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Recon7 · January 1, 2009, 01:22 PM

The figures likely just show what the editor or whomever is in charge of the "Armed Citizen" column selects to publish. In statistics you have a population that is represented. The population in this case is "stories in Armed Citizen column" So 52% of incidents in the Armed citizens column took place at home. That is a fair statement. to say 52% of defensive gun us incidents happen at the owners home would be unfair. Likely the Editor selects a disproportionate amount of stories of people being attacked at home because that is where people feel the safest and the editor wants people to know attacks can happen anywhere.

Try this one, take a sports page of any newspaper and find all the stories of winning teams and all the stories of losing teams. If 70% of stories are about teams that won their last game does that mean 70% of ALL teams won their last game?

January 1, 2009, 01:22 PM	#6
Recon7 Senior Member Join Date: December 10, 2005 Posts: 707	The figures likely just show what the editor or whomever is in charge of the "Armed Citizen" column selects to publish. In statistics you have a population that is represented. The population in this case is "stories in Armed Citizen column" So 52% of incidents in the Armed citizens column took place at home. That is a fair statement. to say 52% of defensive gun us incidents happen at the owners home would be unfair. Likely the Editor selects a disproportionate amount of stories of people being attacked at home because that is where people feel the safest and the editor wants people to know attacks can happen anywhere. Try this one, take a sports page of any newspaper and find all the stories of winning teams and all the stories of losing teams. If 70% of stories are about teams that won their last game does that mean 70% of ALL teams won their last game?