Comments on: The economics of crime: Analysis suggests concealed handguns deter criminals, BU prof says https://discovere.binghamton.edu/news/the-economics-of-crime-analysis-suggests-concealed-handguns-deter-criminals-bu-prof-says-444.html Insights and Innovations From Binghamton University Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:08:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mike Corbett https://discovere.binghamton.edu/news/the-economics-of-crime-analysis-suggests-concealed-handguns-deter-criminals-bu-prof-says-444.html/comment-page-1#comment-52172 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:08:11 +0000 http://discovere.binghamton.edu/?p=444#comment-52172 This is about as logical as the Pastafarian relationship between the number of pirates and the rate of global warming: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster#Pirates_and_global_warming.
Correlation does not imply causation. Who financed this study, the NRA? How about the level of crime in other countries where guns are not so easily available as in the Excited States? Why is there crime? Could the growing disparity between rich and poor, black and white, and many other factors possibly have anything to do with this?

This does not pass the sniff test.

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