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		flyinRyan on Dec 17, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: "Gun" "Control" >I'm suggesting that we shouldn't boil the data down to one statistic just so that we can get a number that conveniently agrees with our worldview. Ironically, this is exactly what you're suggesting. Word for word.

w1ntermute on Dec 17, 2012 [–]

Wrong again. That's what you are doing. You're taking the number of firearm homicides per capita in the US (one number) and just comparing it to that in other countries.

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