Thursday, December 04, 2008

The ‘Gun-Show Loophole,’ Revisited

We have several points to make here. First, you measure the impact of gun shows on homicide rates for three weeks following each show. But many studies of the dynamics of gun crime have established that these crimes rarely involve guns that were purchased within such a short time of the crime’s occurrence. In Texas and California, the two states you study, the average time from a gun’s sale to its recovery following use in crime was 9.8 and 12.9 years, respectively...
Excellent deconstruction of agenda-driven antis trying to blind us with false science...

[Via Bruce Mills]

2 comments:

Unknown said...

"Your comment is awaiting moderation."

what the hell, I posted on a lot of blog posts on the NY times before without moderation

Kent McManigal said...

Smoke, mirrors, OZ curtains, misdirection..... lies.