Robert VerBruggen

The real Jon Brodkin ‏@jbrodkin Dec 22

@RAVerBruggen @charlescwcooke since violent crime overall keeps dropping, why are gun deaths remaining steady? Shouldn’t they drop too?

Charles C. W. Cooke ‏@charlescwcooke Dec 22

@jbrodkin @RAVerBruggen Gun homicides are massively down, as is all gun crime. But suicides have become the lion's share: 2/3 on average.

Justin Teague ‏@teagueosaurus Dec 22

@RAVerBruggen How would drunk driving deaths be categorized? Any of these? Sorry if you've already answered.

Justin Teague ‏@teagueosaurus Dec 22

@RAVerBruggen Prob the drug-induced causes category that you cited? So just pure auto incidents? Was looking for MADD influence. GR8 work!

Paul Crowley ‏@ciphergoth Dec 21

@RAVerBruggen @GarettJones truncated y axis klaxon

Robert VerBruggen ‏@RAVerBruggen Dec 22

@ciphergoth @GarettJones Explicitly noted in the post. Though admittedly not in the tweet, which is probably as far as a lot of people got.

Paul Crowley ‏@ciphergoth Dec 22

@RAVerBruggen @GarettJones I think it would be much better not to have truncated it at all.

Garett Jones ‏@GarettJones Dec 22

@ciphergoth @RAVerBruggen I have zero problem with a so-called truncated y-axis. Zero is often not the natural comparison point!

Paul Crowley ‏@ciphergoth Dec 22

@GarettJones @RAVerBruggen In this instance zero seems pretty natural.

Robert VerBruggen ‏@RAVerBruggen Dec 22

@ciphergoth @GarettJones Depends how you define natural (imaginable minimum vs. realistic min) but that would make the chart half blank.

Paul Crowley ‏@ciphergoth Dec 22

@RAVerBruggen @GarettJones We're already below the past's "realistic minimum". Half blank would convey a more accurate impression.

Χριστόφορος ᛒᚢᚱᛞ ‏@christopherburd Dec 21 Markham, Ontario

@RAVerBruggen @hbdchick Any idea what caused the fall in motor-vehicle deaths?

MassimoHeitor ‏@MassimoHeitor Dec 22

@RAVerBruggen Separating gun homicide vs suicide is important. Otherwise, awesome chart.