2aguy
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Yes.....the much cherished waiting periods for guns are statistically shown to have no effect on crime......
Wisconsin Lawmakers No Statistical Evidence Waiting Period For Handgun Purchases Decreases Gun Violence - Breitbart
According to Politifact, state senator Van Wanggaard (R-Racine) is pushing the repeal. He is doing so by claiming there is “no statistical evidence that [the waiting period] reduces violence whatsoever.”
Politifact tested this claim and found that a 2000 study by a Georgetown researcher and a Duke researcher discovered that the national waiting period–in place for a time in the 1990s–was “not associated with reductions in homicide rates or overall suicide rates.” A 2003 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report “found that some studies indicated a decrease in violent outcomes associated with the [waiting period], while others indicated an increase.” And a 2012 study that involved research from the University of Cincinnati and as well as from Arizona State University “found no statistical effects from waiting periods on gun crimes.”
These studies found that a waiting period was associated with a lowered rate of suicide among people 55 and older, yet had no impact on violent crime. Politifact concludes, “In a nutshell, except for suicide, the studies show Wanggaard’s claim about waiting periods and violence is largely correct.”
Wisconsin Lawmakers No Statistical Evidence Waiting Period For Handgun Purchases Decreases Gun Violence - Breitbart
According to Politifact, state senator Van Wanggaard (R-Racine) is pushing the repeal. He is doing so by claiming there is “no statistical evidence that [the waiting period] reduces violence whatsoever.”
Politifact tested this claim and found that a 2000 study by a Georgetown researcher and a Duke researcher discovered that the national waiting period–in place for a time in the 1990s–was “not associated with reductions in homicide rates or overall suicide rates.” A 2003 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report “found that some studies indicated a decrease in violent outcomes associated with the [waiting period], while others indicated an increase.” And a 2012 study that involved research from the University of Cincinnati and as well as from Arizona State University “found no statistical effects from waiting periods on gun crimes.”
These studies found that a waiting period was associated with a lowered rate of suicide among people 55 and older, yet had no impact on violent crime. Politifact concludes, “In a nutshell, except for suicide, the studies show Wanggaard’s claim about waiting periods and violence is largely correct.”