Posted on 06/16/2015 1:33:36 PM PDT by richardb72
A new study in the American Journal of Public Health claims that the state of Connecticut’s 1995 gun licensing law has reduced firearm homicide rates by 40 percent. But this just released study gives academics a bad name. Not surprisingly, anti-gun activist and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and the left-wing Joyce Foundation funded the research.
The study cherry picks which states with gun licensing laws are examined, which years are looked at, and the type of crime to study. Any normal researcher would look at all the states in the country that have passed a similar law and compares the changes in crime trends between those states that passed the laws to those that didn’t.
Sure, from 1995 to 2005 the firearm homicide rate in Connecticut did indeed fall from 3.13 to 1.88 per 100,000 people, a 40% drop over a ten-year period. Not mentioned is that the firearms homicide rate was falling even faster immediately before the licensing law went into effect, falling from 4.5 to 3.13 per 100,000 residents -- more than a 30 percent drop in just two years.
When researchers throw out data, there had better be a good reason. They didn’t have one. They cite a paper that looked at the impact of smoking for 12 years after cigarette taxes were increased. What cigarettes have to do with explaining crime rates and what 12 years has to do with only looking at 10 years of data is never explained, though possibly they thought no one would actually read the paper they cited. . . .
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But, but, but..............”they” said it was so. Would “they” lie to us? Of course “they” would. “They’re” libs. Kinda like isis lite. Kinda.
It certainly helped put Colt Industries into bankruptcy.
More fraud on the Left.
Since long before Lenin, it’s been known that, “If you have nothing cogent to say, lie your *ss off.”
So that means Bridgeport or the North End of Hartford is safe to walk in at night now, right? Right?
“It certainly helped put Colt Industries into bankruptcy.”
I hope Colt will relocate to Texas. God Bless Texas.
When it comes to lack of firearms laws, they’re closer to Vermont.
And leave their current management team in CT. Their current idiot management team are not wanted in Texas and they are not wanted at any firearms company that intends to succeed.
No surprise that gun grabbers would massage the data.
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When it comes to lack of firearms laws, they’re closer to Vermont.”
Hmm, let’s see; Texas/Vermont, Vermont/Texas. Gone to Texas!
Correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t one have to purchase a concealed carry license in Texas to exercise one of the basic rights as delineated by our founders?
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Correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t one have to purchase a concealed carry license in Texas to exercise one of the basic rights as delineated by our founders?”
No correction necessary as you are indeed correct. Well, Texas isn’t perfect for sure. But, I’ll take Texas and this one imperfection over Vermont and, gotta think a minute... Bernie Sanders, lol!
Hahaha!
Sure. Walk safe.
If you read the police logs, these inner city thugs get arrested.....for *no gun permit*, *illegal use of a firearm*, *unregistered firearm* ... yada. And what is the FIRST thing that is done when they go to court......these charges are plea-bargained away. And the revolving door of inner city crime continuuuuuuuuuuuuues.
Let’s not forget the 3,000 convicted felons that Malloy released back into the streets for time served.
Lie by fiddling with statistics. That’s a given.
“The results change appreciably if just one more year is added to their data. Between 1995 and 2006, Connecticut’s firearm homicide rate fell by just 16 percent. By comparison, the rates for the U.S. and the rest of the Northeast fell respectively by 27 percent and 22 percent.” - Dr John Lott
I hear you - at some point during my college years Vermont turned into a haven for brain-dead ‘progressive’ idiots. I returned after serving 25 years in the Navy to beat them back into the holes they crawled out from. Spent one summer (82) in the Amarillo area roofing houses; got a great tan but can’t say I miss seeing 100 degrees before 10 am.
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