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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker May 28

    We could save 27,000 lives if all states had the Mass. gun death rate - How the Bay State does it. http://apps.bostonglobe.com/opinion/graphics/2018/03/seven-steps/ … via @BostonGlobe

    6:59 AM - 28 May 2018
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      2. Charles Murray‏ @charlesmurray May 28
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Sure opened yourself to a lot of wisecracks with that one.

        1 reply 2 retweets 15 likes
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      2. White Pill Prole (Martin)‏ @xqzpz May 28
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        We have less gun deaths than any time in human history. This fact should fit with your "everything is getting better" narrative- but you don't mention that because you're a disgraceful political pawn.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. GunStats‏ @Gun_Stats May 28
        Replying to @xqzpz @sapinker

        GunStats Retweeted GunStats

        Fact check: TRUEhttps://twitter.com/Gun_Stats/status/998296432741441541 …

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        GunStats @Gun_Stats
        Dave Holmes, Esquire's editor-at-large, says "American life has got deadlier." The problem with this statement is that it hasn’t. Quite the opposite is true. Between 1993-2015, the rate of nonfatal gun violence declined by 85%, from 7.3 to 1.1 victimizations per 1,000 persons. pic.twitter.com/rypAvnOdNp
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      4. Rolland Bee‏ @RollandBee May 28
        Replying to @Gun_Stats @xqzpz @sapinker

        You need fatalities stats, not non-fatal stats.

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      5. GunStats‏ @Gun_Stats May 28
        Replying to @RollandBee

        Why? Homicides represent only a tiny share of the overall gun crimes and on top of that they are hyperconcentrated in a small number of places, people, and behaviors. ~99% of lethal violence in the US is concentrated in just 5% of street addresses:https://vimeo.com/216798933 

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      6. Rolland Bee‏ @RollandBee May 28
        Replying to @Gun_Stats

        Because the tweet you replied to was talking about deaths. Maybe he's right, but it is a different stat than what you gave.

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      1. Confounded Picard‏ @ConfoundedP May 28
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

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      1. SuBab‏ @Super_Babar May 28
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        And 40.000 lives saved if we banned personal vehicules! And 100s of thousands if we controlled each and every meal that people eat! And millions if people lived in sanitized rooms 24/7! Oh brave New world!

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      2. Dent In The World ✌‏ @dentintheworld May 28
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Why do people assume new laws affect criminals, who by definition do not obey the law?

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      3. Adolfo R.‏ @wirchoreal May 28
        Replying to @dentintheworld @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Why do you think they do? Could it be because there’s empirical/observable evidence that some laws do reduce illegal gun ownership and illegal gun use? Or is there no such evidence so it’s purely ideological?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Dent In The World ✌‏ @dentintheworld May 28
        Replying to @wirchoreal @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        If this is about access, lets go celebrate together at the Cocaine Store (or the easiest place to get drugs, inside prison).

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Adolfo R.‏ @wirchoreal May 28
        Replying to @dentintheworld @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        There’s less concaine because it’s illegal. If it were legal, there’d be more.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Dent In The World ✌‏ @dentintheworld May 28
        Replying to @wirchoreal @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Make everything illegal. Then we'll be safe.

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      7. Adolfo R.‏ @wirchoreal May 28
        Replying to @dentintheworld @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Dangerous things that put people’s lives in danger? Yes that’s a good idea. You didn’t answer my question by the way. Is there no such empirical evidence linking gun restrictions to less gun violence? Maybe I’m wrong.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      8. Dent In The World ✌‏ @dentintheworld May 28
        Replying to @wirchoreal @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Give me empirical evidence on mass shootings in gun free vs all other zones.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      9. Jasper Endeman‏ @JasperEndeman May 28
        Replying to @dentintheworld @wirchoreal and

        Holland had 1 mass shoooting. Not per year. EVER! Why: somebody messed up the background check. Almost nobody has guns here, except licensed hunters and clubmembers. They have annual check ups etc. There are almost no gun fatalities, only some rare criminal hit jobs. It works.

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      1. Seth Haberman‏ @sethhaberman May 28
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Deceptive to list gun laws as the biggest factor in lower gun death rate. You know New England in general has lower death rates despite some states with high gun ownership and lax gun laws. Overall there is only a small correlation between rates of gun ownership and death by gun

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