"Last month, the National Academy of Sciences issued a 328-page report on gun control laws. The big news that has been ignored on all the blog sites is that the academy's panel couldn't identify any benefits of the decades-long effort to reduce crime and injury by restricting gun ownership. "Well, that much we had already guessed.
"The only conclusion it could draw was: Let's study the question some more."Well of course. We wouldn't want to put anyone out of a job.
"Based on 253 journal articles, 99 books, 43 government publications, and some of its own empirical work, the panel couldn't identify a single gun control regulation that reduced violent crime, suicide or accidents."Like I said, Duh.
As many have pointed out for years, take a look at Great Britain, Australia, Washington D.C., Chicago, Massacheusettes, ....
"Wilson said that that panel's conclusion raises concerns given that 'virtually every reanalysis done by the committee' confirmed right-to-carry laws reduced crime. He found the committee's only results that didn't confirm the drop in crime 'quite puzzling.' They accounted for 'no control variables' - nothing on any of the social, demographic, and public policies that might affect crime."Goes to show you can interpret the statistics however you need to, when it suits your purpose.
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