[Slings and Arrows]

A couple of articles in the Times point to a University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine survey claiming that those who carry guns are far likelier to get shot—and killed—than those who are unarmed. This fails to ask why people carry guns in the first place.

When people who should know better confuse correlation and causation I begin to suspect their objectivity.

[Atlas Sneezed]

A couple of articles in the Times point to a University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine survey claiming that those who carry guns are far likelier to get shot—and killed—than those who are unarmed. This fails to ask why people carry guns in the first place.

When people who should know better confuse correlation and causation I begin to suspect their objectivity.

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Yes. That study was on a par with “because people who go to hospitals have a higher death rate than those who don’t, hospitals are bad for your health.”

It essentially found that people who live in crappy neighborhoods fear crime, and get guns, but still suffer more crime than people who live in good neighborhoods. The conclusion the gun grabbers draw from this is akin to believing that buying a gun will relocate you to a dangerous neighborhood.