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Originally posted by ChrisBennet
Would a reasonable person posit that the gun ban somehow caused handgun accident rates to increase the next 3 years following the '97 ban [1997(19), 1998(21), 1999(28), 2000(45)]? Of course not. That would be as intellectually dishonest as picking homicide deaths in 1996 and 2001. -Chris
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Nope. A reasonable person would argue that it just reduced it back to the ('96 pre-control) averages in the chart and slowly reduced them further below the pre-control numbers. Just like the slope of the graph - gun regulation as a means of reducing gun related violence.
Maybe we need different regulations to make them work better - to fine tune them if you will.
But no regulations ? No changes ?