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TIMELINE OF AN ANTI-GUN ACADEMIC REPORT, Part I:
7/2/2020: PRE-PUBLISH - ABSTRACT: Firearm Purchasing and Firearm Violence in the First Months of the Coronavirus Pandemic in the United States
Julia P. Schleimer, Christopher D. McCort, Veronica A. Pear, Aaron Shev, Elizabeth Tomsich, Rameesha Asif-Sattar, Shani Buggs, Hannah S. Laqueur, Garen J. Wintemute | ANTI-GUN ACADEMIC REPORT, Part I: PRE-PUBLISH - ABSTRACT |
TIMELINE OF AN ANTI-GUN ACADEMIC REPORT, Part II:
7/2/2020: FULL TEXT: Firearm Purchasing and Firearm Violence in the First Months of the Coronavirus Pandemic in the United States | ANTI-GUN ACADEMIC REPORT, Part I: PRE-PUBLISH - FULL TEXT |
TIMELINE OF AN ANTI-GUN ACADEMIC REPORT, Part III:
7/5/2021: PEER-REVIEWED: Firearm purchasing and firearm violence during the coronavirus pandemic in the United States: a cross-sectional study
When the Synopsis starts with: "Firearm violence is a significant public health problem in the United States" you know its anti-gun.
"... we estimated the association between cumulative excess firearm purchases... and injuries (including nonfatal and fatal) from intentional, interpersonal firearm violence (non-domestic and domestic violence)."
WAIT - HOLD IT - JUST A MINUTE.
They compared the LEGAL PURCHASE of firearms against the ILLEGAL USE of ALL firearms (they don't know if ANY newly purchased firearms were used in ANY crimes!)
ANOTHER BULLSHIT ANTI-GUN STUDY. COMPARING APPLES AND ORANGES. LEGAL TO ILLEGAL.
Seems college degrees make you stupider... or able to lie without a conscience.
BUT WAIT! There's more!
"Conclusions... At the state level, the magnitude of the increase in purchasing was not associated with the magnitude of the increase in firearm violence."
"Increases in purchasing may have contributed to additional firearm injuries from domestic violence in April and May."
"Results suggest much of the rise in firearm violence during our study period was attributable to other factors, indicating a need for additional research." <<== and THERE you have it. More guns does NOT equal more crime, BUT they want MORE MONEY for more studies that will finally prove the opposite of reality!! | ANTI-GUN ACADEMIC REPORT, Part III - Bullshit analysis that TRIES to prove more guns equals more crime… and FAILS! |
TIMELINE OF AN ANTI-GUN ACADEMIC REPORT, Part IV:
7/9/2021: Pandemic gun violence surge was not linked to rise in gun sales, study finds
Analysis of the bullshit study above, by The (anti-gun) Guardian no less! | Pandemic gun violence surge was not linked to rise in gun sales, study finds |
2022: Do Studies Show Gun Control Works? No.
Out of 27,900 research publications on gun laws, only 123 tested their effects rigorously.
By Aaron Brown and Justin Monticello /3.31.2022 | Do Studies Show Gun Control Works? No. |
2/12/18: True North Reports "McClaughry: The steady erosion of liberty"
See how the Constitutional rights of Vermonters are under constant attack by our own politicians! | "McClaughry: The steady erosion of liberty" |
9/21/2021: Is violent crime rising in Burlington? The big-picture data says no.
Here is the Leftist media's swing on violence in Burlington using law enforcement statistics. | Is violent crime rising in Burlington? The big-picture data says no. |
6/16/2021: The State of Safety in America 2021
Vermont ranks as the LEAST CONCERNED ABOUT "GUN VIOLENCE" in the nation!
At only 17% | The State of Safety in America 2021 |
| 3/10/2021: Vermont’s 10 Safest Cities of 2021 | Vermont’s 10 Safest Cities of 2021 |
| 5/28/2021: POLL - Gun Violence: How Worried Are Americans? | Gun Violence: How Worried Are Americans? |
2021: Do Right-to-Carry Concealed Weapons Laws Still Reduce Crime?
by Carlisle E. Moody & John R. Lott | Do Right-to-Carry Concealed Weapons Laws Still Reduce Crime? |
4/3/2021: The US saw significant crime rise across major cities in 2020. And it's not letting up
Can you believe CNN let THIS slip into their article??
"Experts point to a "perfect storm" of factors -- economic collapse, social anxiety because of a pandemic, de-policing in major cities after protests that called for abolition of police departments, shifts in police resources from neighborhoods to downtown areas because of those protests, and the release of criminal defendants pretrial or before sentences were completed to reduce risk of Covid-19 spread in jails -- all may have contributed to the spike in homicides."
I'll wager these authors got fired for telling the truth... | The US saw significant crime rise across major cities in 2020 |
| 2/16/2021: Presence of Armed School Officials and Fatal and Nonfatal Gunshot Injuries During Mass School Shootings, United States, 1980-2019 | Presence of Armed School Officials and Fatal and Nonfatal Gunshot Injuries During Mass School Shootings |
| 11/5/2020: New Study Finds Gun Owners May Be Different From Criminals [duh!] | New Study Finds Gun Owners May Be Different From Criminals |
2020 ACADEMIA: Handgun Ownership and Suicide in California
List of authors. David M. Studdert, LL.B., Sc.D., Yifan Zhang, Ph.D., Sonja A. Swanson, Sc.D., Lea Prince, Ph.D., Jonathan A. Rodden, Ph.D., Erin E. Holsinger, M.D., Matthew J. Spittal, Ph.D., Garen J. Wintemute, M.D., M.P.H., and Matthew Miller, M.D., Sc.D. | Handgun Ownership and Suicide in California |
U.S. vs U.K. - Crime/Murder
A fact-based look at homicide and violent crime between the USA and gun-eliminated countries like the U.K. | U.S. vs U.K. - Crime/Murder |
2019: The impact of spikes in handgun acquisitions on firearm-related harms
authors: Hannah S. Laqueur, Rose M. C. Kagawa, Christopher D. McCort, Rocco Pallin & Garen Wintemute | The impact of spikes in handgun acquisitions on firearm-related harms |
MUST READ DOCUMENT!
August 2018: Crime Prevention Research Center
"Concealed Carry Permit Holders Across the United States: 2018"
61 Pages Posted: 29 Aug 2018.
Partial Abstract - "Despite the expectations of many after the 2016 elections, the number of concealed handgun permits has increased for the second year in a row. In 2018, the number of concealed handgun permits soared to now over 17.25 million – a 273% increase since 2007. 7.14% of American adults have permits. Unlike surveys that may be affected by people’s unwillingness to answer some personal questions, concealed handgun permit data is the only really “hard data” that we have on gun ownership across the United States. Still, an even larger number of people carry because in 14 states people don’t need a permit to carry in all or virtually all those states." | Crime Prevention Research Center
"Concealed Carry Permit Holders Across the United States: 2018" |
| "New Anti-Gun ‘Study’ a Rehash of Same Old Lies" By David Codrea | "New Anti-Gun ‘Study’ a Rehash of Same Old Lies" |
2018 Tabitha Armstrong - "A true look at the gun debate"
Excellent independent report from a true Vermonter. | 2018 Tabitha Armstrong - "A true look at the gun debate" |
| Fact Check, NRA-ILS "Cherry-Picking Statistics: How the Violence Policy Center Manipulates Data to Advance their Cause" | "Cherry-Picking Statistics: How the Violence Policy Center Manipulates Data to Advance their Cause" |
| CLAIM: Everytown for Gun Safety, claims there have been 11 school shootings thus far in 2018 (as of January 25). | "Media Push Gun-Control Activists’ Misleading School Shooting Count, Includes Window Broken by BB Gun" |
| ANTI-GUN Propaganda: Violence Policy Center VPC "U.S. Gun Death Rate Jumps 17 Percent Since 2008 Supreme Court District of Columbia v. Heller Decision Affirming Right to Own a Handgun for Self-Defense" | "U.S. Gun Death Rate Jumps 17 Percent Since 2008 Supreme Court District of Columbia v. Heller Decision Affirming Right to Own a Handgun for Self-Defense" |
1/6/18: Gun Facts "Crossing Trends"
Firearm deaths - accidental vs justifiable homicides. | "Crossing Trends"
Firearm deaths - accidental vs justifiable homicides. |
WWLP "Map: 2017 Springfield, Mass. Homicides"
The city of Springfield MA had 13 homicides for 2017, Vermont had 14, including one Law Enforcement shooting.
So the ENTIRE STATE of Vermont has as many homicides as ONE CITY in Massachusetts! | "Map: 2017 Springfield, Mass. Homicides" |
12/26/17: DailyWire "ONE-THIRD Of U.S. Homicide Spike Coming From 5 Chicago Neighborhoods"
"Murders in the U.S. rose as a whole last year, thanks in large part to a Windy City crime wave." | "ONE-THIRD Of U.S. Homicide Spike Coming From 5 Chicago Neighborhoods" |
| 11/14/17: The Truth About Guns "The Trace’s Gun Quiz: Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics" | "The Trace’s Gun Quiz: Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics" |
| "Vermont Crime Rates 1960 - 2015" | "Vermont Crime Rates 1960 - 2015" |
| 10/7/17: Federalist Papers "gun control chart democrats desperately want hide" | "gun control chart democrats desperately want hide" |
9/25/17: The Guardian (UK) "US murder rate rose in 2016 – but experts question claims of long-term trend "
FBI statistics show murders in the US rose by 8.6% in 2016, but experts say 2017 data may call into question whether numbers indicate long-term trend
"State-to-state comparisons are fairer and the differences are stark. For example, violent crime rose 32.4% in Vermont and fell 5.3% in Florida. Here again, though, the comparisons are imperfect. In smaller state populations like Vermont, percentage changes can look more dramatic."
EXACTLY, rates are misleading. Even with a 32% increase in violent crime, Vermont is STILL the SAFEST STATE in the nation! Our numbers are SO LOW that a few more or less causes wild fluctuations in "rates!" | "US murder rate rose in 2016 – but experts question claims of long-term trend " |
| 9/25/17: TV10 Associated Press "Rhode Island has the highest murder rate in New England" | "Rhode Island has the highest murder rate in New England" |
Crime Prevention Research Center: "Violence Policy Center keeps using using Justifiable Homicide data to make false claims about defensive gun use"
Almost all defensive gun uses are not reported by LAW ENFORCEMENT. Many are not reported by the VICTIM. NONE are "corrected" by law enforcement when new data is unconvered or a trial or investigation ends. ONLY THE INITIAL REPORT ENTRY IS EVER KEPT IN THE PUBLIC RECORD. | "Violence Policy Center keeps using using Justifiable Homicide data to make false claims about defensive gun use" |
8/8/17: VPR "Gunshots: Vermont Gun Deaths, 2011-2016"
"The role of guns in life — and death — in Vermont." | "Gunshots: Vermont Gun Deaths, 2011-2016"
"The role of guns in life — and death — in Vermont." |
"VPR Gunshots Project Data Set: Vermont Gun Death Certificate Data, 2011-2016"
The VPR report RAW DATA. | "VPR Gunshots Project Data Set: Vermont Gun Death Certificate Data, 2011-2016" |
| 7/25/17: Anti-Gun Report from the Center for American Progress "Stolen Guns in America - A State-by-State Analysis" | "Stolen Guns in America - A State-by-State Analysis" |
| 7/9/17: Crime Prevention Research Center "The flawed and misleading Donohue, Aneja, & Weber Study claiming right-to-carry laws increase violent crime" | "The flawed and misleading Donohue, Aneja, & Weber Study claiming right-to-carry laws increase violent crime" |
Here is a wonderful example of how the anti-gunners twist the facts to create the next wave of rhetoric.
Everything this selected use of facts and outright falsification of data. John Lott, Jr. debunks this report in the article above.
6/12/17: "Right-to-Carry Laws and Violent CrimeRight-to-Carry Laws and Violent Crime: A Comprehensive Assessment Using Panel Data and a State-Level Synthetic Controls Analysis", by John J. Donohue, Abhay Aneja, and Kyle D. Weber | "Right-to-Carry Laws and Violent Crime" |
| "How male and female gun owners in the U.S. compare" | "How male and female gun owners in the U.S. compare" |
6/22/17: Pew Research Center "America’s Complex Relationship With Guns"
"An in-depth look at the attitudes and experiences of U.S. adults"
A look at another unscientific poll. Who is really gonna tell a stranger that they have guns in their house? | "America’s Complex Relationship With Guns"
"An in-depth look at the attitudes and experiences of U.S. adults" |
6/21/17: The Truth About Guns "How Can You Tell When an Anti-Gunner Is Lying? They Quote Statistics"
A brief look at how the anti-gunners completely fabricate their statistics to create their propaganda "Guns Are Now The Third-Leading Cause Of Death Among Children."
The latest push uses "dead children."
Oh,wait, that's nothing new! | "How Can You Tell When an Anti-Gunner Is Lying? They Quote Statistics" |
6/13/17: Ammoland "The Truth About Gun Violence"
A good look at the FACTS. | "The Truth About Gun Violence" |
| 5/25/17: Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership
"New Public Database Reveals Bias of Gun-Control Researchers" | "New Public Database Reveals Bias of Gun-Control Researchers" |
| 4/25/17: Crime Prevention Research Center "Murders in US very concentrated: 54% of US counties in 2014 had zero murders, 2% of counties have 51% of the murders" | "Murders in US very concentrated: 54% of US counties in 2014 had zero murders, 2% of counties have 51% of the murders" |
| 3/30/17: "The Problem with Averages in Understanding Guns, Violence, and Crime (Take 2)" by David Yamane | "The Problem with Averages in Understanding Guns, Violence, and Crime (Take 2)" |
Crime in the United States (2016) - Ranking Each State from 1-50
Violent Crime Rates for Every State in America
This interactive map ranks each individual state from MOST to LEAST violent.
Guess which state is the SAFEST? | Crime in the United States - Ranking interactive map of every State from 1-50 |
Search OpenSecrets.org for your favorite anti-gun organizations.
Find out who has the money, where they spent the money, and WHO DONATED the money! | Search OpenSecrets.org for your favorite anti-gun organizations. |
12/1/2016: “Against Moderate Gun Control”
By C'Zar Bernstein and Timothy Hsiao | “Against Moderate Gun Control” |
| 11/21/2016: Liberty Park Press: "How Free Is Your State When It Comes To Gun Rights?" | "How Free Is Your State When It Comes To Gun Rights?" |
| 10/24/16: Weaponsman "Total US Firearms: Not 300 Million, but 412-660 Million?" | "Total US Firearms: Not 300 Million, but 412-660 Million?" |
| CHART: Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs, Inc.: "Vermont: Safest State in the Nation with the Lowest Violent Crime Rate for the 3rd Straight Year!" | CHART "Vermont: Safest State in the Nation with the Lowest Violent Crime Rate for the 3rd Straight Year!" |
| 8/17/16 "Study: Concealed Carry Permit Holders Most Law Abiding Citizens" by Rob Roper | "
8-17-16 – Study: Concealed Carry Permit Holders Most Law Abiding Citizens" |
| 8/12/16: National Review "Study: the Vast Majority of Gun Crime Isn’t Committed by Lawful Gun Owners" by David French | "Study: the Vast Majority of Gun Crime Isn’t Committed by Lawful Gun Owners" |
7/27/16: The Washington Post "New evidence confirms what gun rights advocates have said for a long time about crime"
The University of Pittsburgh did a report that showed that "in approximately 8 out of 10 cases, the perpetrator was not a lawful gun owner but rather in illegal possession of a weapon that belonged to someone else." | "New evidence confirms what gun rights advocates have said for a long time about crime" |
4/20/2016: Brennan Center For Justice at New York University School of Law "Crime in 2015: A Final Analysis" by Ames Grawert, James Cullen
"The authors of this report looked at changes in crime and murder from 2014 to 2015, using data through Dec. 31, 2015, and examined economic factors in Chicago, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C., that could explain why murder rates are up in those cities. Of the 30 cities studied, the three areas accounted for more than half of the increase in murders last year." | "Crime in 2015: A Final Analysis" |
3/7/16: Gun Facts "Going Underground"
Firearms Ownership in Foreign Nations, Registered vs Unregistered. | "Going Underground"
Firearms Ownership in Foreign Nations, Registered vs Unregistered. |
| OPINION 1/31/2016: "Gun Sense? Let's talk about Common Sense" by Tabitha Armstrong | "Gun Sense? Let's talk about Common Sense" |
| January 2016: Independent Journal "13 Charts Put America’s Gun Violence in Perspective" By Kyle Becker | "13 Charts Put America’s Gun Violence in Perspective" By Kyle Becker |
12/14/2015: WWLP "Springfield, MA Homicides, 2015" by Brendan McNamara
Springfield MA, had EIGHTEEN MURDERS in 2015.
That is almost DOUBLE the value for the ENTIRE STATE of Vermont. | "Springfield, MA Homicides, 2015" |
| 12/10/2015: The Washington Post: Fact Checker - "Marco Rubio’s claim that no recent mass shootings would have been prevented by gun laws" | "Marco Rubio’s claim that no recent mass shootings would have been prevented by gun laws" |
| 12/1/2015: CATO Institute - "Policy Analysis No. 784: The Costs and Consequences of Gun Control By David B. Kopel" | "Policy Analysis No. 784: The Costs and Consequences of Gun Control By David B. Kopel" |
TRAC REPORTS: "TRAC Free Monthly Bulletins"
A new website that compiles federal data. Do not know how accurate it is, but it looks interesting. | "TRAC Free Monthly Bulletins" |
TRAC REPORTS: "Ten Year Decline in Federal Weapons Convictions"
A new website that compiles federal data. Do not know how accurate it is, but it looks interesting. | "Ten Year Decline in Federal Weapons Convictions" |
| 11/28/2015: Gun Culture 2.0 "Gary Kleck on the Effect of Large-Capacity Magazines on the Casualty Counts in Mass Shootings" | "Gary Kleck on the Effect of Large-Capacity Magazines on the Casualty Counts in Mass Shootings" |
| 11/20/15 Independent Research "The Smallest Minority" an examination of gun control in Massachusetts and the large increase in violent crime. | "The Smallest Minority" an examination of gun control in Massachusetts. |
Gun Owners of Vermont Analysis: "SNAPSHOT ATF STATISTICS ON FIREARM TRACES 2009-2014"
Get the facts on the comparison of Vermont & Massachusetts firearm traces.
Gun Sense twists the facts. | SNAPSHOT ATF STATISTICS ON FIREARM TRACES 2009-2014 |
Gun Owners of Vermont Analysis: "SNAPSHOT FBI-Firearm-Homicides-Chart-2009-2014"
Get the facts on the comparison of Vermont & Massachusetts firearm homicides.
See how Gun Sense outright lies about how safe Massachusetts is because of universal Background Checks. | SNAPSHOT FBI-Firearm-Homicides-Chart-2009-2014 |
11/10/2015: Business 2 Community - "Three Charts Show The Giant Disconnect Between Gun Deaths and Mental Health" by Ben Taylor
“Mental illness is a strong risk factor for suicide. It’s not a strong risk factor for homicide." | "Three Charts Show The Giant Disconnect Between Gun Deaths and Mental Health" |
11/2015: "This Map Shows America’s Most Armed Counties. #1 Might Surprise You."
"This map shows the top 30 counties with the highest percentage of residents that keep guns in their homes."
VERMONT places #8 AND #20 on the top 30 list! | "This Map Shows America’s Most Armed Counties."
VERMONT places #8 AND #20 on the top 30 list! |
| 10/21/2015: A Plus: "Proof That Gun Violence Statistics Are Often Misleading - You can't believe everything you see." | "Proof That Gun Violence Statistics Are Often Misleading - You can't believe everything you see." |
| 10/15/2015: National Shooting Sports Foundation: "The FBI Stats are in: Crime in the U.S. Fell Again in 2014" | The FBI Stats are in: Crime in the U.S. Fell Again in 2014 |
| 10/6/2015: Washington Post - "Zero correlation between state homicide rate and state gun laws" | "Zero correlation between state homicide rate and state gun laws" |
| 10/5/2015: Washington Post Fact Checker - "Obama’s claim that ‘states with the most gun laws tend to have the fewest gun deaths’" | Fact Checker - "Obama’s claim that ‘states with the most gun laws tend to have the fewest gun deaths’" |
| 8/3/2015 "Congressional Research Service Releases Study of Mass Shootings - One criminologist's reaction: "This report should calm the fears that many people have that these numbers are out of control." by Jesse Walker | "Congressional Research Service Releases Study of Mass Shootings" |
6/24/2015 "Firearm injuries in the United States"
Objective: This paper examines the epidemiology of fatal and nonfatal firearm violence in the United States. Trends over two decades in homicide, assault, self-directed and unintentional firearm injuries are described along with current demographic characteristics of victimization and health impact. | "Firearm injuries in the United States" |
| 6/23/2015: UPDATED: Crime Prevention Research Center: "Comparing Death Rates from Mass Public Shootings and Mass Public Violence in the US and Europe" | 2015 Crime Prevention Research Center: "Comparing Death Rates from Mass Public Shootings and Mass Public Violence in the US and Europe" |
| 6/23/2015: Crime Prevention Research Center: "Comparing Death Rates from Mass Public Shootings and Mass Public Violence in the US and Europe" | "Comparing Death Rates from Mass Public Shootings and Mass Public Violence in the US and Europe" |
The Epidemiology of Firearm Violence in the Twenty-First Century United States
Annual Review of Public Health
Vol. 36:5-19 (Volume publication date March 2015) | The Epidemiology of Firearm Violence in the Twenty-First Century United States |
2/23/15: Crime Prevention Research Center "What happened to violent crime in Massachusetts after the the 1998 firearms licensing law?"
Detailed analysis of why Massachusetts isn't as safe as they say it is… | "What happened to violent crime in Massachusetts after the the 1998 firearms licensing law?" |
NEVER LET THE ANTI-GUNNERS tell you that if "you take away the guns, people will NOT find others ways of killing."
HERE, we have the HOMICIDE WEAPON STATISTICS FOR THE Continent of AUSTRALIA from 1989 to 2012!
The Trend in firearm homicides shows a decrease in firearm murders, but an inverse number of knifing and stabbing attacks! | HERE, we have the HOMICIDE WEAPON STATISTICS FOR THE Continent of AUSTRALIA from 1989 to 2012! |
| 11/12/2014: National Shooting Sports Foundation: "Violent Crime Rate Continues to Drop & Public Believes Having a Gun in the Home Makes it Safer – Spread the News" | "Violent Crime Rate Continues to Drop & Public Believes Having a Gun in the Home Makes it Safer – Spread the News" |
11/11/2014: WWLP "Springfield, MA Homicides, 2014" by Anthony Fay
Springfield MA, had FIFTEEN MURDERS in 2014.
That is equal to the ENTIRE STATE of Vermont!
Springfield's numbers increased in 2015. | "Springfield, MA Homicides, 2015" |
Interesting Report: Reducing Suicide Risk by Limiting Access to Lethal Means: Impact of Firearms & Other Lethal Means on Suicidal Individuals, October 2014, Prepared for the Vermont Department of Mental Health by The Center for Health and Learning
This document includes a report on the New Hampshire Gun Shop Project. | Report: Reducing Suicide Risk by Limiting Access to Lethal Means |
6/27/2014: Politifact: "Do an average of nine children a day die in the United States of gunshot wounds?" By Ian K. Kullgren
Here, an impartial website reviews the BRADY Campaign's claim that "9 kids every day will never have another birthday."
Debunked as MOSTLY FALSE. | "Do an average of nine children a day die in the United States of gunshot wounds?" |
4/2/2014: USA Today "Shootings at U.S. military bases over the years"
This short article shows the killings on "gun free" military bases since 1994. | "Shootings at U.S. military bases over the years" |
| 3/4/2014: Annals of Epidemiolgy: Mental illness and reduction of gun violence and suicide: bringing epidemiologic research to policy
Jeffrey W. Swanson, PhD, E. Elizabeth McGinty, PhD, MS, Seena Fazel, MBChB, MD, FRCPsych, Vickie M. Mays, PhD, MSPH | Annals of Epidemiolgy: Mental illness and reduction of gun violence and suicide: bringing epidemiologic research to policy |
| American Association of Suicidology: Suicide Statistics | American Association of Suicidology: Suicide Statistics |
| 12/1/2013: Crime Prevention Research Center - "Murder and homicide rates before and after gun bans" | "Murder and homicide rates before and after gun bans" |
10/8/2013: National Shooting Sports Foundation: "NATIONAL SMART GUN SURVEY
1,232 Interviews resident of the United States of America
Conducted October 7-8, 2013
Proof there is NO overwhelming support for "Smart Guns" | "NATIONAL SMART GUN SURVEY: Conducted October 7-8, 2013 |
2013 National Shooting Sports Report "Firearms-Related Injury Statistics"
"Highlighting Declining Trends in the United States" | "Firearms-Related Injury Statistics"
"Highlighting Declining Trends in the United States" |
8/30/2013: Boston Daily - "Harvard Publication On Gun Laws Resurfaces As Talks About Firearms Continue"
"A study comparing international gun laws shows that getting rid of firearms might not be the solution to reducing overall violence."
By Steve Annear | "Harvard Publication On Gun Laws Resurfaces As Talks About Firearms Continue" |
5/7/2013: PEW Social Trends REPORT - "Gun Homicide Rate Down 49% Since 1993 Peak"
Chapter 1: Public Unaware | PEW Social Trends - "Gun Homicide Rate Down"
Chapter 1 |
5/7/2013: PEW Social Trends REPORT - "Gun Homicide Rate Down 49% Since 1993 Peak"
Chapter 2: Firearm Deaths | PEW Social Trends - "Gun Homicide Rate Down"
Chapter 2 |
5/7/2013: PEW Social Trends REPORT - "Gun Homicide Rate Down 49% Since 1993 Peak"
Chapter 3: Non-Fatal Violent Firearm Crimes | PEW Social Trends - "Gun Homicide Rate Down"
Chapter 3 |
5/7/2013: PEW Social Trends REPORT - "Gun Homicide Rate Down 49% Since 1993 Peak"
Chapter 4: All Non-Fatal Violent Crimes | PEW Social Trends - "Gun Homicide Rate Down"
Chapter 4 |
5/7/2013: PEW Social Trends REPORT - "Gun Homicide Rate Down 49% Since 1993 Peak"
Chapter 5: Context | PEW Social Trends - "Gun Homicide Rate Down"
Chapter 5 |
5/7/2013: PEW Social Trends REPORT - "Gun Homicide Rate Down 49% Since 1993 Peak"
Chapter 6: References | PEW Social Trends - "Gun Homicide Rate Down"
Chapter 6 |
5/7/2013: PEW Social Trends REPORT - "Gun Homicide Rate Down 49% Since 1993 Peak"
Part 7: Appendix 1: Additional Tables on Firearm Deaths | PEW Social Trends - "Gun Homicide Rate Down"
Chapter 7 |
5/7/2013: PEW Social Trends REPORT - "Gun Homicide Rate Down 49% Since 1993 Peak"
Part 8: Appendix 2: Additional Tables on Non-Fatal Violent Firearm Crimes | PEW Social Trends - "Gun Homicide Rate Down"
Chapter 8 |
5/7/2013: PEW Social Trends REPORT - "Gun Homicide Rate Down 49% Since 1993 Peak"
Part 9: Appendix 3: Additional Tables on All Non-Fatal Violent Crimes | PEW Social Trends - "Gun Homicide Rate Down"
Chapter 9 |
5/7/2013: PEW Social Trends REPORT - "Gun Homicide Rate Down 49% Since 1993 Peak"
Part 10: Appendix 4: Methodology | PEW Social Trends - "Gun Homicide Rate Down"
Chapter 10 |
4/2/2013: ANALYSIS - "Obama’s continued use of the claim that 40 percent of gun sales lack background checks" by Glenn Kessler
Another review of the often used, "40% of gun sales" talking point. | "Obama’s continued use of the claim that 40 percent of gun sales lack background checks"
Another review of the often used, "40% of gun sales" talking point. |
1/31/2013: ANALYSIS - "Police Chief Johnson’s testimony “40% bypass background checks” is false" by Mike Donatello
Analysis of the ALWAYS QUOTED "40% of all gun sales occur without a background check."
ALL data was collected before there was even NICS background checks!
The often used gun control quote (used by every anti-gun group and our President) is misleading and dishonest. | "Police Chief Johnson’s testimony “40% bypass background checks” is false" |
2013: "Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence"
What you get for $10M of federal grant money when the researcher, researches anti-gun research reports, to form an anti-gun research report based on THIRTY YEAR OLD DATA! | "Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence" |
| American Association of Suicidology: 2011 Statistics | American Association of Suicidology: 2011 Statistics |
| American Association of Suicidology: 2012 Statistics | American Association of Suicidology: 2012 Statistics |
| American Association of Suicidology: 2013 Statistics | American Association of Suicidology: 2013 Statistics |
12/20/12: FactCheck.org "Gun Rhetoric vs. Gun Facts: We offer facts and context as a national gun-control debate intensifies" By Robert Farley
Important distinctions between terminology between the U.N. definition of "homicide": The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) measures “intentional homicide,” which is “an unlawful death purposefully inflicted on a person by another person,” while U.S. reports "homicide" as to include these numbers PLUS self-defense, Law Enforcement, and manslaughter and negligent homicide. Using the SAME data points would decrease America's ranking on those reports. | "Gun Rhetoric vs. Gun Facts: We offer facts and context as a national gun-control debate intensifies" |
| 8/6/2012: Boston.com "No increase in mass shootings" by James Alan Fox | "No increase in mass shootings" |
"Factors Impacting Recidivism in Vermont"
Report to House and Senate Committees
April 21, 2011 | 2011 Report: "Factors Impacting Recidivism in Vermont" |
| Stop Abusive and Violent Environments "False Accusations of Domestic Violence, By the Numbers" | "False Accusations of Domestic Violence, By the Numbers" |
| Stop Abusive and Violent Environments "Seven Key Facts About Domestic Violence" | "Seven Key Facts About Domestic Violence" |
| 2002: ATF Report "BOSTON GUNS" | 2002: ATF Report "BOSTON GUNS" |
1999: Mortality among Recent Purchasers of Handguns
List of authors. Garen J. Wintemute, M.D., M.P.H., Carrie A. Parham, M.S., James Jay Beaumont, Ph.D., Mona Wright, M.P.H., and Christiana Drake, Ph.D.
A perfect example of what the government does with FIREARM REGISTRATION LISTS!
The population of handgun purchasers were monitored by OUTSIDE PERSONS NOT RELATED TO GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL!
"We conducted a population-based cohort study to compare mortality among 238,292 persons who purchased a handgun in California in 1991 with that in the general adult population of the state. The observation period began with the date of handgun purchase (15 days after the purchase application) and ended on December 31, 1996." | Mortality among Recent Purchasers of Handguns |
1994: Tennessee Law Review "GUNS AND PUBLIC HEALTH: EPIDEMIC OF VIOLENCE OR PANDEMIC OF PROPAGANDA?"
AN HONEST LOOK AT WHY ANTI-GUN RESEARCHERS SPIN THE FACTS!
"Our focus is the remarkable difference between the way medical and public health writers treat firearms issues and the way social scientists treat those issues. Examination of the literature produced by medical and health writers reveals why their conclusions on firearms diverge so radically from those of criminological scholarship. We focus on that literature's anomalies both for their own sake and because that focus allows us to explore some of the more important policy and legal issues of gun control."
"In 1979 the American public health community adopted the "objective to reduce the number of handguns in private ownership," the initial target being a 25% reduction by the year 2000.
Based on studies... the objective has broadened so that it now includes banning and confiscation of all handguns, restrictive licensing of owners of other firearms, and eventual elimination of firearms from American life, excepting (perhaps) only a small elite of extremely wealthy collectors, hunters, or target shooters. This is the case in many European countries. | "GUNS AND PUBLIC HEALTH: EPIDEMIC OF VIOLENCE OR PANDEMIC OF PROPAGANDA?" |
1993: Gun Ownership as a Risk Factor for Homicide in the Home
List of authors. Arthur L. Kellermann, Frederick P. Rivara, Norman B. Rushforth, Joyce G. Banton, Donald T. Reay, Jerry T. Francisco, Ana B. Locci, Janice Prodzinski, Bela B. Hackman, and Grant Somes
THIS IS THE GRANDADDY OF ALL ANTI-GUN GUN CONTROL STUDIES!
Often quoted, debunked by RAND and published in REASON Magazine in 2022.
"One widely influential study that has constantly resurfaced in headlines since it was published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1993 concluded that, "rather than confer protection, guns kept in the home are associated with an increase in the risk of homicide by a family member or intimate acquaintance."
There are major problems with this study. First of all, the researchers concluded that keeping a gun at home increases a person's risk of being killed, but nearly half the murders they included in their analysis were not committed with a firearm. And among gun owners who were killed with a gun, the authors didn't establish whether the weapon used was the victim's own gun or if it belonged to another person." | Gun Ownership as a Risk Factor for Homicide in the Home |
1992: Suicide in the Home in Relation to Gun Ownership
Arthur L. Kellermann, M.D., M.P.H., Frederick P. Rivara, M.D., M.P.H., Grant Somes, Ph.D., Donald T. Reay, M.D., Jerry Francisco, M.D., Joyce Gillentine Banton, M.S., Janice Prodzinski, B.A., Corinne Fligner, M.D., and Bela B. Hackman, M.D. | Suicide in the Home in Relation to Gun Ownership |
2020: Effects of Statewide Coronavirus Public Health Measures and State Gun Laws on American Gun Violence
Tara McKay (Vanderbilt University), Jonathan Metzl (Vanderbilt University - Center for Medicine, Health, and Society), Jennifer Piemonte (University of Michigan) | Effects of Statewide Coronavirus Public Health Measures and State Gun Laws on American Gun Violence |
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