Bullet Chart

The New York Times can't seem to find room to discuss Virginia Tech's disarmament policies killing defenseless students and faculty, but they have no trouble coming up with a slick graphic showing Americans "killed by guns."

There's so much that could be said about this misleading illustration, but I'll leave that to the statisticians, and to you in the "Comments" section, who I'm sure will have no problem spotting flaws with this presentation method.

I do wonder (Not!) why, if they're focusing part of their graphic on suicide, they don't have a special breakout for a demographic with a much higher rate than the general populace...

[Via Declan]