re: Fox Sports Marcellus Wiley says it’s not guns, it’s about people

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You can’t be this ignorant. You’ve peppered this thread and others with all sorts of statistics you give no sources for, and the first study you actually provide a link to has as its foundation a belief that more than 17% of homicides are committed with guns purchased within 5 days (or one week) of the homicide?

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I've given statistics and sources for every piece of data I've provided.

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more than 17% of homicides are committed with guns purchased within 5 days (or one week) of the homicide?

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It's comparing people who purchased guns and then went on to kill after the waiting period or before the waiting period, so not all gun owners but recent gun purchasers.

It's a reduction in gun homicides from recent gun purchasers so it's not all gun homicides but of a subset of them.

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a belief that more than 17% of homicides are committed with guns purchased within 5 days (or one week) of the homicide?

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No, it's that of guns purchased when there's a waiting period and when there's not a waiting period.

So the coefficient shows there's a 17% reduction in killings from guns purchased recently. It's not saying that of all gun homicides, it's saying there's a 17% reduction in homicides from recently purchased guns.