Gun Control & RKBA

jmg257

(11,996 posts) Wed Jul 13, 2016, 11:28 AM Jul 2016

Interesting cross-post: More Police die by gunshot violence in States that have more guns [View all]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/08/more-police-officers-die-on-the-job-in-states-with-more-guns/

...."The results (of the study) were shocking: line-of-duty homicide rates among police officers were more than three times higher in states with high gun ownership compared with the low gun ownership states. Between 1996 and 2010, in other words, there were 0.31 officer fatalities for every 10,000 employed officers in low gun ownership states. But there were 0.95 fatalities per 10,000 officers in the high gun ownership states."

What I find interesting, is that all of the states which had NO LE deaths, are high gun states.
0 deaths over 15 years!!! Yet all have higher gun rates then Georgia & Texas.

From the "study".

The states with the most homicides were California (n = 77), Texas (n = 70), Florida (n = 39), Georgia (n = 36), and North Carolina (n = 33).

Iowa, Maine, Vermont, and Wyoming experienced zero homicides of LEOs during the study period.

Low gun states: CT, DC, HI, IL, MA, NJ, NY, RI.
High gun states: AL, AK, AR, IA, ID, KS, KY, LA, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, OK, SC, SD, TN, UT, VT, WI, WV, WY.

*Maine is 40.5% owner - similar to Georgia and Oregon.

And also weird, is that California leads the nation in LE deaths, yet is #42 in ownership these days, while Florida, also top 4 LE death state, is like #41; but neither made their low gun state list. Wonder why they didn't make the "low gun state" along with all the others? They got like 8 right, and stopped there, due to 'population equivalence compare control', or something(??).

VERY confusing, this study.

"For example, Wyoming had the highest firearm ownership rate and zero LEO homicides, whereas the District of Columbia had the lowest firearm ownership rate and was in the highest quintile for homicide rates. It appeared that both the state levels of firearm prevalence and violent crimes affected the LEO homicide rate; however, further research is necessary to identify other state-level predictors of LEO homicide rates."

Huh - even they are left wondering by the numerous "outliers"...wonder what else may be at fault here?

http://usliberals.about.com/od/Election2012Factors/a/Gun-Owners-As-Percentage-Of-Each-States-Population.htm

40. Delaware - 25.5%
41. Florida - 24.5% (Battleground state. See Florida in 2012 Elections.)
42. California - 21.3%
42. Maryland - 21.3%
44. Illinois - 20.2%
45. New York - 18%
46. Connecticut - 16.7%
47. Rhode Island - 12.8%
48. Massachusetts - 12.6%
49. New Jersey - 12.3%
50. Hawaii - 6.7%

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Interesting cross-post: More Police die by gunshot violence in States that have more guns [View all] jmg257 Jul 2016 OP

Raw number, not per capita? MH1 Jul 2016 #1

They use homicide rates per 10,000 LE...number of states used in sampling in both goups jmg257 Jul 2016 #2

"Confusing?". Don't worry, MSM will be glad to clear things up... Eleanors38 Jul 2016 #3

Hhh-heh-heh Florida behind Delaware Hhhh-heh-heh-heh.. nt Eleanors38 Jul 2016 #4

inter alia population density jimmy the one Jul 2016 #5

Thanks Jimmy, always interesting in getting your take! Cheers! nt jmg257 Jul 2016 #6