"It seems every public health journal is obligated to publish one
junk-science article on kids and guns per year. The latest is a
'study' published in Pediatrics called "State Gun Laws and Pediatric Firearm-Related Mortality."
....
The authors conclude that there are fewer children dying from
firearm-related causes in states with more gun control laws.
....
"The authors choose to count as 'children,' anyone from 0-21 years
old. No one would be surprised to hear that the study finds most of
the firearm deaths are due to assaults among 18-21-year-old male
African Americans. As the authors state, "The majority of
firearm-related deaths were assault related (61.6%) and occurred among
males (87.3%) and 18- to 21-year-old individuals (68.7%)."
....
"The study of gun laws vs. fatalities misses the exact states with the
lowest number of fatalities. These states are: Delaware, Hawaii,
Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming.

"What do most of these states have in common? They do not have the
kind of ineffective gun control laws that this study suggests help
protect 'children.' The authors essentially cherry-picked the states
that support their pre-determined conclusion, and even then, only with methodological gymnastics and a careful glossing over of certain
findings. These include the fact that there was no causation found
between a law and a rate of mortality. There wasn’t even a
statistically significant association between laws such as background
checks for ammunition purchases or laws that require firearm
identification."


https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/23/firearms-study-forgets-differences-exist-between-toddlers-and-21-year-olds/


-dan z-

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