Government-Funded Anti-Gun Study From Berkeley Under Assault

By Tom Knighton

Anyone surprised that a study reaching an anti-gun conclusion could come out of UC-Berkeley, then you simply haven’t been paying attention to…anything, ever. The study seems to indicate that gun criminals are buying guns at gun shows in Nevada, taking them to California, and doing all kinds of naughty things.

I say “seems” because when you look at the study more critically, you start to see the problems with the study.

The University of California at Berkeley study, funded in part with money from a $2.3 million National Institutes of Health grant and released on Monday, found a 70 percent spike in deaths and injuries from firearms in California communities within one- to two-hour driving distances of Nevada gun shows.

The researchers compared the number of gun-related deaths and injuries occurring two weeks prior to the gun shows to the number that happened in the two weeks afterward. The study found no spikes in gun deaths or injuries following gun shows in California and concludes that the difference “may be due to California’s stricter firearm regulations” including a background check and a 10-day waiting period.

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The study did not, however, note the …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms