Four Fabrications About Firearms
James D. Agresti
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Agresti, J. D. (2017, October 19). Four Fabrications About Firearms. Retrieved from https://www.justfactsdaily.com/four-fabrications-about-firearms
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Agresti, James D. “Four Fabrications About Firearms.” Just Facts. 19 October 2017. Web. 2 October 2023.<https://www.justfactsdaily.com/four-fabrications-about-firearms>.
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James D. Agresti, “Four Fabrications About Firearms.” Just Facts. October 19, 2017. https://www.justfactsdaily.com/four-fabrications-about-firearms.
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Agresti, James D. “Four Fabrications About Firearms.” Just Facts. October 19, 2017. https://www.justfactsdaily.com/four-fabrications-about-firearms.
…Science gun control analysis says, “Some gun control policies may reduce the number of gun suicides, but they have not yet been shown to reduce the overall risk of suicide…
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Five Fallacies About Guns and Violence
James D. Agresti
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Agresti, J. D. (2012, July 31). Five Fallacies About Guns and Violence. Retrieved from https://www.justfactsdaily.com/five-fallacies-about-guns-and-violence
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Agresti, James D. “Five Fallacies About Guns and Violence.” Just Facts. 31 July 2012. Web. 2 October 2023.<https://www.justfactsdaily.com/five-fallacies-about-guns-and-violence>.
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James D. Agresti, “Five Fallacies About Guns and Violence.” Just Facts. July 31, 2012. https://www.justfactsdaily.com/five-fallacies-about-guns-and-violence.
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Agresti, James D. “Five Fallacies About Guns and Violence.” Just Facts. July 31, 2012. https://www.justfactsdaily.com/five-fallacies-about-guns-and-violence.
…with strict gun-control laws have less gun-related deaths A Washington Post op-ed by Ezra Klein and a New York Times house editorial both affirmed that states with strict gun-control laws…
Read moreHow Often Do Citizens Use Guns to Stop Violence?
James D. Agresti
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Agresti, J. D. (2018, February 23). How Often Do Citizens Use Guns to Stop Violence? Retrieved from https://www.justfactsdaily.com/how-often-do-citizens-use-guns-to-stop-violence
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Agresti, James D. “How Often Do Citizens Use Guns to Stop Violence?” Just Facts. 23 February 2018. Web. 2 October 2023.<https://www.justfactsdaily.com/how-often-do-citizens-use-guns-to-stop-violence>.
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James D. Agresti, “How Often Do Citizens Use Guns to Stop Violence?” Just Facts. February 23, 2018. https://www.justfactsdaily.com/how-often-do-citizens-use-guns-to-stop-violence.
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Agresti, James D. “How Often Do Citizens Use Guns to Stop Violence?” Just Facts. February 23, 2018. https://www.justfactsdaily.com/how-often-do-citizens-use-guns-to-stop-violence.
…members who had used a gun for defense during a situation in which they thought someone “almost certainly would have been killed” if they “had not used a gun for…
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Progressive Myths About Mass Shootings and Weapons of War
James D. Agresti and William T. Reynolds
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Agresti, J. D., & Reynolds, W. T. (2021, March 31). Progressive Myths About Mass Shootings and Weapons of War. Retrieved from https://www.justfactsdaily.com/progressive-myths-about-mass-shootings-and-weapons-of-war
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Agresti, James D., and Reynolds, William T. “Progressive Myths About Mass Shootings and Weapons of War.” Just Facts. 31 March 2021. Web. 2 October 2023.<https://www.justfactsdaily.com/progressive-myths-about-mass-shootings-and-weapons-of-war>.
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James D. Agresti, and William T. Reynolds, “Progressive Myths About Mass Shootings and Weapons of War.” Just Facts. March 31, 2021. https://www.justfactsdaily.com/progressive-myths-about-mass-shootings-and-weapons-of-war.
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Agresti, James D., and Reynolds, William T. “Progressive Myths About Mass Shootings and Weapons of War.” Just Facts. March 31, 2021. https://www.justfactsdaily.com/progressive-myths-about-mass-shootings-and-weapons-of-war.
…strategy involved calling them “assault weapons,” a phrase that is almost identical to “assault rifles”—the most common type of military firearm. In 1988, Josh Sugarmann, the founder of a gun…
Read moreDeadly Falsehoods About the Orlando Shooting and Gun Control
James D. Agresti
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Agresti, J. D. (2016, June 20). Deadly Falsehoods About the Orlando Shooting and Gun Control. Retrieved from https://www.justfactsdaily.com/deadly-falsehoods-orlando-shooting-gun-control
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Agresti, James D. “Deadly Falsehoods About the Orlando Shooting and Gun Control.” Just Facts. 20 June 2016. Web. 2 October 2023.<https://www.justfactsdaily.com/deadly-falsehoods-orlando-shooting-gun-control>.
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James D. Agresti, “Deadly Falsehoods About the Orlando Shooting and Gun Control.” Just Facts. June 20, 2016. https://www.justfactsdaily.com/deadly-falsehoods-orlando-shooting-gun-control.
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Agresti, James D. “Deadly Falsehoods About the Orlando Shooting and Gun Control.” Just Facts. June 20, 2016. https://www.justfactsdaily.com/deadly-falsehoods-orlando-shooting-gun-control.
…and politicians call an “assault weapon.” The 2011 AP Stylebook defines this term as follows: A semi-automatic firearm similar in appearance to a fully automatic firearm or military weapon. Not…
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Should the U.S. Adopt Australia’s Strict Gun Laws?
James D. Agresti
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Agresti, J. D. (2012, December 20). Should the U.S. Adopt Australia’s Strict Gun Laws? Retrieved from https://www.justfactsdaily.com/should-the-u-s-adopt-australias-strict-gun-laws
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Agresti, James D. “Should the U.S. Adopt Australia’s Strict Gun Laws?” Just Facts. 20 December 2012. Web. 2 October 2023.<https://www.justfactsdaily.com/should-the-u-s-adopt-australias-strict-gun-laws>.
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James D. Agresti, “Should the U.S. Adopt Australia’s Strict Gun Laws?” Just Facts. December 20, 2012. https://www.justfactsdaily.com/should-the-u-s-adopt-australias-strict-gun-laws.
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Agresti, James D. “Should the U.S. Adopt Australia’s Strict Gun Laws?” Just Facts. December 20, 2012. https://www.justfactsdaily.com/should-the-u-s-adopt-australias-strict-gun-laws.
…Australia’s 1996 gun laws and government-funded gun buyback prove such policies are effective in stemming violence. Versions of this narrative have recently been circulated by ABC News, the New York…
Read moreMedia Misinformation About Arming Teachers
James D. Agresti
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Agresti, J. D. (2018, February 27). Media Misinformation About Arming Teachers. Retrieved from https://www.justfactsdaily.com/media-misinformation-about-arming-teachers
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Agresti, James D. “Media Misinformation About Arming Teachers.” Just Facts. 27 February 2018. Web. 2 October 2023.<https://www.justfactsdaily.com/media-misinformation-about-arming-teachers>.
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James D. Agresti, “Media Misinformation About Arming Teachers.” Just Facts. February 27, 2018. https://www.justfactsdaily.com/media-misinformation-about-arming-teachers.
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Agresti, James D. “Media Misinformation About Arming Teachers.” Just Facts. February 27, 2018. https://www.justfactsdaily.com/media-misinformation-about-arming-teachers.
…President Trump said: “A ‘gun free’ school is a magnet for bad people.” “Highly trained, gun adept, teachers/coaches” would be a “great deterrent” to school shootings. “If a potential ‘sicko…
Read moreThere’s No Objective Evidence the Federal “Assault Weapons” Ban Saved Lives
James D. Agresti
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Agresti, J. D. (2022, June 15). There’s No Objective Evidence the Federal “Assault Weapons” Ban Saved Lives. Retrieved from https://www.justfactsdaily.com/no-objective-evidence-the-federal-assault-weapons-ban-saved-lives
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Agresti, James D. “There’s No Objective Evidence the Federal “Assault Weapons” Ban Saved Lives.” Just Facts. 15 June 2022. Web. 2 October 2023.<https://www.justfactsdaily.com/no-objective-evidence-the-federal-assault-weapons-ban-saved-lives>.
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James D. Agresti, “There’s No Objective Evidence the Federal “Assault Weapons” Ban Saved Lives.” Just Facts. June 15, 2022. https://www.justfactsdaily.com/no-objective-evidence-the-federal-assault-weapons-ban-saved-lives.
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Agresti, James D. “There’s No Objective Evidence the Federal “Assault Weapons” Ban Saved Lives.” Just Facts. June 15, 2022. https://www.justfactsdaily.com/no-objective-evidence-the-federal-assault-weapons-ban-saved-lives.
…Press Stylebook. A decade ago, the 2011 Stylebook distinguished between “assault weapons” and “assault rifles” as follows: assault weapon: A semi-automatic firearm similar in appearance to a fully automatic firearm…
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Rape Facts and Falsehoods
James D. Agresti
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Agresti, J. D. (2018, October 5). Rape Facts and Falsehoods. Retrieved from https://www.justfactsdaily.com/rape-facts-and-falsehoods
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Agresti, James D. “Rape Facts and Falsehoods.” Just Facts. 5 October 2018. Web. 2 October 2023.<https://www.justfactsdaily.com/rape-facts-and-falsehoods>.
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James D. Agresti, “Rape Facts and Falsehoods.” Just Facts. October 5, 2018. https://www.justfactsdaily.com/rape-facts-and-falsehoods.
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Agresti, James D. “Rape Facts and Falsehoods.” Just Facts. October 5, 2018. https://www.justfactsdaily.com/rape-facts-and-falsehoods.
…side even if you had a gun. And, chances are that if you would have had a gun, then he would have been able to get that from you and…
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Four Underused Tools to Stop School Shootings
James D. Agresti
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Agresti, J. D. (2023, April 11). Four Underused Tools to Stop School Shootings. Retrieved from https://www.justfactsdaily.com/four-underused-tools-to-stop-school-shootings
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Agresti, James D. “Four Underused Tools to Stop School Shootings.” Just Facts. 11 April 2023. Web. 2 October 2023.<https://www.justfactsdaily.com/four-underused-tools-to-stop-school-shootings>.
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James D. Agresti, “Four Underused Tools to Stop School Shootings.” Just Facts. April 11, 2023. https://www.justfactsdaily.com/four-underused-tools-to-stop-school-shootings.
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Agresti, James D. “Four Underused Tools to Stop School Shootings.” Just Facts. April 11, 2023. https://www.justfactsdaily.com/four-underused-tools-to-stop-school-shootings.
By James D. Agresti April 11, 2023 Credit: vchal/Shutterstock.com In the aftermath of school shootings, media outlets often amplify calls for gun control while ignoring or spurning evidence-based ways to…
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As Murders Soar, FBI Buries the Data
James D. Agresti
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Agresti, J. D. (2022, November 4). As Murders Soar, FBI Buries the Data. Retrieved from https://www.justfactsdaily.com/as-murders-soar-fbi-buries-the-data
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Agresti, James D. “As Murders Soar, FBI Buries the Data.” Just Facts. 4 November 2022. Web. 2 October 2023.<https://www.justfactsdaily.com/as-murders-soar-fbi-buries-the-data>.
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James D. Agresti, “As Murders Soar, FBI Buries the Data.” Just Facts. November 4, 2022. https://www.justfactsdaily.com/as-murders-soar-fbi-buries-the-data.
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Agresti, James D. “As Murders Soar, FBI Buries the Data.” Just Facts. November 4, 2022. https://www.justfactsdaily.com/as-murders-soar-fbi-buries-the-data.
…gun sales, but this notion doesn’t hold water. Cassel’s study examined this possibility and found that the increases in firearm purchases don’t accord with the murder surges in time or…
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Question of the Day
Do states with low gun ownership rates generally have lower or higher murder rates than states with high gun ownership rates?…
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