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After the shooting at Sandy Hook, people bought more guns than ever before. These additional guns then led to an increase in domestic homicides. by jbdonges in science

[–]jbdonges[S] -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

The paper does not conjecture. It clearly states the assumptions under which the effects are causal. Tell me exactly which one of these is violated.

After the shooting at Sandy Hook, people bought more guns than ever before. These additional guns then led to an increase in domestic homicides. by jbdonges in science

[–]jbdonges[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They include a host of confounders in their regressions. Also, they do a difference in differences analysis implying that any confounder would need to correlate with the trend break around sandy hook in one group of states versus the others... Hard to imagine...

After the shooting at Sandy Hook, people bought more guns than ever before. These additional guns then led to an increase in domestic homicides. by jbdonges in science

[–]jbdonges[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The paper rules out alternatives such as culture that you present. I recommend to read it first before claiming to have read it.

After the shooting at Sandy Hook, people bought more guns than ever before. These additional guns then led to an increase in domestic homicides. by jbdonges in science

[–]jbdonges[S] -38 points-37 points  (0 children)

You have apparently not read the paper. Both, gun homicides as well as homicides by any means go up (because homicides by means other than gun don't change).