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Gun-control advocates love to create specious reports that attempt to show the impact certain anti-gun policies have on crime rates.<\/p>\n

A recent example is one produced by the Center for American Progress, CAP, called, \u201cAmerica Under Fire: An Analysis of Gun Violence in the United States and the Link to Weak Gun Laws<\/a>.\u201d It was immediately picked up by biased media outlets and parroted by gun-grabbing politicians.<\/p>\n

The CTPost ran a story titled, \u201cConnecticut Among Five Safest States for Gun Violence,<\/a>\u201d and quoted Gov. Daniel P. Malloy in the article who referenced the study during a press conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re proud of the progress we\u2019re making in Connecticut,\u201d said Malloy. \u201cWe have the second-toughest laws. We are the fifth-safest state with respect to shootings.\u201d<\/p>\n

The underlying argument being made is that anti-gun policies are responsible for low crime rates. However, this claim is B.S. \u00a0To use a football analogy, it would be like arguing, “The Patriots have the best uniforms in the league, that’s why they’re 6-1 on the season.”<\/p>\n

Clearly, uniforms have no impact on team performance. \u00a0Reasons for the Patriots success include all of the following: Tom Brady, Bill Belichick,\u00a0the clever defensive schemes, the solid run game, the dominate players at TE, the overall team discipline, the doggish work ethic perpetuated by a winning culture.<\/p>\n

Anyways, in an awesome response to the CTPost <\/a>and its coverage of the CAP study, NRA legislative liaison for the state of Connecticut, Christopher G. Kopacki explains how one ought to trust the FBI on crime stats and not the study of a progressive think-tank.<\/p>\n

Remarkably, the \u201cstudy\u201d in its very first paragraph, describes many of the factors which influence a state\u2019s violent crime, murder and suicide rates and then ignores all those factors in its analysis, instead focusing on only one factor: gun control laws. The nation\u2019s top law enforcement agency, the FBI, is adamant that its crime data NOT be used to create these misleading state \u201crankings.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The FBI says, \u201cThese incomplete analyses have often created misleading perceptions which adversely affect geographic entities and their residents. For this reason, the FBI has a long-standing policy against ranking participating law enforcement agencies on the basis of crime data alone. Despite repeated warnings against these practices, some data users continue to challenge and misunderstand this position.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Here are some factors the FBI says are \u201cknown\u201d to affect crime rates:<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2022 Population density and degree of urbanization.<\/em>
\n\u2022 Variations in composition of the population, particularly youth concentration.<\/em>
\n\u2022 Stability of the population with respect to residents\u2019 mobility, commuting patterns, and transient factors.<\/em>
\n\u2022 Economic conditions, including median income, poverty level, and job availability.<\/em>
\n\u2022 Modes of transportation and highway systems.<\/em>
\n\u2022 Cultural factors and educational, recreational, and religious characteristics.<\/em>
\n\u2022 Family conditions with respect to divorce and family cohesiveness.<\/em>
\n\u2022 Climate.<\/em>
\n\u2022 <\/em>Effective strength of law enforcement agencies.<\/em>
\n\u2022 Administrative and investigative emphases on law enforcement.<\/em>
\n\u2022 Citizens\u2019 attitudes toward crime.<\/em>
\n\u2022 Crime reporting practices of the citizenry.<\/em><\/p>\n

The FBI has this exactly right. If you are truly interested in promoting effective laws to protect the public, you must consider all the factors that influence crime rates \u2014 not the one factor the FBI doesn\u2019t even consider, gun control laws.<\/em><\/p>\n

So, just know when you see or hear about these state \u201crankings\u201d as they relate to “weak gun laws” and “gun violence,” they\u2019re complete nonsense. Gun control laws have no statistically significant impact crime rates. \u00a0Just as uniform quality has zero impact on team performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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