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Originally Posted by Rocksnap
Common sense says follow the DATA. Where guns are legal, especially open carry, crime drops dramatically. Data can be your friend.
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Critical thinking is important too, as well as understanding that correlation does not prove causation.
Guns are illegal in high crime areas.
Guns are legal in low crime areas.
Open carry laws are most common in low crime areas.
Guns and open carry laws do not make areas safer; safer areas make open carry laws and guns possible.
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Why do people insist on making claims without looking them up first, do they really think no one will check? Proof by emphatic assertion rarely works.
Confirmation bias is real; I can find any number of articles that say so.
Victor, NY - Randallstown, MD - Yakima, WA - Stevensville, MD - Village of Hillsborough
Last edited by Bill14564; 09-17-2025 at 10:53 AM.
Reason: Removed unnecessary example
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