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Bogus "Study": You're More Likely to Be Shot By Cop in Pro-Gun States
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David Williamson
Website: http://constitutionnetwork,com
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Researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Northeastern University came together to study the correlation between states' gun ownership and officer-involved shootings. The researchers published their findings in the Journal for Urban Health. Their grandiose takeaway: if you live in a state with "looser" gun laws – AKA you're allowed to utilize your Second Amendment rights – then you're more likely to be shot by police officers.
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jac
(10/16/2018)
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You're more likely to be shot by a cop if you break the law.
Law abiding people rarely get shot by a cop. It happens, like in Dallas where a cop shot a man in his apartment, but it is an aberration that is not statistically meaningful.
Cops shooting criminals doesn't bother me in the least. |
| Comment by:
mickey
(10/16/2018)
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| jac, since cops mistakenly shoot and kill people about twice as often as cops get killed on duty, would you say that cop deaths are statistically insignificant too? |
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