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The Myth Behind Defensive Gun Ownership
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What do these and so many other cases have in common? They are the byproduct of a tragic myth: that millions of gun owners successfully use their firearms to defend themselves and their families from criminals. Despite having nearly no academic support in public health literature, this myth is the single largest motivation behind gun ownership. It traces its origin to a two-decade-old series of surveys that, despite being thoroughly repudiated at the time, persists in influencing personal safety decisions and public policy throughout the United States. |
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Millwright66
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Why do the "anti-gun advocates" always presume a "lack of evidence means a lack of validity" ? Current data nets only harvest what's intended. Just as we see how media bias creates false impressions of events. And its intransigence in the face of revealed facts maintains its narrative(s).
In truth we have relatively sparse data on the overall effect of private citizen armament. We can't "prove a negative". That is how many perps decide not attack an individual or home because of the threat of a weapon ? This sometimes referred to as "the halo effect". We already see some "broad scale" indications firearms ownership reduces crime. Now its time to "de-politicize the science" and conduct serious, peer-reviewd studies.
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