I didn't find it dishonest. He explains what happens and and brings up the legality of these actions towards the end. How would bringing it up first change the framing of the ideas?
The framing of the entire argument lays the blame for Chicago’s violence issues at guns from Indiana (even though more come from inside IL) and advocates changing their laws to match Chicago’s while ignoring the fact that Indiana doesn’t have the same issues. It attempts the blame the law abiding for the actions of criminals engaging in illegal activity. It’s deflection.
While you can manipulate statistics, to dismiss them out of hand is the incorrect way to deal with this problem. You actually have to provide a counter argument. Gunpolicy.org is an advocacy group and therefore don't go through a peer review process. Stats that go through a peer review process should be treated with heavier weight because they have been looked at by a wide variety of people who understand the weaknesses of stats. It is a shame that more people don't have access to stats that go through this level of criticism. These people would be the first to point out your comparison of CT to national average crime rate. It would seem like they don't have as rigorous peer review process like that at VOX.
But not unexpected that they don’t.
While yes the gun world does not have a "assault weapons" category. Categories can easily be made up, that doesn't mean their are not real.
What’s the definition of the term?
I'd like to see the stats you are saying about feet and fists, but you are actually doing a statistical manipulation by making that statement.
If what you are saying is true. "There are more deaths form fists and feet than guns" that seems logical. Everybody has access to fists and feet. so there will be more deaths though that cause. You use of an absolute value masks the probability of harm, when a ratio would be more applicable.
people who die by gun/people who own guns
people who die by fists and feet/amount of people who have fists and feet
The ratio that is closer to 1 would show the one that has a greater probability to leading to a death.
That’s a very convoluted and flawed way to frame it. Simple numbers are that if you get murdered, you’re most likely to get shot by a handgun. You’re more likely to get stabbed to death than beaten to death and more likely to get beaten to death than shot with any kind of rifle.
Here’s the data from the fbi.