gun ownership and homicide"
Posted on 09/12/2013 7:36:42 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Researchers in the United States claim to have established a convincing statistical link between gun ownership and homicide, according to a new study.
The study, which appears in the American Journal of Public Health, challenges the National Rifle Association's claim that increased gun ownership does not lead to higher levels of gun violence.
In the absence of state-level data on household gun ownership, the study used a proxy variable -- the percentage of a state's suicides committed with a firearm -- that has been validated in previous research.
The study, led by Boston University community health sciences professor Michael Siegel, is the first of its kind since the December 2012 mass shooting of 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
"In the wake of the tragic shooting in Newtown ... many states are considering legislation to control firearm-related deaths," said Siegel in a statement.
(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...
One has t5o remember who’s side the media is on....and take a grain of salt.
Metadata.
Garbage in, garbage out.
In the absence of state-level data on household gun ownership, the study used a proxy variable — the percentage of a state’s suicides committed with a firearm — that has been validated in previous research
Huh ???
Did they just say they made this up and say their method has been used before and then not show where their method was used before?
Oh baloney.
There is no correlation between the ownership of firearms, and anything.
Except maybe, a LOWER violence rate.
This is total bunk.
The murderous thugs in Chicago are homicidal “gun owners”.
They just don’t own the guns LEGALLY!!!!
The link is right there.
All of the guns that I once owned (tragic boating accident) never shot, let alone, killed any human being.
I’ve known 8 people who have done themselves in. Not a single one was firearm related.
Using my statistics, the overwhelming evidence is that we should ban garage doors
Always follow the money trail.
“The study, which appears in the American Journal of Public Health,”
Sounds like some Obamacare-affiliated communist rag. I’ll stick with John Lott when it comes to guns. I doubt these nerds ever fired one.
Low Information Voter news flash: 100% of gun-violence murders were committed by someone in possession of a firearm.
A real variable would be comparing legal gun ownership as opposed to illegally owned guns. Me thinks that variable was intentionally left out to skew the data.
In the absence of state-level data on household gun ownership, the study used a proxy variable -- the percentage of a state's suicides committed with a firearm -- that has been validated in previous research.
Another meaningless statistic (that they probably inserted to make the data match their pre-conceived ideas) without examining whether the suicides would or would not have used some other means to off themselves if a gun was not available.
It would take a lot to convince me that most gun suicides would still be alive today if they had not had access to a gun. Besides, didn't I read somewhere that accidental gun deaths are included in these statistics?
The people’s rights under the constitution shall not be infringed.
Study that a$$hats.
I guess these guys studied under Mann.
Then they note: The study also acknowledged a long-term decline in firearm homicide for all states, from 5.2 per 100,000 in 1981 to 3.5 per 100,000 in 2010.
So if firearm ownership has increased but firearm homicide has decreased how can they reach their conclusion: ... it determined that for every one percentage point in the prevalence of gun ownership in a given state, the firearm homicide rate increased by 0.9 percent.
???
Manure.
People at risk for suicide, homicide, or violent crime are more likely to buy a firearm, because they anticipate they will need it.
It's like getting a driver's license, because you are planning to buy a car.
It does not look like what the headline advertised at all.
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