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Lott to G&P: Johns Hopkins' gun violence study flawed, twisted | Human Events
Even though there are 19 states in the union with universal background checks or similar laws, researchers in the study chose only one state to look at, covering only one point-in-time, addressing murder rates alone, he said. “Simply looking at whether murder rates were higher after the law was rescinded than before misses much of what was going on.”
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In the five-year period after the law was enacted, the murder rate went up faster in Missouri than it did in other states, but in the five-year period before the law was enacted the murder rate was going up even faster, said Lott. “Missouri was on an ominous path before the law was ended.”
While it is true that murder rates increased by 16 percent in Missouri during the controlled time-period of the study, there is evidence to suggest that murder rates actually slowed down after the regulation was rescinded, he said. “Most likely, getting rid of the law slowed the growth rate in murders.”
Lott to G&P: Johns Hopkins' gun violence study flawed, twisted | Human Events
Even though there are 19 states in the union with universal background checks or similar laws, researchers in the study chose only one state to look at, covering only one point-in-time, addressing murder rates alone, he said. “Simply looking at whether murder rates were higher after the law was rescinded than before misses much of what was going on.”
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In the five-year period after the law was enacted, the murder rate went up faster in Missouri than it did in other states, but in the five-year period before the law was enacted the murder rate was going up even faster, said Lott. “Missouri was on an ominous path before the law was ended.”
While it is true that murder rates increased by 16 percent in Missouri during the controlled time-period of the study, there is evidence to suggest that murder rates actually slowed down after the regulation was rescinded, he said. “Most likely, getting rid of the law slowed the growth rate in murders.”
