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OrphanWilde comments on Gun Control: How would we know? - Less Wrong Discussion

11 Post author: rlpowell 20 December 2012 08:14PM

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Comment author: OrphanWilde 20 December 2012 08:51:10PM 3 points [-]

The first step is to isolate. As I believe culture is the most likely culprit, I'd suggest isolating by culture. Compare murder rates in the US by Japanese first and second generation immigrants to murder rates in Japan. If similar, culture is likely a substantial culprit.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 20 December 2012 09:06:55PM 2 points [-]

If you wanted an even tighter test, check immigrants to different regions of the US, and possibly do two generations rather than just one.