This is a misconception people gave when they don't really understand statistics. Statistics only say exactly what they say, nothing more, and nothing less, but the way they are presented can cause YOU to presume they something beyond what they actually say.
For example, it's true you are more likely to be shot if you have a gun in the house. Most people will hear that and think that owning a gun makes you less safe. However, even though you're more likely to be shot, the overall chance of death doesn't change (even though people presume it would from the initial statement). Rather, the preferred method of suicide changes, which causes more gun deaths to occur.
Statistics is the Dahmer of mathematics. If the result isn't what you want them butcher it a few dozen times until you get what you want.
This is a misconception people gave when they don't really understand statistics. Statistics only say exactly what they say, nothing more, and nothing less, but the way they are presented can cause YOU to presume they something beyond what they actually say. For example, it's true you are more likely to be shot if you have a gun in the house. Most people will hear that and think that owning a gun makes you less safe. However, even though you're more likely to be shot, the overall chance of death doesn't change (even though people presume it would from the initial statement). Rather, the preferred method of suicide changes, which causes more gun deaths to occur.