Report Links State Gun Laws To Rates of Slayings, Trafficking

12-6-2008 • Washinton Post / Cheryl Thompson

States with [supposed] lax gun laws had higher rates of handgun killings, fatal police officer shootings, and sales of weapons used in crimes in other states, according to a mayor-funded study [that we won't let you read].

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Comment by Brock

Entered on: 12/6/2008 5:00:59 PM

With no peer review, Cheryl Thompson describes a report that the Washington Post has a copy of, but won't share until later this month. In a two-page article, exactly one sentence is allowed for rebuttal.

Rebuttal of what? The GALL of a Kansas politician who got a bill passed restricting the dissemination of ATF reports on gun dealers. The irony is ironic.

Just from the bullet points of the executive summary, you can tell this report is going to have major methodological problems. But, by the time anyone gets to read it, it's irrelevant, because the WAPO article is already out there.

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