The catch-all gun thread

[TheBeardedDude]

An observation I have noted (as I have gone to multiple forums where this debate has been occurring) is that in general, theists more commonly side with pro-gun sentiments. To the point of "pry it from my cold dead fingers because Obama is coming for your guns and freedom and all the liberals are helping him". That is clearly a generalization but it is intriguing. I wonder if it has something to do with increased religiosity in rural areas that correlates with gun opinions? Or is gun ownership and gun advocacy something close to religion now?

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Sexual assaults does not appear statistically significant. It would be difficult to say that increase is real.

http://www.aic.gov.au/statistics/violent...sault.html

It doesn't appear statistically significant? You've done a test? Or you're looked at the graph that because it includes normal assaults makes an increase of that size hard to discern.

http://www.aic.gov.au/statistics/violent...sault.html

Tell me, does that appear to be statistically significant?
Does the decline in homicide appear to be statistically significant? It's a flat line on that graph hur hur.

That is no longer rate. That is total number reported. What you want to bet that mirrors population growth?

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Rate =/= to total number reported for the whole population

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And a statistical test would be pretty easy actually. That trend looks like nothing more than variability about an average.