07-14-2015, 09:33 AM
(07-14-2015, 09:20 AM)HairOfTheDog Wrote:Fine. There's a higher correlation of arrest records and gun ownership, without any inference as to which egg caused which chicken. I guess I should have said, "No, that COULD mean." Happy?(07-13-2015, 05:29 PM)Cutz Wrote:(07-13-2015, 05:14 PM)blueberryhill Wrote: Here is link to the "Psychology of Gun Ownership" which will be of interest to some of you.
http://csgv.org/blog/2015/psychology
very interesting. Facts pulled from op-eds and studies that confuse correlation with causation. "People who get guns are more likely to be violent, because they have arrest records."
No, that means people with arrest records get guns, not the other way around. The bias is so unabated it's astounding.
Don't kick yourself too hard Cutz.
You failed no more (or less) to distinguish correlation from causation in reaching an unabated biased conclusion than did the author of the linked article.
Doesn't change the fact that poorly supported propaganda is used by both sides of the gun debate to argue their cause.