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Re: speaking of spammy crossposting....

From % <persent@gmail.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.computer.workshop, alt.survival, comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy, talk.politics.guns
Subject Re: speaking of spammy crossposting....
Date 2020-09-17 13:40 -0700
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On 2020-09-17 1:35 p.m., Snit wrote:
> On Sep 17, 2020 at 1:20:09 PM MST, ""Commander Kinsey""
> <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 17:39:46 +0100, chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>   Commander Kinsey wrote:
>>>
>>>>   chrisv wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>   Commander Kinsey wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>   I bet you take a gun with you.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   It's my right and I exercise it. I don't take it into a bar though,
>>>>>>>   that would be illegal.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   It should be illegal to even own one.
>>>>>
>>>>>   Because making them "illegal" would prevent "bad" people from getting
>>>>>   them, right?
>>>>
>>>>   Look on Wikipedia at the number of gun deaths in the USA compared to the UK.
>>>
>>>   Evasion of my point, noted.
>>
>> Bullshit.  America has more people dying because you all have guns.
> 
> Correct... and with plenty of evidence to back this up. Here is some:
> 
> http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb05808.x/full
> ——
> The evidence linking firearms in the home to risk for suicide is reviewed.
> These data come from epidemiological, case-control, quasiexperimental, and
> prospective studies. The convergent finding from this wide range of studies is
> that there is a strong relationship between firearms in the home and risk for
> suicide, most firmly established in the United States.
> ——
> 
> http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199310073291506
> ——
> The use of illicit drugs and a history of physical fights in the home are
> important risk factors for homicide in the home. Rather than confer
> protection, guns kept in the home are associated with an increase in the risk
> of homicide by a family member or intimate acquaintance.
> ——
> 
> https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/Abstract.aspx?id=206421
> ——
> Our review of the academic literature found that a broad array of evidence
> indicates that gun availability is a risk factor for homicide, both in the
> United States and across high-income countries.  Case-control studies,
> ecological time-series and cross-sectional studies indicate that in homes,
> cities, states and regions in the U.S., where there are more guns, both men
> and women are at a higher risk for homicide, particularly firearm homicide.
> ——
> 
> http://jonathanstray.com/papers/FirearmAvailabilityVsHomicideRates.pdf
> ——
> We found that across developed countries, where guns are more available, there
> are more homicides.
> ——
> 
> https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1447364
> ——
> After controlling for poverty and urbanization, for every age group, people in
> states with many guns have elevated rates of homicide, particularly firearm
> homicide.
> ——
> 
> Gun Research
> 
> Summary (needs to be updated):
> 
> Firearm laws are associated with reductions in homicide and suicide
> Stand your ground laws are associated with a large increase in homicide
> Guns being in a home have a stronger tie to homicide than does illegal drug
> use and physical fights
> Measures to reduce children getting ahold of arms have worked
> 44% of gun-owning parents say that have a loaded and easily accessible gun in
> the home
> Removing rapid-firing firearms is associated with fewer homicides, mass
> shooting, and suicides
> Gun violence is a very big health issue
> Many incidents of gun violence are not reported
> Gun owners reach out to their representatives more than others to share their
> views on gun.
> 
> My commentary: While this research might suggest policies, I want to see far
> more research. I want to see repetition and review. If the research matches my
> intuition, fine. If it does not, fine. Let us have lots of research and have
> it be reviewed by others. Let it be funded by others. Let it be made public
> with no need for pay access.
> 
> Let us work together to reduce our gun problem as we respect rights and
> consider costs.
> 
> Background Checks
> 
> 
> https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2582989
> ——
> Findings: We found evidence that stronger firearm laws are associated with
> reductions in firearm homicide rates. The strongest evidence is for laws that
> strengthen background checks and that require a permit to purchase a firearm.
> The effect of many of the other specific types of laws is uncertain,
> specifically laws to curb gun trafficking, improve child safety, ban
> military-style assault weapons, and restrict firearms in public places.
> ——
> 
> https://academic.oup.com/epirev/article/38/1/140/2754868
> ——
> We restricted our search to studies published from 1950 to 2014. Evidence from
> 130 studies in 10 countries suggests that in certain nations the simultaneous
> implementation of laws targeting multiple firearms restrictions is associated
> with reductions in firearm deaths. Laws restricting the purchase of (e.g.,
> background checks) and access to (e.g., safer storage) firearms are also
> associated with lower rates of intimate partner homicides and firearm
> unintentional deaths in children, respectively.
> ——
> 
> https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0091743512003295
> ——
> More background checks are associated with fewer homicide (IRR:0.93, 95%
> CI:0.91–0.96) and suicide (IRR:0.98, 95% CI:0.96–1.00) deaths. Firearm
> homicide deaths are lower when states have checks for restraining orders
> (IRR:0.87, 95% CI:0.79–0.95) and fugitive status (IRR:0.79, 95% CI:0.72–0.88).
> Firearm suicide deaths are lower when states have background checks for mental
> illness (IRR:0.96, 95% CI:0.92–0.99), fugitive status (IRR:0.95, 95%
> CI:0.90–0.99) and misdemeanors (IRR:0.95, 95% CI:0.92–1.00). It does not
> appear that reductions in firearm deaths are offset by increases in
> non-firearm violent deaths.
> ——
> 
> https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0749379708003103
> ——
> Performing local-level background checks was associated with a 27%-lower
> firearm suicide rate (incidence rate ratio [IRR]=0.73, 95% CI=0.60, 0.89) and
> a 22%-lower homicide rate (IRR=0.78, 95% CI=0.61, 1.01) in adults ≥21 years.
> ——
> 
> https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047235204001394
> ——
> This study examined the relationship between state firearms homicides and
> background checks for firearms purchases. Controlling for economic and social
> conditions, the estimated number of firearms in circulation, offenders under
> community supervision, and violent crime it was found that states with less
> stringent background checks on firearms purchases were significantly
> associated with firearms homicides. The large number of firearms circulating
> within the United States makes it likely that a motivated—but
> ineligible—person could obtain a firearm over the long-term in the secondary
> firearms market. Effective state background checks, however, may temporarily
> frustrate an unauthorized person from obtaining a firearm that, in turn, may
> contribute to lower firearms homicide rates.
> ——
> Ownership Safety
> 
> http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb05808.x/full
> ——
> The evidence linking firearms in the home to risk for suicide is reviewed.
> These data come from epidemiological, case-control, quasiexperimental, and
> prospective studies. The convergent finding from this wide range of studies is
> that there is a strong relationship between firearms in the home and risk for
> suicide, most firmly established in the United States.
> ——
> 
> http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199310073291506
> ——
> The use of illicit drugs and a history of physical fights in the home are
> important risk factors for homicide in the home. Rather than confer
> protection, guns kept in the home are associated with an increase in the risk
> of homicide by a family member or intimate acquaintance.
> ——
> 
> 
> http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/06/26/among-u-s-gun-owners-parents-more-likely-than-non-parents-to-keep-their-guns-locked-and-unloaded
> ——
> 44% of gun-owning parents say there is a gun that is both loaded and easily
> accessible to them all or most of the time when they’re at home.
> ——
> 
> https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/Abstract.aspx?id=206421
> ——
> Our review of the academic literature found that a broad array of evidence
> indicates that gun availability is a risk factor for homicide, both in the
> United States and across high-income countries.  Case-control studies,
> ecological time-series and cross-sectional studies indicate that in homes,
> cities, states and regions in the U.S., where there are more guns, both men
> and women are at a higher risk for homicide, particularly firearm homicide.
> ——
> 
> http://jonathanstray.com/papers/FirearmAvailabilityVsHomicideRates.pdf
> ——
> We found that across developed countries, where guns are more available, there
> are more homicides.
> ——
> 
> https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1447364
> ——
> After controlling for poverty and urbanization, for every age group, people in
> states with many guns have elevated rates of homicide, particularly firearm
> homicide.
> ——
> 
> https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17070975
> ——
> We found that states with higher levels of household gun ownership had higher
> rates of firearm homicide and overall homicide.  This relationship held for
> both genders and all age groups, after accounting for rates of aggravated
> assault, robbery, unemployment, urbanization, alcohol consumption, and
> resource deprivation (e.g., poverty).  There was no association between gun
> prevalence and non-firearm homicide.
> ——
> 
> Swedler DI, Simmons MM, Dominici F, Hemenway D.  Firearm prevalence and
> homicides of law enforcement officers in the United States.  American Journal
> of Public Health.  2015; 105:2042-48.
> ——
> Differences in rates of homicides of Law Enforcement Officers (LEOs) across
> states are best explained not by differences in crime, but by differences in
> household gun ownership.  In high gun states, LEOs are 3 times more likely to
> be murdered than LEOs working in low-gun states.
> ——
> 
> https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/pdf/10.1377/hlthaff.12.4.142
> ——
> Ironically, many people consider guns to be part of the solution to violence
> rather than part of the problem. This viewpoint is best illustrated by a 1988
> paper, "Crime Control through the Private Use of Armed Force." In the heated
> atmosphere that surrounds gun control, firearm researchers tend to be judged
> by the acceptability of their findings rather than by the rigor of their
> methods. After one team of investigators published a study that linked higher
> rates of homicide with readily available handguns, the research director for
> the National Rifle Association (NRA) demanded that two of the study's authors
> be investigated by the NIH office of scientific integrity. His petition was
> dismissed following internal agency review.
> 
> The NRA also has sought to block further firearm-injury research. Shortly
> after the study described above was published, the NRA published a blistering
> attack in its official journal, American Rifleman. On the same page the NRA
> encouraged concerned members to write to the assistant secretary for health to
> protest "the use of federal tax dollars by the Centers for Disease Control to
> conduct anti-gun pseudo-scientific studies disguised as research into the
> 'epidemiology of violence'."
> ——
> 
> https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4167105
> ——
> Results. We found no robust, statistically significant correlation between gun
> ownership and stranger firearm homicide rates. However, we found a positive
> and significant association between gun ownership and nonstranger firearm
> homicide rates. The incidence rate ratio for nonstranger firearm homicide rate
> associated with gun ownership was 1.014 (95% confidence interval = 1.009,
> 1.019).
> Conclusions. Our findings challenge the argument that gun ownership deters
> violent crime, in particular, homicides.
> ——
> 
> But many in America want to deny this because... um... feelings?
> 
> 
>> So either everyone is clumsy over there, or in the UK baddies don't have so
>> many guns, by an order of magnitude.  Think about it, you wanna shoot
>> someone.  In the UK you have to obtain one illegally, which could be
>> difficult.  In the USA, just get one in Walmart.
> 
> 
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