The Truth About Gun Control Studies

By Dean Weingarten

Will Rogers said “It isn’t what we don’t know that gives us trouble; it’s what we know that ain’t so.” For example, we don’t know for sure what would happen if American gun rights were fully restored. But we do know that studies “proving” that “more guns equals more crime” t’ain’t so. American gun ownership has increased dramatically even as violent crime has fallen to historic lows. Which means that “studies” by RKBA opponents are little more than thinly veiled attempts to validate their chosen conclusion . . .

Most studies of “gun violence” by civilian disarmament advocates fail to examine firearms-related homicides in relation to total homicides. If firearms-related homicides are reduced, but all other forms of homicides increase, society has lost, not gained.

Any study that tries to answer the central question of whether or not gun control is a net positive or net negative to society must also examine evidence that guns have beneficial effects. Guns can be used to save lives as well as take them. If the cost-to-benefit ratio is not included in a study, it is worthless.

In examining this question, I won’t consider the long-term consequences of citizen disarmament on governmentally caused deaths, and whether democidal …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns