Comments on: GunFacts Hasn’t Any

by: Administrator

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:25:15 +0000

MH: Cherry-picking is an easily defined term. It basically means picking that data which is favorable to one’s argument and omitting that which is not.

by: Administrator

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:22:33 +0000

GM: GunFacts, as I note, doesn’t always furnish citations. In fact, in several instances, I researched where the info may have come from. In other instances, GunFacts may only furnish a general cite by pointing to the Bureau of Justice Statistics page or the FBI UCARs without highlighting where the data came from.
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WRT my Florida right-to-carry law, my numbers come from FL’s DOACS licensing statistics for Concealed Weapon/Firearm Summary.

by: Administrator

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:16:09 +0000

MAJMike: It isn’t true there aren’t violent crimes committed at Camp Victory. But one must remember Camp Victory represents a self-selected sample.

by: JDFAR

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:36:57 +0000

When are you going to start quoting Michael Bellesiles as a way to back your stats?

by: JDFAR

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:04:54 +0000

This is another of those “Factless” studies:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwR/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5214a2.htm
Boy those CDC people must be loons too.

by: Michael Hawkins

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:29:59 +0000

I’m impressed, all of that text without any mentionable insults.

Still, I’m not sure if you know what cherry picking really means, also, how did you manage to put up all that info without posting a single source?

by: Gregory Morris

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:30:06 +0000

I’m actually glad to see constructive criticism of these statistics, since there is not much on our side of the fence. However, GunFacts does have citations for a majority of their figures, whereas you have posted none. When you say things like “Actually, the rate is just under 1%”, could you cite your source, so it can be cross-verified? Often, two groups collect the same data and get different results, so it helps to see where the numbers come from to verify which number (if any) is valid, and whether or not given studies are reputable.

by: JDFAR

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:29:14 +0000

When you finish with this one here is another for you to discredit
http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Vol30_No2_KatesMauseronline.pdf
Of course written by GL’s it must be

by: Freddy

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:04:45 +0000

citations?

by: Mike_the_Army_Officer

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:23:07 +0000

Ok, so more guns means more violence? So why did Camp Victory, Iraq, where every single person had a loaded rifle or handgun, on them at all times, have an effective crime rate of zero? Why weren’t there shootouts in the dining facility and love triangle murder-suicides daily? Is it possible that guns are not the main factors in violence?