Monday, March 29, 2021

Q.E.D.

 These findings cast doubt on the hypothesis that more guns cause more homicide, and thus on the hypothesis that reducing overall gun levels via gun control will reduce homicide. [More]

Like we've been saying...

Then there's this:

On the other hand, gun control measures narrowly targeting high-risk subsets of the population such as convicted criminals or mentally ill persons might reduce violence.

I prefer "will" over "might," especially when the alternative is to enforce existing Intolerable Acts. That and it's up to anyone suggesting that to explain Baltimore.

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