Mass shootings

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(04-12-2018, 07:03 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Well when we discuss "crime" we discuss "crime rate" not total number of crimes.  The total number of crimes can go up but if the population increases the "crime rate" can still go down.

But going back to the original point even if the number of crimes has dercresed while the nuber of gunowners has increased you can not claim this proves that a vast majority of gunowners are law abiding citizens.  The connection is not there.  the crime rate among gunowners is not dependent on the total population crime rate or the total number of guns owned.

I'm not talking about the correlation between gun ownership and crime, i was just curious as to the ACTUAL number of gun owners. Are more people owning guns even if the percentage of gun ownership has gone down?

I'll leave it to you and SSF to discuss if the level of gun ownership has an impact on crime.