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I must be reading this wrong

#1 Post by BackInTex » Tue Nov 20, 2018 10:01 am

Harvard University Study Reveals Astonishing Link Between Firearms, Crime and Gun Control

Hopefully SSS has time over Thanksgiving to read and to help me understand why this is flawed.
According to a study in the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, which cites the Centers for Disease Control, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the United Nations International Study on Firearms Regulation, the more guns a nation has, the less criminal activity.
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#2 Post by jarnon » Tue Nov 20, 2018 10:05 am

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#3 Post by Buster Snopes » Tue Nov 20, 2018 10:09 am


Darn, he beat me to it.

CLAIM:
A 2007 Harvard University study proved that areas with higher rates of gun ownership have lower crime rates.

FALSE

What's True
Gun rights advocates Gary Mauser and Don Kates jointly authored a 2007 paper in the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy arguing that higher rates of gun ownership correlated with lower crime rates.

What's False
The paper in question was not peer-reviewed, it didn't constitute a study, and it misrepresented separate research to draw shaky, unsupported conclusions.
IMPOSSUMBLE!!!!

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#4 Post by Pastor Fireball » Tue Nov 20, 2018 11:01 am

If this "study' were true, then Compton, Harlem, and Detroit would be the safest places in America... which runs counterintuitive of all of the Republican bigotries about Latinos and African-Americans.

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#5 Post by BackInTex » Tue Nov 20, 2018 11:04 am

Pastor Fireball wrote:
If this "study' were true, then Compton, Harlem, and Detroit would be the safest places in America... which runs counterintuitive of all of the Republican bigotries about Latinos and African-Americans.

You can't have it both ways, BIT. Pick a lane.
Very little is true in the absolute and in all cases. You should know that more than anyone.
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#6 Post by flockofseagulls104 » Tue Nov 20, 2018 1:04 pm

Pastor Fireball wrote:
If this "study' were true, then Compton, Harlem, and Detroit would be the safest places in America... which runs counterintuitive of all of the Republican bigotries about Latinos and African-Americans.

You can't have it both ways, BIT. Pick a lane.
No, the major commonality is they have had democrats running these places for a long time. And since you HAD to bring race into it, democrats of all races and creeds and sexual persuasions. A diversity!!!!
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#7 Post by Beebs52 » Tue Nov 20, 2018 1:16 pm

Pastor Fireball wrote:
If this "study' were true, then Compton, Harlem, and Detroit would be the safest places in America... which runs counterintuitive of all of the Republican bigotries about Latinos and African-Americans.

You can't have it both ways, BIT. Pick a lane.
Thanks for your contribution to more civility via your avatar.
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#8 Post by flockofseagulls104 » Tue Nov 20, 2018 2:46 pm

Beebs52 wrote:
Pastor Fireball wrote:
If this "study' were true, then Compton, Harlem, and Detroit would be the safest places in America... which runs counterintuitive of all of the Republican bigotries about Latinos and African-Americans.

You can't have it both ways, BIT. Pick a lane.
Thanks for your contribution to more civility via your avatar.
Just a little news for you, kind pastor. She admitted she made it all up. Does that not make any difference to you? Probably not.
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#9 Post by Bob78164 » Tue Nov 20, 2018 7:26 pm

So to summarize, you didn't read it wrong. The article is written wrong. --Bob
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