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Study finds higher homicide risk in homes with handguns
AP ^ | 4/4/2022 | MIKE STOBBE

Posted on 04/04/2022 4:49:10 PM PDT by Houserino

NEW YORK (AP) — Most U.S. gun owners say they own firearms to protect themselves and their loved ones, surveys show. But a study published Monday suggests people who live with handgun owners are shot to death at a higher rate than those who don’t have such weapons at home.

“We found zero evidence of any kind of protective effects” from living in a home with a handgun, said David Studdert, a Stanford University researcher who was the lead author of the Annals of Internal Medicine study.

The study has several shortcomings. For example, the researchers said they could not determine which victims were killed by the handgun owners or with the in-home weapons. They couldn’t account for illegal guns and looked only at handguns, not rifles or other firearms.

The dataset also was limited to registered voters in California who were 21 and older. It’s not clear that the findings are generalizable to the whole state, let alone to the rest of the country, the authors acknowledged.

But some outside experts said the work was well done, important and the largest research of its kind.

“I would call this a landmark study,” said Cassandra Crifasi, a gun violence policy researcher at Johns Hopkins University. “This contributes to our understanding of the potential causal relationship between guns in the home and homicides,” she said.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2a; 2nd; 2ndamendment; banglist; fakenews; guncontrol; gungrabbers; guns; rkba; satanforduniversity; secondamendment
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To: Houserino
Demonrat lies, liars using statistics.

If they want to take our handguns, let them try. 25 states, HALF THE NATION, does not require ANY KIND OF LICENSE to carry a handgun.

81 posted on 04/04/2022 7:43:36 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Hold on, y'all, 2022 is going to be a ride you won't soon forget!)
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To: PROCON

Support your right to arm bears./joke


82 posted on 04/04/2022 7:44:18 PM PDT by Pirate Ragnar (Hope coming from Florida)
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To: Houserino

People in risky neighborhoods get guns.

Riddle solved.


83 posted on 04/04/2022 8:05:56 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie ("Trannies be wack." - Gays)
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To: Houserino

I’m proud to tell the man from the government that there are NO handguns in my home. In fact, no weapons of any kind, not even sharp knives. We just buy ground beef or turkey so we don’t need anything sharper than a butter knife. Like President Joe, I like my pudding. That American Rifleman magazine that comes to my mailbox is because the letter carrier is careless about sorting the mail.


84 posted on 04/04/2022 8:15:06 PM PDT by RicocheT
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To: Houserino

I’d love to know what “research” they did to come to that insane conclusion.


85 posted on 04/04/2022 8:32:44 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: JonPreston

This ahole just solved the coming hunger threat due to a shortage of fertilizer problem around the world.

His study is so full of bullshit that all you have to do is print millions of copies,shred them and dump them on the ground around the world. Fertilizer problem solved.


86 posted on 04/04/2022 8:36:07 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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To: Houserino

1. people who own stepladders fall FAR more often than those who don’t own stepladders ...

2. people who own extension ladders fall FAR more often than those who don’t own extension ladders ...

3. people who own chainsaws have chainsaw accidents far more often that those who don’t own chainsaws ...

4. people who own automobiles have far more auto accidents that those who don’t own automobiles ...

5. people who own table saws have far more table saw accidents that those who don’t own table saws...

6. people who own private airplanes have far more airplane accidents than those who don’t own private airplanes


87 posted on 04/04/2022 8:58:15 PM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: Houserino
The study has several shortcomings. For example, the researchers said they could not determine which victims were killed by the handgun owners or with the in-home weapons. They couldn’t account for illegal guns and looked only at handguns, not rifles or other firearms.

88 posted on 04/04/2022 9:54:36 PM PDT by jdege
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To: Houserino

‘What’s great about numbers is that if you torture them long enough they’ll say whatever you want” - JFK


89 posted on 04/05/2022 5:44:33 AM PDT by MrKatykelly
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To: Houserino
Gun-grabbers have been peddling this BS 'latest study shows' narrative for decades. It was a lie then; it's a lie now.

Same sh!t, different decade.

Click the Gadsden flag for pro-gun resources!

90 posted on 04/05/2022 5:44:39 AM PDT by Joe Brower ("Might we not live in a nobler dream than this?" -- John Ruskin)
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To: Houserino

“Researchers” with an agenda.


91 posted on 04/05/2022 5:47:01 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Houserino

They never show the demographics for this type of report.


92 posted on 04/05/2022 5:47:20 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: Houserino

I use modeling code in my work. My old boss was unhappy with some of the numbers, but they were right. It got to the point in the argument where I asked her “what numbers do you want to see? I can make it happen.”


93 posted on 04/05/2022 5:47:52 AM PDT by USAF1985 (Joe McCarthy is a hero...he was absolutely, 100% correct! (Let’s go Brandon!))
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To: USAF1985

That’s the correct attitude.

I told all my contract manager that they were not paying me to lie to them.

If you don’t like the truth, I’ll have another contract by lunchtime.


94 posted on 04/05/2022 5:50:00 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: Manly Warrior

Why should handguns be registered? Sounds like an infringement of the right to bear arms.


95 posted on 04/05/2022 5:53:47 AM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: Houserino

People that drive automobiles are more likely to get in an accident than those who do not.


96 posted on 04/05/2022 5:58:35 AM PDT by 38special (I should've said something earlier)
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To: Houserino

If I had shot him back when he deserved it, I’d be out of prison by now! ;)


97 posted on 04/05/2022 6:20:44 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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98 posted on 04/05/2022 6:52:19 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Houserino

Higher death in intruders for sure.


99 posted on 04/05/2022 7:11:24 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Houserino
The study has several shortcomings

Reminds me of lyrics from a meatloaf song "Stop right there".

100 posted on 04/05/2022 7:14:03 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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