MaverickNH
NES Member
The burden of firearm violence in the United States: stricter laws result in safer states
CONCLUSIONS:
States without SFL [Strict firearms Laws] have higher firearm related injury rates, higher firearm related mortality rate, and significant potential years of life lost compared to SFL states.
They classified States as having Strict Firearms Laws based on Brady Score in 2011 and used hospital admissions data for firearms injuries to correlate Strict Firearms Laws with Firearms Injuries.
What they found:
In States with Strict Firearms Laws (SFL) 25% of firearms injury admissions were White, while in States with no-SFL 48% were White. That is, in SFL "Safe States", 75% of firearms injury admissions were Black vs 52% Black in "Non-Safe States".
Suicide and Unintentional Injury from Firearms was higher in Non-SFL States, but Firearms Injury from Assault was higher in States with SFL (which they did not mention).
So more Blacks show up in Emergency Rooms with Firearms Injuries from Assault in States with Stricter Firearms Laws, but they conclude that States with non-Strict Firearms Laws are less safe. NOT highlighting this is rather Racist, as their conclusion favors defining as "Safe States" those where fewer Whites suffer firearms injuries by accident or suicide but more Blacks are shot in Assaults.
Junks Science at its best!
CONCLUSIONS:
States without SFL [Strict firearms Laws] have higher firearm related injury rates, higher firearm related mortality rate, and significant potential years of life lost compared to SFL states.
They classified States as having Strict Firearms Laws based on Brady Score in 2011 and used hospital admissions data for firearms injuries to correlate Strict Firearms Laws with Firearms Injuries.
What they found:
In States with Strict Firearms Laws (SFL) 25% of firearms injury admissions were White, while in States with no-SFL 48% were White. That is, in SFL "Safe States", 75% of firearms injury admissions were Black vs 52% Black in "Non-Safe States".
Suicide and Unintentional Injury from Firearms was higher in Non-SFL States, but Firearms Injury from Assault was higher in States with SFL (which they did not mention).
So more Blacks show up in Emergency Rooms with Firearms Injuries from Assault in States with Stricter Firearms Laws, but they conclude that States with non-Strict Firearms Laws are less safe. NOT highlighting this is rather Racist, as their conclusion favors defining as "Safe States" those where fewer Whites suffer firearms injuries by accident or suicide but more Blacks are shot in Assaults.
Junks Science at its best!