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Originally Posted by Gladiator  Your statement that education does not work, is a little over-broad. |
I recognise how education is utilised. Despite its ineffectiveness, it meets a core government need: to, at least, suggest government action.
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Is it the number of handguns that are unlocked in residential home, where children might play?
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Not really. Even with owners who do their utmost to ensure the minimisation of accidents, gun prevalence will still feed into higher crime via the secondary gun market
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Is it the number of shots fired with handguns in domestic disputes?
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We've certainly covered this issue. To show how self-defence is a relatively minor issue, the empirical analysis into the use of guns for spouse abuse was used.
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Your asserting that more handguns cause more crime, is not a given. More handgun ownership may be a RESULT of, or a response to, increased crime.
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Indeed. Given the possibility of reverse causation, the use of raw data should be shunned. Not surprisingly, I've therefore referred to empirical analysis that test for these problems and investigate the robustness of the 'more guns=more crime' findings.