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…
Read moreFive 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?
…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…
Read moreProgressive 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
…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…
Read moreMedia 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 moreShould the U.S. Adopt Australia’s 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 moreThere’s 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…
Read moreRape 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…
Read moreFour 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…
Read moreAs 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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