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Four Fabrications About Firearms

James D. Agresti 1946 Views 6 Comments
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Agresti, J. D. (2017, October 19). Four Fabrications About Firearms. Retrieved from https://www.justfactsdaily.com/four-fabrications-about-firearms
MLA
Agresti, James D. “Four Fabrications About Firearms.” Just Facts. 19 October 2017. Web. 20 June 2021.<https://www.justfactsdaily.com/four-fabrications-about-firearms>.
Chicago (for footnotes)
James D. Agresti, “Four Fabrications About Firearms.” Just Facts. October 19, 2017. https://www.justfactsdaily.com/four-fabrications-about-firearms.
Chicago (for bibliographies)
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

Five Fallacies About Guns and Violence

James D. Agresti 6264 Views 50 Comments
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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. 20 June 2021.<https://www.justfactsdaily.com/five-fallacies-about-guns-and-violence>.
Chicago (for footnotes)
James D. Agresti, “Five Fallacies About Guns and Violence.” Just Facts. July 31, 2012. https://www.justfactsdaily.com/five-fallacies-about-guns-and-violence.
Chicago (for bibliographies)
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…

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How Often Do Citizens Use Guns to Stop Violence?

James D. Agresti 6960 Views 21 Comments
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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. 20 June 2021.<https://www.justfactsdaily.com/how-often-do-citizens-use-guns-to-stop-violence>.
Chicago (for footnotes)
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.
Chicago (for bibliographies)
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

Progressive Myths About Mass Shootings and Weapons of War

James D. Agresti and William T. Reynolds 12320 Views 7 Comments
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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. 20 June 2021.<https://www.justfactsdaily.com/progressive-myths-about-mass-shootings-and-weapons-of-war>.
Chicago (for footnotes)
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.
Chicago (for bibliographies)
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.

…looks, coupled with the public’s confusion over fully automatic machine guns versus semi-automatic assault weapons—anything that looks like a machine gun is assumed to be a machine gun—can only increase…

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Deadly Falsehoods About the Orlando Shooting and Gun Control

James D. Agresti 2373 Views 23 Comments
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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. 20 June 2021.<https://www.justfactsdaily.com/deadly-falsehoods-orlando-shooting-gun-control>.
Chicago (for footnotes)
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.
Chicago (for bibliographies)
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?

Should the U.S. Adopt Australia’s Strict Gun Laws?

James D. Agresti 1773 Views 48 Comments
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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. 20 June 2021.<https://www.justfactsdaily.com/should-the-u-s-adopt-australias-strict-gun-laws>.
Chicago (for footnotes)
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.
Chicago (for bibliographies)
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…

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Media Misinformation About Arming Teachers

James D. Agresti 2438 Views 31 Comments
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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
MLA
Agresti, James D. “Media Misinformation About Arming Teachers.” Just Facts. 27 February 2018. Web. 20 June 2021.<https://www.justfactsdaily.com/media-misinformation-about-arming-teachers>.
Chicago (for footnotes)
James D. Agresti, “Media Misinformation About Arming Teachers.” Just Facts. February 27, 2018. https://www.justfactsdaily.com/media-misinformation-about-arming-teachers.
Chicago (for bibliographies)
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…

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Rape Facts and Falsehoods

Rape Facts and Falsehoods

James D. Agresti 4805 Views 12 Comments
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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. 20 June 2021.<https://www.justfactsdaily.com/rape-facts-and-falsehoods>.
Chicago (for footnotes)
James D. Agresti, “Rape Facts and Falsehoods.” Just Facts. October 5, 2018. https://www.justfactsdaily.com/rape-facts-and-falsehoods.
Chicago (for bibliographies)
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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Question of the Day

…a certificate from their district police chief in order to purchase or possess any type of firearm. This law also required that firearm certificates specify the identification numbers (“if known”)…

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