Thursday, September 09, 2021

'Settled Science'

 Another peer reviewed study found that after controlling for a wide-range of demographic and social factors, firearm licensing laws were associated with an 11% reduction in firearm homicides in urban counties (1984-2015). This suggests that permitting laws help to address the high rates of firearm violence disproportionately impacting underserved Black communities in cities. [More]

"Were associated with..."

"Suggests that..."

Nothing like imposing prior restraint infringements based on a logical fallacy...

And nothing inspires confidence in a study like an up-front admission that they got the math wrong...

That and just parroting "underserved" makes it so?

[Via Jess]

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