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Nope. The analysis I've referred to is regression analysis, rather than simple correlation analysis. For example, as I've already noted, correlation analysis cannot be used as it is possible that higher gun ownership occurs because of higher crime.
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Thanks for playing, but those two sentences just blew your "externalities" crap out of the water.
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I'd love it if you'd made a relevant remark. This thread has suffered too much from tabloidism. However, you haven't achieved those heady heights quite yet.
It upsets me that you fellows have still failed to refer to any relevant empirical analysis