"To accomplish gun control, leftists are citing bogus evidence and carefully choosing which tragedies to exploit.--Jordan Candler
Democrats are so perturbed by the Second Amendment that they are resorting to the distribution of fraudulent data.
For example, during a recent congressional meeting with President Donald Trump, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) presented findings from professor Louis Klarevas, whose analysis points to a homicide-through-mass-shooting reduction rate of 37% between 1994 and 2004 — when the 10-year Federal Assault Weapons Ban Feinstein championed was in effect.
Even if we ignore the reality that this claim is an extreme outlier — it has virtually no peer backing — there are still some major issues with Klarevas’ assessment.
According to Ars Technica co-founder Jon Stokes:
There are few actual “assault weapons” of any type in his dataset, either pre- or post-ban. Klarevas and his allies are taking an apparent drop in fatalities from what are mostly handgun shootings (again, pre-ban as well as post) and attributing this lowered body count to the 1994 legislation. … Had Klarevas chosen a “mass shooting” threshold of five fatalities instead of six, then the dramatic pause he notes in mass shootings between 1994 to 1999 would disappear too.“
Columnist Burt Prelutsky makes a cogent point when he observed, "Those on the Left seem to view all murders through a prism of their propaganda value.”
There is no better example than the Left’s demonization of so-called “assault weapons.”
Back to Stokes’ point about handguns, they are the primary tool by which homicides are inflicted. According to the FBI’s Crime in the United States data, “Handguns comprised 64.6 percent of the firearms used in murder and nonnegligent manslaughter incidents in 2016.”
There is no better example than the Left’s demonization of so-called “assault weapons.”
Back to Stokes’ point about handguns, they are the primary tool by which homicides are inflicted. According to the FBI’s Crime in the United States data, “Handguns comprised 64.6 percent of the firearms used in murder and nonnegligent manslaughter incidents in 2016.”
More precisely, of the 11,004 homicides by firearm that year, 7,105 involved a handgun, whereas just 374 — or 0.03% — involved a rifle of any type.
You read that right.
In fact, the number of homicides committed with rifles is outpaced by “blunt objects,” which accounted for 472 murders in 2016.
The bottom line?
Rifles unfairly get most of the flak despite criminals’ relatively rare use of them..."
Read on!
You read that right.
In fact, the number of homicides committed with rifles is outpaced by “blunt objects,” which accounted for 472 murders in 2016.
The bottom line?
Rifles unfairly get most of the flak despite criminals’ relatively rare use of them..."
Read on!
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