Posted on 12/26/2015 9:00:07 PM PST by richardb72
In its latest installment in a crusade to rid America of firearms, The New York Times “reports†on a “study†that purports to show how, in the first six years after Missouri “repealed the requirement for comprehensive background checks and purchase permits, the gun homicide rate was 16 percent to 18 percent higher than it was the six years before.â€
Oh, what an indictment, eh? Well, not exactly.
The Times, which on Dec. 5 ran a front-page editorial (the first since 1920 when it took Republicans to task for nominating Warren G. Harding for president) against guns, was citing a study by Daniel Webster, the director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research. But as gun scholar John Lott Jr., president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, pointed out for me last week, “cherry picking†results tend to give you the results you're predisposed to seek.
As Mr. Lott found, in an exhaustive 2014 review of Mr. Webster's research, the results are more complicated than simply looking at what the average murder rates were before and after rescinding the Missouri law.
“While it is true that the murder rate in Missouri rose (about) 17 percent relative to the rest of the United States after the law was changed, it had actually increased by 32 percent during the five years prior to the change,†Lott then wrote.
Thus, the real question for researchers to consider, according to Lott, is why “the Missouri murder rate was increasing relative to the rest of the U.S. at a slower rate after the change in the law†— after the comprehensive background checks were scotched — “than it did prior to it.â€
But the bottom line remains this: “Imposing the law raised murder and robbery rates,†Lott told me. “Removing . .
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The NYT once again proves the old adage:
Figures do not lie but liars do figure.
Totalitarians and their toadies always lie.
I cleaned up the distracting ANSI to UFT-8 errors:
In its latest installment in a crusade to rid America of firearms, The New York Times reports on a study that purports to show how, in the first six years after Missouri repealed the requirement for comprehensive background checks and purchase permits, the gun homicide rate was 16 percent to 18 percent higher than it was the six years before.
Oh, what an indictment, eh? Well, not exactly.
The Times, which on Dec. 5 ran a front-page editorial (the first since 1920 when it took Republicans to task for nominating Warren G. Harding for president) against guns, was citing a study by Daniel Webster, the director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research. But as gun scholar John Lott Jr., president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, pointed out for me last week, cherry picking results tend to give you the results you’re predisposed to seek.
As Mr. Lott found, in an exhaustive 2014 review of Mr. Webster’s research, the results are more complicated than simply looking at what the average murder rates were before and after rescinding the Missouri law.
While it is true that the murder rate in Missouri rose (about) 17 percent relative to the rest of the United States after the law was changed, it had actually increased by 32 percent during the five years prior to the change, Lott then wrote.
Thus, the real question for researchers to consider, according to Lott, is why the Missouri murder rate was increasing relative to the rest of the U.S. at a slower rate after the change in the law “after the comprehensive background checks were scotched” than it did prior to it.
But the bottom line remains this: Imposing the law raised murder and robbery rates, Lott told me. Removing . .
The democRATs have been expanding their permanent dependent underclass base. These are who commit the murders, not the law abiding citizens.
John Hopkins and NYT shill for Gun-grabber Bloomberg. What else is new.
If you believe that, I have a bridge you need to buy.
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