Newsweek Writer Inadvertently Blows Holes In Gun Control Argument

By Cam Edwards

The journal Health Affairs has dedicated its October issue to the issue of gun control, so you’ll be seeing a lot of news about different new studies showing why we need more gun laws on the books over the next few days. Over at Newsweek, writer Asher Stockler has a write up of a University of Michigan study on gun-death rates and claims that the study shows, “that only two states, California and New York, and the District of Columbia saw firearm mortality rates decline in recent years. This is notable considering these jurisdictions’ relatively strict gun laws.”

It’s too bad for Stockler that this isn’t accurate at all. The study actually shows that gun death rates have also declined in Nevada and Arizona (which is a constitutional carry state and has very 2nd Amendment-friendly laws on the books), as well as Hawaii, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. In fact, just a few paragraphs later, Stockler even notes the decline in Connecticut.

After the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2013, Connecticut enacted a sweeping package of gun control legislation, expanding the ban on assault weapons and limiting magazine capacity. While the state saw a decrease in …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms