Posted on 07/16/2020 11:13:59 AM PDT by sickoflibs
Americans purchased millions more guns than usual this spring, spurred in large part by racial animosity stoked by widespread protests over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, as well as anxiety over the effects of the covid-19 pandemic.
That gun-buying binge is associated with a significant increase in gun violence across the United States.
Those are the conclusions of two studies by the Brookings Institution and the University of California at Davis, respectively. Together, they paint a portrait of a society arming itself against social upheaval during a time of institutional failure.
The Brookings study, after examining federal background check data, estimated an additional 3 million firearms were sold from March through June, compared with the same period in previous years. Thats roughly equivalent to the spike in gun purchases observed following the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting and more than 50 percent higher than would have been expected for June sales.
Nearly half of those 3 million additional sales happened in June, after several days of protests sparked by Floyds killing in police custody. Researchers Phillip Levine and Robin McKnight of Wellesley College wrote that the spike differed from previous gun-buying binges because it was not driven by fear of pending restrictions but rather by anxiety and unease over the ongoing crises.
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If my country were not dead, the WAPO would be in flames.
So would CNN.
So would MSNBC.
So would FOX.
ETC.
I think were done.
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OMG these people are such a stupid bunch of liars. Are they fooling themselves? They aren’t fooling anyone else.
I would bet that ZERO new legal gun buyers, in say the last 3 months, have committed any crimes with their new guns. ZERO.
“I would bet that ZERO new legal gun buyers, in say the last 3 months, have committed any crimes with their new guns. ZERO.”
Oh, come on. Everyone knows that most “gun violence” is committed by NRA members, who learn how to use a gun to commit a crime in their so-called “firearms safety” courses.
I wonder what it would look like if we changed the laws to make it possible, then executed the next hundred-thousand people to commit a violent felony.
They have correlation. Its true, the two did go together.
Crime went up. Then gun sales went up.
Much like the Gaia worshipers, they got the order wrong and tried to attribute causation to correlation.
I’d love to see the demographic info on the violent crime
You cant do that...
We would have hunted down and killed every BLMer and BLM supporter in a few hours/days after their first acts of protest, violence and mass protest.
First, we would have used their Antifa thugs/buddies to sight in our weapons! Any Antifa survivors would still be running, hiding and sobbing in Canada!
Those committing the violence(not guns) already had access to firearms. Those who are buying are responding to the ones committing the violence.
Yeah, thats it, waPo, people Buying guns to defend themselves are causing an increase in gun violence.
Got it.
Yea, legal ownership of guns is what is driving the gangs to shoot each other more. Has the Brookings Institute ever heard that correlation does not necessarily mean causation?
All the information is on YouTube - no need for a first-time owner to fumble through anything. But Im sure some think they have watched enough Hollywood movies and know it all.
No, its not.
It obviously has everything to do with the increase in gun sales to concerned law abiding citizens who are too stupid to realize the police are there to protect them, their families, and their property. And of course the whole thing is ultimately Trump's fault for driving his supporters into a panicked frenzy by insisting they protect their 2nd Amendment "rights".
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