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(Vox) One way to reduce gun deaths: restrict big bullets and guns
Vox ^ | 07/28/18 | Emily Stewart

Posted on 07/29/2018 8:30:00 AM PDT by Simon Green

The bigger the gun, the deadlier it is. Or, rather, the bullet.

The Washington Post’s Christopher Ingraham on Friday highlighted a study published in the journal JAMA Network Open that found larger-caliber firearms are much likelier to kill a shooting victim than smaller-caliber ones. Caliber measures the internal diameter of the barrel of the gun, or how wide the bullet is.

Analyzing data on hundreds of shootings in Boston between 2010 and 2014, researchers Anthony Braga of Northeastern University and Philip Cook of Duke University discovered that on a bullet-by-bullet basis, shootings with larger-caliber guns were deadlier than smaller-caliber handguns, but they’re not more accurate. Shootings with a medium-caliber weapon were 2.3 times likelier to result in death than with a small-caliber gun; large-caliber guns increased the odds of death by 4.5 times compared to small-caliber guns.

The implication, Braga and Cook wrote, is that replacing medium- and large-caliber guns with small-caliber guns would have resulted in a 39.5 percent reduction in gun deaths.

(Excerpt) Read more at vox.com ...


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So a .44 magnum does more damage to the human body than a .25 ACP? I never would have guessed. Gosh, I'm glad they did this study.

Coming next: Does being hit by an 18-wheeler semi do more damage than being hit by a bicycle? Researchers want to know!

1 posted on 07/29/2018 8:30:00 AM PDT by Simon Green
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Researchers want to know!

Researchers want to be funded! There. Fixed. ;-)

2 posted on 07/29/2018 8:33:05 AM PDT by Boomer (Leftism is the Mental/Moral Equivalent of End Stage Cancer)
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Vox must have some really dumb subscribers.


3 posted on 07/29/2018 8:33:41 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Yet the .22 and .25, combined, kill more people worldwide than any caliber.

So when they are done with BIG BULLETS they will start with TINY KILLERS.


4 posted on 07/29/2018 8:34:57 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The New York Times is so openly dishonest, even their crossword puzzles lie.)
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dint see any shotgun shells on that list
5 posted on 07/29/2018 8:35:15 AM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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And they left out the .45 ACP, the tac-nuc of small arms? For shame...
6 posted on 07/29/2018 8:36:36 AM PDT by Jonah Hex
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5 rules of a gun fight:

1) gun beats no gun
2) fast beats slow
3) a hit beats a miss
4) big holes beat small holes
5) two holes beat one hole

7 posted on 07/29/2018 8:36:39 AM PDT by taxcontrol (Stupid should hurt)
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I wish to study the leathality of the various kitchen knives in my knife block, from the decoration and paring knives to the 10” boning knife and chef’s knife.

Where do sign up for the research grant?


8 posted on 07/29/2018 8:38:29 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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I wish to study the leathality of the various kitchen knives in my knife block, from the decoration and paring knives to the 10” boning knife and chef’s knife. Where do sign up for the research grant?

I would propose the UK, given their push for knife control.

9 posted on 07/29/2018 8:40:20 AM PDT by Simon Green ("Arm your daughter, sir, and pay no attention to petty bureaucrats.")
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WOW! Bigger guns firing bigger bullets do more damage. Shocking! I’m so glad these geniuses did this important study. Otherwise, we never would have known.

Say, I wonder if muzzle velocity matters at all? There’s a topic for another groundbreaking study!


10 posted on 07/29/2018 8:40:22 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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The whole point of shooting a gun is to kill what you’re aiming at. When exactly would you not want your shot to kill?


11 posted on 07/29/2018 8:42:19 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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Does this mean they want us all to buy M-16 equivalents? After all, the small assault bullets will be less likely to kill than my 44.


12 posted on 07/29/2018 8:42:49 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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The stupid.

It hurts.

13 posted on 07/29/2018 8:44:20 AM PDT by OldSmaj (The only thing washed on a filthy liberal is their damned brains.)
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Because everyone knows the .223 cal bushmaster with a 30 round mag is …. wait a minute...wut?


14 posted on 07/29/2018 8:44:32 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Liberals can kiss my bitter clingers!)
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Hmmmm... No mention of the reason for shooting the decedent.

It’s almost like they don’t care!


15 posted on 07/29/2018 8:45:18 AM PDT by MortMan (The white board is a remarkable invention.)
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So did outlawing drugs end drug trafficking and addiction?

Just wondering.


16 posted on 07/29/2018 8:45:34 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=600><p>https://i.imgur.com/zXSEP5Z.gif)
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Wellllll....who would have thought.......there is a well known and researched study of hundreds of handgun deaths with info gleaned from police reports that indicates shot placement is a much more reliable lethality predictor than caliber in general...


17 posted on 07/29/2018 8:46:45 AM PDT by TnTnTn
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"And they left out the .45 ACP, the tac-nuc of small arms? For shame...

I think they didn't include the .45 ACP because most people defend themselves with a .45 by just showing the cartridge and the bad guy passes out from fear that if shot it will kill their soul. They rarely need to be shot after that. Even the mere mention that you know what a .45 ACP looks like and most bad guys run away and their hair turns white. (/s)

18 posted on 07/29/2018 8:49:00 AM PDT by Dutch Boy
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They say that the information undermines the argument that “people kill people...not guns”.....how the “information” presented lessens the contribution of people from the equation is an “insight” which demonstrates the writers separation from logic and real life.


19 posted on 07/29/2018 8:49:35 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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Water still boils at 212° sea level altitude...


20 posted on 07/29/2018 8:49:51 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZGw2M)
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