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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla
More Guns, Less Crime is out in a new edition, with additional material. The first edition started out with a database of all 3015 counties in the United States over a period of fifteen years. Pretty substantial sample. Now the research has added more years, and I believe on all 3000+ counties too.
No one has ever mounted a successful academic refutation of John Lott's research, either. Makes worthwhile reading. Lott's findings induced him to buy a Ruger revolver and practice with it.
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This says it all.
There is an agenda associated with all medical journals when it comes to firearms issues. It is another approach by those who wish to restrict the Second Amendment. Make it a public health issue. Much of their data conclusions are incorrect.
If you are interested in the contrary views of supporters of Gun Rights you can read a well footnoted summary here and see where many of the flaws in health journal come from.
http://gunowners.org/fs0401.htm