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Re: I don't normally read, or quote WAPO, but......
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2018 10:41 pm
by The Annoyed Man
Syntyr wrote: ↑Sun Jul 29, 2018 10:35 pm
Odinvalknir wrote: ↑Sun Jul 29, 2018 1:16 pm
They controlled for a number of other factors, such as circumstances of shootings and the number of times victims were shot. They then found that all else being equal, a person shot with a medium-caliber weapon, such as a common 9mm handgun, were roughly 2.3 times as likely to die of their wounds than someone shot with a small-caliber gun. Large-caliber gunshots were even deadlier, resulting in odds of death 4.5 times that of small-caliber gunshots.
A large pistol or rifle round is MORE deadly than a .22, or .32.... you dont say?!
This just in folks... people subjected to a nuclear explosion are 1 billion trillion time more likely to die than being shot!
Morons!
Maybe, maybe not. Consider the strange tale of Tsutomu “Lucky” Yamaguchi:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsutomu_Yamaguchi.
Re: I don't normally read, or quote WAPO, but......
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 7:31 am
by Jusme
Odinvalknir wrote: ↑Sun Jul 29, 2018 1:16 pm
They controlled for a number of other factors, such as circumstances of shootings and the number of times victims were shot. They then found that all else being equal, a person shot with a medium-caliber weapon, such as a common 9mm handgun, were roughly 2.3 times as likely to die of their wounds than someone shot with a small-caliber gun. Large-caliber gunshots were even deadlier, resulting in odds of death 4.5 times that of small-caliber gunshots.
A large pistol or rifle round is MORE deadly than a .22, or .32.... you dont say?!
And yet, these same type of geniuses, pushed for legislation, back in the 70's and 80's to ban "Saturday night specials" which were cheaply made guns, usually chambered in 22 and 32 caliber! If they could have only known then what they know now.......
Re: I don't normally read, or quote WAPO, but......
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 8:28 pm
by Deltaboy
Bless their hearts my 12 gauge and 30\30 are way more deadly!
Re: I don't normally read, or quote WAPO, but......
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 10:25 pm
by MaduroBU
Seems like a well done study, though the conclusions have no rational relationship to the data. I'll file that away with Ellifritz's numbers for caliber selection.
Re: I don't normally read, or quote WAPO, but......
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 12:08 am
by WildRose
philip964 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 29, 2018 12:16 pm
(Spoiler Alert)
The conclusion is that if criminals could be convinced to use illegal hand guns in Boston that are of the .22 caliber version rather than 9mm or larger. Boston could reduce its deaths by guns by 40%.
Who knew it could be that simple.
Eliminate the gangs by aggressively going after and prosecuting everyone involved and you reduce crime by 80% including homicides.
Leave the rest of us and our guns alone.