We all knew this.... with the exception of the gun grabbers... and many of them know as well...
Higher gun ownership rates do not cause higher Crime Rates
-Geaux
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The Impact of Gun Ownership Rates on Crime Rates: A Methodological Review of the Evidence
Highlights
-41 studies of the impact of gun prevalence on crime rates were reviewed.
-Each study was assessed on 3 methodological criteria
-Many weak studies find a significant positive effect of gun levels on crime.
-All methodologically strong studies find no such effect.
Abstract
Purpose
This paper reviews 41 English-language studies that tested the hypothesis that higher gun prevalence levels cause higher crime rates, especially higher homicide rates.
Methods
Each study was assessed as to whether it solved or reduced each of three critical methodological problems: (1) whether a validated measure of gun prevalence was used, (2) whether the authors controlled for more than a handful of possible confounding variables, and (3) whether the researchers used suitable causal order procedures to deal with the possibility of crime rates affecting gun rates, instead of the reverse.
The Impact of Gun Ownership Rates on Crime Rates A Methodological Review of the Evidence
Higher gun ownership rates do not cause higher Crime Rates
-Geaux
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The Impact of Gun Ownership Rates on Crime Rates: A Methodological Review of the Evidence
Highlights
-41 studies of the impact of gun prevalence on crime rates were reviewed.
-Each study was assessed on 3 methodological criteria
-Many weak studies find a significant positive effect of gun levels on crime.
-All methodologically strong studies find no such effect.
Abstract
Purpose
This paper reviews 41 English-language studies that tested the hypothesis that higher gun prevalence levels cause higher crime rates, especially higher homicide rates.
Methods
Each study was assessed as to whether it solved or reduced each of three critical methodological problems: (1) whether a validated measure of gun prevalence was used, (2) whether the authors controlled for more than a handful of possible confounding variables, and (3) whether the researchers used suitable causal order procedures to deal with the possibility of crime rates affecting gun rates, instead of the reverse.
The Impact of Gun Ownership Rates on Crime Rates A Methodological Review of the Evidence