In a survey entitled “Where guns are easier to find than knowledge,” the Washington Post points out the Deschutes County has the highest and “most lopsided” gun store: museum ratio, at 7 to 1.
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so, what? this is a meaningless data set. Also, biased to “prove” gun toten morons r un edumacated. (though to be fair the author points out the lack of causal relationship.)
why didn’t the author layer gun deaths per 1000 over the metric of libraries/museums per 1000.
I would bet you a nickel that I could construct and argumentum ad absurdum that Museum density would indicate a MUCH higher risk of violent crime. implying no causal relationship….just a deeply disturbing data set. we might thereupon embark on a tongue in cheek condemnation of museum motives and decry their role in violent death.
I like Joe Rogans quote:” we have a mental health crisis masquerading as a gun problem and a tyranny problem masquerading as a security problem.”