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Has Texas’ ‘castle doctrine’ law really caused more killings?

And would it be a bad thing if more criminals were killed?. About the only thing that prevents recidivism in a career criminal is death. Since crime isn't caused by poverty or guns, but rather by individuals with the attitude that they have no obligation to respect the lives or property of others, permanently removing these individuals from society should make life easier for the rest of us. Unfortunately the really smart ones run for Kongress or get jobs in the government, so you can't get rid of them, but the dumb ones are fair game when they attack.

The missing very important fact in the articles was the source of the study.

Any study can prove anything for any purpose.

Before I put any weight on any study’s conclusion I want to know who conducted, who paid for it, when the study was conducted, and where it was conducted.

Those are ONLY the opening questions.

Then I want to read the questions and the answers available. Then I want to see how many times a variation of the questions were asked and if the answers were consistent question to question.

Finally I will want to know how the study was conducted and a demographic breakdown of the respondents.

Loads of work? You betcha!

But, before I board any bus I want to make sure that it is a real bus and I have a chance of getting to my destination, no it's destination. Paid for that degree of skepticism in Thailand many years ago.