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2023-04-05 18:59:12 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 888A556E3CD1DD6CC4288C124A2E8314C0B998617EE502BF9918FAB9D06CEE96
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Gavin cites gun deaths in 2020 - a year where lockdowns reduced public gatherings. Lockdown policy was correlated with political affiliation (https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ps-political-science-and-politics/article/partyline-pandemic-a-closer-look-at-the-partisan-response-to-covid19/B56F979ADB46A43566AE45123667092F), as are gun law restrictions. The cited statistic merely posits that when people are more confined, they die less often from guns.
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