The Good Guy With A Gun Theory, Debunked

[Ian Osborne]

Yeah, I've noticed some out of hand dismissing of inconvenient truths. (However, If you review my post you'll see where I pointed out the overwhelming factors they had failed to control for in their methodology. Perhaps your post was in the form of a self critique?)

Did you read that article beyond the third paragraph? A lot of other studies that come to similar conclusions are cited. Are they all flawed?

 

[Giz]

Did you read that article beyond the third paragraph? A lot of other studies that come to similar conclusions are cited. Are they all flawed?

I read all of this study. Especially where it said:


"However, compared with control participants, shooting case participants were significantly more often Hispanic, more frequently working in high-risk occupations1,2, less educated, and had a greater frequency of prior arrest. At the time of shooting, case participants were also significantly more often involved with alcohol and drugs, outdoors, and closer to areas where more Blacks, Hispanics, and unemployed individuals resided. Case participants were also more likely to be located in areas with less income and more illicit drug trafficking (Table 1)."

We can look into the methodology of the other studies too, if you want. So far I have been commenting on the one you linked to. (Move those goal posts! )

 

[Ian Osborne]

We can look into the methodology of the other studies too, if you want. So far I have been commenting on the one you linked to. (Move those goal posts! )

I linked to a newspaper article that quoted several studies. Here's another one for you to ignore.

 

[Dr.Sid]

The problem is that how many of those guns were transferred from the legal to illegal gun markets without the sellers committing a crime? The illegal guns start off as legal guns after all.

Agreed. That's where registration would help, while not limiting 'law abiding' owners in the least. But I hear gun owners don't want that either, as in Australia registration preceded confiscation few years later (of certain types).
But then many countries have registration, and never went for confiscation. And registration itself is quite powerful. You need registration for car, why not gun ?

 

[casebro]

I linked to a newspaper article that quoted several studies. Here's another one for you to ignore.

Isn't the point of this thread American violence?

But if you want to go international, where do the other 140 countries compare?