CDC Study Ordered by Obama Contradicts White House Anti-gun Narrative

[jon_berzerk]

interesting article

the media didnt seem to be interested in it

In January, following the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, President Obama issued a “Presidential Memorandum directing the Centers for Disease Control to research the causes and prevention of gun violence,” along with 22 other “initiatives.” That study, subcontracted out to the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council, was completed in June and contained some surprises for the president.

Between the years 2000-2010 firearm-related suicides significantly outnumbered homicides for all age groups, annually accounting for 61 percent of the more than 335,600 people who died from firearms related violence in the United States.

Almost all national survey estimates indicate that defensive gun uses by victims are at least as common as offensive uses by criminals, with estimates of annual uses ranging from about 500,000 to more than 3 million per year, in the context of about 300,000 violent crimes involving firearms in 2008.

Furthermore, the key finding the president was no doubt seeking — that more laws would result in less crime — was missing. The study said that “interventions,” such as background checks and restrictions on firearms and increased penalties for illegal gun use, showed “mixed” results, while “turn-in” programs “are ineffective” in reducing crime.

CDC Study Ordered by Obama Contradicts White House Anti-gun Narrative

 

[NightFox]

interesting article

the media didnt seem to be interested in it

In January, following the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, President Obama issued a “Presidential Memorandum directing the Centers for Disease Control to research the causes and prevention of gun violence,” along with 22 other “initiatives.” That study, subcontracted out to the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council, was completed in June and contained some surprises for the president.

Between the years 2000-2010 firearm-related suicides significantly outnumbered homicides for all age groups, annually accounting for 61 percent of the more than 335,600 people who died from firearms related violence in the United States.

Almost all national survey estimates indicate that defensive gun uses by victims are at least as common as offensive uses by criminals, with estimates of annual uses ranging from about 500,000 to more than 3 million per year, in the context of about 300,000 violent crimes involving firearms in 2008.

Furthermore, the key finding the president was no doubt seeking — that more laws would result in less crime — was missing. The study said that “interventions,” such as background checks and restrictions on firearms and increased penalties for illegal gun use, showed “mixed” results, while “turn-in” programs “are ineffective” in reducing crime.

CDC Study Ordered by Obama Contradicts White House Anti-gun Narrative

You would think at some point the geniuses in Washington would actually figure out that if you want to reduce crime you need to first identify the root causes of crime and then figure out what (if any) government measures can be taken to mitigate the root causes. Apparently they have yet to stumble across the fact that just passing laws doesn't reduce crime (it just creates more criminals) and that if you want to reduce gun violence the best way to do it is to attack the root causes that lead to it.

Such is the methodology of Washington to whit: start with a partisan political agenda and then commission expensive government "studies" to attempt to support the agenda.