gun is used to murder people.
Oh I thought we were talking about the US where guns are the leading weapon used in murder, my mistake.
Probability that a murder is done by a gun != the probability that a specific gun is used to murder someone. I hope you are not naive enough to think that every illegal gun is used to murder people.