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Gun Control Research-There is no “Gun Show Loophole”
December 21, 2008 | Tagged "Gun Show Loophole", anti-gun Obama, Mainstream Media bias, research on gun debate | 1 Comment
I deferred comments during the heat of the election on a study done in the fall by researchers from the University of Michigan and the University of Maryland. The study, cited by the Citizens Committe for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, looked at more than 3,400 gun shows in California and Texas to compare outcomes between the more and less restrictive regulatory systems in those two states.
The research found that the so-call “Gun Show Loophole” (private sales without background checks between individual citizens) did not impact murder and suicide rates in the month after the shows that were studied. Admittedly, one study doesn’t necessarily provide conclusive proof, but 3,400 shows seems like a decent sample size.
Evidence contines to mount in support of the intuitive conclusion that restricting the rights of honest citizens doesn’t have a beneficial effect for society with regard to the felonious use of firearms. This is not surprising to objective, serious students of the fundamental, individual right to armed self-defense against crime and tyranny recognized by the Second Amendment.
Had this study come out favorable to gun control, you probably would have seen it in the Mainstream Media. By the way, the “Ruler-Elect” wants legislation to close what seems to be the non-existent “Gun Show Loophole.”
Def Mech
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I read that study mentioned and in that there is accuracy… but try to convince the idiots that we not only demand safety to own and to carry…but many of us go to gun shows and we buy weapons… The anti crowd is to me some of the most ill informed people on this blue ball in space…
There never has been a valid gun show loophole and they cannot get it in their heads… pity ..but then dummies and hoplophobics all run in the same crowd..