• iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com
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    1 day ago

    Why does the absolute number matter? Why does the rate matter?

    The claim is that cars and guns are equally deadly in Chicago, with the observation that gun deaths are reported more.

    If this is 3 people or 30 thousand people, the critique is the same.

    If this is 1 in 10 million people or 1 in 10 people, the critique is the same.