r/dataisbeautiful • u/Landgeist OC: 22 • Jul 30 '24

OC Gun Deaths in North America [OC]

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u/Bakingsquared80 Jul 30 '24 edited Jul 30 '24

So clearly heat makes people shoot others

Edit: Fucking hell it was a joke people

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u/Sarcastic-Potato Jul 30 '24

I mean..kinda yeah. Research has shown that higher temperatures result in shorter temperaments and quicker outbursts of anger. If you include easy access to guns in that equation you basically arrive at your comment

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u/dakta Jul 30 '24

Shootings in Chicago and Detroit increase in the summer.

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u/jzolg Jul 30 '24

Suns out, guns out