Today was the 74th school shooting since Sandy Hook.

[Phishfan]

For anyone who hasn't looked at these links referred to (myself included until now) Spider is accurate that the same author cites the number differently in a separate article (but the second draws the same conclusions as the first). Also it is worth noting that the tables where these numbers of .9 & 9.0 are given cite the same source for information. In the second writing, where the author gives the correct total of .9, his notations say that he has corrected that data which was supplied by his source. Therefore I can only assume that any peer review would not have caught the error since the error itself was in the source material which would require a deeper level of review since the source was from what I assume is the Canadian government (Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Juristat: Homicide in Canada, for the years 2001-04).

[Spider-Dan]

I was able to find the Juristat: Homicide In Canada statistics from the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics here and could find no mention of Luxembourg at all.  Furthermore, as far as I can tell, in the second writing he makes no mention of errors in his source.  He simply says:

2. A few statistics in this table were corrected for errors, specifically, the murder rate for Luxembourg and the gun ownership rate for Germany.

Where does he attribute those errors to his source material?

[Phishfan]

^^^ It is there and stated as 9.01 as the author said. http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/85-002-x2003008-eng.pdf

Also, if you provide a source for your data and then say there were correction in the data, you are stating there was an error in your source. Where else would the error have been?

[Spider-Dan]

The error could have been in his transcription of the data, but fair enough.

[CF DolFan]

Video about being a responsible gun owner. You guys will should like this.

http://youtu.be/qKHeXC7L85s

[pondwater]

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/07/10/report-number-of-concealed-carry-permits-surges-as-violent-crime-rate-drops/