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7. bias in other articles
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 02:07 PM
Jul 2016

It's interesting to see the bias in scientific articles on gun control.

This article in the lancet for example
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)01026-0/abstract



The conclusion was that certain laws like background checks for ammo can reduce gun deaths if they were applied to all states.

If you go read the whole article (which you have to pay for of course) their own data showed that several gun control laws increased gun related deaths. Using the same methodology states that had mandatory firearm locks and assault weapons bans had higher rates of gun related deaths.

They did mention this, but in their conclusion made no suggestion that these laws be repealed, only to propagate the laws to more states that fit their agenda. Actually 16 out of the 25 state gun control laws they looked at, using their methodology, either did nothing or increased gun related deaths. But no call to repeal these laws at all.

Its not science at that point, its just propaganda.


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