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John Lott has responded to the study. He eviscerates the study. http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorial ... z2OII5VpLx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

TexasGal wrote:I understand a lot of their basis for the study came from figures from the VPC.

In that case it's pure baloney.

You guys missed it.

"States that have the most laws have a 42% decreased rate of firearm fatalities compared to those with the least laws," said Dr. Eric W. Fleegler, an attending physician in pediatric emergency medicine at Boston Children's Hospital and an assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.

He's correct. (Mind you, I'm choosing not to quibble with his numbers. I don't know if the study is really accurate or not, but the basic point is correct.)

What he fails to point out is that when guns are banned violent crime dramatically increases and so does overall crime. Of course gun fatalities decrease. There are less guns to use in fatalities. But that's not the point. Removing guns doesn't solve the problem of crime. It only reduces the problem of crimes committed with guns while dramatically increasing the problem of overall crime and violent crime. And it doubles (at least) the chance that you will be a victim of crime.

Liberals use this tactic repeatedly. For example, they point out that England's firearm fatality rate is dramatically lower than the US. And it is. What they don't point out is that England's gun laws have created an extremely violent and crime ridden society. The same thing is happening in Australia as well, another "civilized" country that has outlawed guns.

Now the doctors in England are calling for a ban on long kitchen knives! Rather than address the real problem, which is violent felons, they want to further disarm the law abiding citizens. It's insanity, but that's liberalism.

Remember, the title of John Lott's book isn't More Guns, Less Gun Fatalities.