Lord Sega
Regular Member
Interesting Blogger article. Not hard core scientific, but not bad for web research.
I like that his Facebook / blogger friends reacted to his original numbers
Same as here, no talking out your a$$.
So he shows his work & references and details his logic in sorting out the data sets:
LINK
Also:
Interesting...
To me this just confirms, being on the scene makes you the first responder, armed or unarmed.
So be alert, be prepared, be safe out there.
I like that his Facebook / blogger friends reacted to his original numbers
... with great enthusiasm and much skepticism. Leave it to Facebook users to demand an audit on a meme. So, I started over, only much more meticulous this time.
Same as here, no talking out your a$$.
So he shows his work & references and details his logic in sorting out the data sets:
The average number of people killed in mass shootings when stopped by police is 14.3
The average number of people killed in a mass shooting when stopped by a civilian is 2.3
LINK
Also:
If you compare the average of people killed in shootings stopped by armed civilians and unarmed civilians you get 1.8 and 2.6
Interesting...
To me this just confirms, being on the scene makes you the first responder, armed or unarmed.
So be alert, be prepared, be safe out there.
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