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Why I have to trot out this information every time we have one of these tragedies would confound me, if I didn't know liberals have a selective memory when it comes to their agenda: They can't remember the mountains of research that suggests that agenda fails on almost every single issue it addresses.
As to gun control, the Small Government Times offers a summary of a Harvard study done about eight years ago suggesting gun control doesn't work. I want to emphasize, as someone who reads research all the time, making a blanket statement like the headline below is inaccurate. I'll explain that at the end. But that headline can be said, in lay terms, to support the results of the study.
Research doesn't "prove" anything. It can give strong indication of the correctness or failure of the hypothesis of the study. The above-quoted study done by Kates and Mauser had the stated hypothesis that gun control impacted homicide rates worldwide, but they did not find the data to support that assumption.
As to gun control, the Small Government Times offers a summary of a Harvard study done about eight years ago suggesting gun control doesn't work. I want to emphasize, as someone who reads research all the time, making a blanket statement like the headline below is inaccurate. I'll explain that at the end. But that headline can be said, in lay terms, to support the results of the study.
Harvard: Gun control doesn't work
"The Harvard study attempts to answer the question of whether or not banning firearms would reduce murders and suicides. Researchers looked at crime data from several European countries and found that countries with higher gun ownership often had lower murder rates.
"Russia, for example, enforces very strict gun control on its people, but its murder rate remains quite high. In fact, the murder rate in Russia isfour times higherthan in the 'gun-ridden' United States, cites the study. 'Homicide results suggest that where guns are scarce other weapons are substituted in killings.' In other words, the elimination of guns does not eliminate murder, and in the case of gun-controlled Russia, murder rates are quite high.
"The study revealed several European countries with significant gun ownership, like Norway, Finland, Germany and France – had remarkably low murder rates. Contrast that with Luxembourg, 'where handguns are totally banned and ownership of any kind of gun is minimal,' had a murder rate nine times higherthan Germany in 2002.
"The study found no evidence to suggest that the availability of guns contributes to higher murder rates anywhere in the world. 'Of course, it may be speculated that murder rates around the world would be higher if guns were more available. But there is simply no evidence to support this.' ”
"The Harvard study attempts to answer the question of whether or not banning firearms would reduce murders and suicides. Researchers looked at crime data from several European countries and found that countries with higher gun ownership often had lower murder rates.
"Russia, for example, enforces very strict gun control on its people, but its murder rate remains quite high. In fact, the murder rate in Russia isfour times higherthan in the 'gun-ridden' United States, cites the study. 'Homicide results suggest that where guns are scarce other weapons are substituted in killings.' In other words, the elimination of guns does not eliminate murder, and in the case of gun-controlled Russia, murder rates are quite high.
"The study revealed several European countries with significant gun ownership, like Norway, Finland, Germany and France – had remarkably low murder rates. Contrast that with Luxembourg, 'where handguns are totally banned and ownership of any kind of gun is minimal,' had a murder rate nine times higherthan Germany in 2002.
"The study found no evidence to suggest that the availability of guns contributes to higher murder rates anywhere in the world. 'Of course, it may be speculated that murder rates around the world would be higher if guns were more available. But there is simply no evidence to support this.' ”
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