Tuesday, June 14, 2011

‘Deliberate false denial’ discredits Brady gun ownership claims

Why would you think it anyone’s business, particularly a stranger’s?  Is the number and types of guns you own information that a prudent person would provide to an anonymous solicitor?

Might anything go wrong with that? [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column solicits your opinion.

Also get directed to the latest Gunwalker updates, find out what Oregon Democrats have against domestic violence victims, listen to Vanderboegh and me tonight, and...gotta go get ready for my modest venture. You can listen live at 10:00 a.m. Eastern.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I never respond to phone surveys, period.

Mack said...

David,

The classic example of the "false negative" phenomenon is Gary Kleck's DGU study.

He addresses anti-gun 'researcher' David Hemenway's critcism here.

As Kleck and Gertz point out:

"A large body of empirical evidence indicates that when asked sensitive questions about illegal behavior, survey RS, on net, underreport their involvement, and that false negatives outnumber false positives by a wide margin."

Despite recent SCOTUS decisions, gun ownership remains a 'sensitive' issue because it remains illegal in parts of the country.