I read the Abstract at SSRN but didn't read the 100+ page paper.
Reading the Abstract gave me a feeling that a *lot* of tests of
significance were done. It is well known in statistics that if one
runs enough tests that eventually, maybe pretty soon, that one will
get a significant result (p <
Except that while Detroit and New Orleans both have/had high crime
rates, neither has strict gun control.
Louisiana is a shall issue state, as is Michigan, and Detroit's police
chief is solidly pro-gun and advises citizens to get a gun "and shoot
home invaders." (Ditto Milwaukee County, WI's
I have not yet read and pondered it, but Lott’s rebuttal to new coverage of
Donohue et al is at:
http://crimepreventionresearchcenter.org/2014/11/problems-with-the-washington-posts-and-huffington-posts-more-guns-more-crime-claims/
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The study is pretty easy to pick apart using the FBI crime stats website. Also
it is pretty easy to control for the most violent cities with the strictest gun
control: New York, Chicago, Detroit, Wash D.C., New Orleans.
Donald E. J. Kilmer, Jr.
Attorney at Law (SBN: 179986)
Law Offices
I started reviewing the paper, but have had to put it on hold due to competing
priorities.
That being said, I’m seeing a repeating patterns in obfuscation that Donohue
seems to prefer. Mainly in citing contentious sources as authoritative, and
using prose so turgid as to induce sleep in anyo
In obtuse academic-speak they admit they are just guesses wrapped in a red
ribbon.
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Professor (Emeritus) Joseph Olson, J.D.(*Honors,* Duke)
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I've only read the news article, not the research paper, and the first
thing is see is correlation - which is not the same as causation. Then
the language shifts to causation. I need to read the research paper
before commenting on the research.
--henry schaffer
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Gr
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>Today's Topics:
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> 1. New Stanford gun control study (Daniel D. Todd)
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>Has anyone reviewed the methodology and findings of the new Stanford study?
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>http://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/november/donohue-guns-stud
