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Consider the following statement: Countries with liberal gun laws, like the United States, experience more mass shootings. Therefore, liberal gun laws cause mass shootings. What statistical fallacy best fits this statement?
(A) Berkson’s Paradox. (B) Base Rate Fallacy. (C) Overgeneralization. (D) Correlation implies causation.
The answer is: D). Correlation implies causation.
The Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA), which regulates firearms at
the federal level, requires that citizens and legal residents must
be at least 18 years of age to purchase shotguns or rifles and
ammunition. All other firearms handguns, for example, can only be
sold to people 21 and older.