More Guns, More Murder

[Aught Six]

More guns equal more murders in U.S. states: study

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/guns_murders_dc

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I have yet to read the study, but it appears like just another analysis to counter Lott's findings. Seems states with higher murder rates might have higher gun ownership because of the crime, not the other way around.

Funny that this guy interviewed households, and not the criminals doing the actual murdering. The gun-grabbing movement is alive and breathing again after a few years of relative bliss among gun owners. Keep up the fight, guys...

Note: I went to the HSPH web site to read over his study, but this guy has published quite a few firearm/health type papers over the years. Found a link to the magazine that's publishing this latest study.

Oh, and the research was funded by the Joyce Foundation, which while certainly charitable, has contributed financially and rhetorically to gun banning for over ten years now.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VBF-4M6SG8V-4&_coverDate=02%2F28%2F2007&_alid=52341974 6&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_qd=1 &_cdi=5925&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C0 00050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_use rid=10&md5=13fffbd1dc16bfd18ca159eec6950d16

Doh! They won't let you read the full study unless you subscribe to the magazine and/or pay $30.00 for that one alone.

[huskerdo]

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hicrc/Firearms.htm


Does this help any.

[Aught Six]

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hicrc/Firearms.htm


Does this help any.

No, not really. That's a list of publications, not the actual text of the publications.

[Buster T]

I suspect an increase in population = an increase in gun violence .......... also, I suspect an equal increase in those who PROTECTED theirselves with guns - where is that study ?

[Aught Six]

I just want to know why you have to be some academic egghead -or- pay $30.00 for a few sheets of research data to read and evaluate yourself. Then Reuters writes a brief, dullarticle that reveals nothing of the processes behind the stretch from raw data to interpretation. Shoddy all the way around.

I'd particularly like to know if the study included shooting victimsshotduring the commision of crimes by others defending themselves in a legitimate manner.

I think I'll write the NRA and ask them to publish the article.