@Otuk@mastodon.technology But if we want to talk about statistics (Which is actually what my degree and profession are all about) then sure we can, and should, look at all countries fairly.

But we have to get rather technical if we want to start doing that. you'd have to compare relative changes in homicide (NEVER absolute values) post-gun ban vs pre. You'd apply a granger causality test to it to test if the changes show strong likely hood of causality (rather than just correlation) and then make the case off that.

Generally the vast majority of nations that enacted restrictions on guns show a pattern very similar to the one in the chart shared. I can only think of a few countries with anomalies that dont follow that pattern. But even then while homicide may not spike upwards it usually still stays level with no positive effect or a very small positive effect, with the vast majority of charts all showing overwhelmingly undesirable trends.