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Tim Lambert (deltoidblog AT gmail.com) is a computer scientist at the University of New South Wales.
September 30, 1996
Category: international
Peter H. Proctor writes: If memory serves, roughly half of all murders in the US are committed by blacks ( usually against other blacks ), who represent about 14% of the US population. If memory serves, if you discount this...
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September 27, 1996
Category: knives
In Point Blank Gary Kleck writes: The aggressor's possession of a handgun in a violent incident apparently exerts a very slight net positive effect on the likelihood of the victim's death. The linear probability interpretation of the OLS coefficient implies...
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September 18, 1996
Category: suicide
Georgie Stanford writes: The thesis is the following: (1) Worldwide suicide rates are essentially the same regardless of political factors such as availability of firearms when matched for age and sex. Worldwide these are about 1.5% in all whole populations...
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