The Myth that Guns Cause Crime: Pandemic Relief Fraud tied to Gangs, Violent Crime

[dyno dan]

from
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20231023/the-myth-that-guns-cause-crime-pandemic-relief-fraud-tied-to-gangs-violent-crime


"When gun sales reached record-high levels during the pandemic,
alarmist gun-grabbers pushed the narrative that this unprecedented
proliferation in lawful gun ownership was somehow responsible for a
subsequent spike in homicides and other crime.

The hypothesis that increased gun sales caused a corresponding
increase in violent crime was later debunked. A 2021 study by anti-gun
researchers, no less, “found no relationship between state-level
excess purchasing and non-domestic firearm violence” and concluded
that “the magnitude of the increase in purchasing was not associated
with the magnitude of the increase in firearm violence
(https://www.nraila.org/articles/20210719/research-update-its-still-not-the-guns)."

In late 2021, The Trace, Michael Bloomberg’s pro-gun control
“newsroom,” cited the study but nonetheless stuck to the
first-blame-all-guns line, asserting that the “research we do have,
though, shows that immediate booms in access to firearms almost always
lead to corresponding spikes in violence."
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Yup, anti-gun groups and people are honest and forthright. Not.

https://www.nraila.org/articles/20231023/the-myth-that-guns-cause-crime-pandemic-relief-fraud-tied-to-gangs-violent-crime



-dan z-

[Klaus Schadenfreude]

Post by dyno dan
from
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20231023/the-myth-that-guns-cause-crime-pandemic-relief-fraud-tied-to-gangs-violent-crime
"When gun sales reached record-high levels during the pandemic,
alarmist gun-grabbers pushed the narrative that this unprecedented
proliferation in lawful gun ownership was somehow responsible for a
subsequent spike in homicides and other crime.
The hypothesis that increased gun sales caused a corresponding
increase in violent crime was later debunked. A 2021 study by anti-gun
researchers, no less, “found no relationship between state-level
excess purchasing and non-domestic firearm violence” and concluded
that “the magnitude of the increase in purchasing was not associated
with the magnitude of the increase in firearm violence
(https://www.nraila.org/articles/20210719/research-update-its-still-not-the-guns)."
In late 2021, The Trace, Michael Bloomberg’s pro-gun control
“newsroom,” cited the study but nonetheless stuck to the
first-blame-all-guns line, asserting that the “research we do have,
though, shows that immediate booms in access to firearms almost always
lead to corresponding spikes in violence."
------
Yup, anti-gun groups and people are honest and forthright. Not.
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20231023/the-myth-that-guns-cause-crime-pandemic-relief-fraud-tied-to-gangs-violent-crime

Now that "assault weapons" and high capacity magazines will be legal
in California again, I hear Rudy is going to cut his hours at the
Jolly Kone Parking Lot.