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Pandemic gun violence surge was not linked to rise in gun sa

Postby jdege on Sat Jul 10, 2021 8:19 pm

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/09/pandemic-us-gun-violence-surge-firearm-sales
Pandemic gun violence surge was not linked to rise in gun sales, study finds
Research suggests looking at role of job loss, economic change, closure of schools and community organizations and civil unrest
Gun homicides surged across the United States during the coronavirus pandemic, in the same year that Americans bought a record-breaking number of guns.

But some of America’s leading gun violence researchers have concluded that what might seem like an obvious cause-and-effect – a surge in gun buying leads to a surge in gun violence – is not supported by the data.

Through July of last year, there was no clear association between the increase in firearm purchases and the increase in most interpersonal gun violence at the state level, according to a new study published in Injury Epidemiology, a peer-reviewed scientific journal.

The findings suggest that “we need to be looking at other factors, like job loss, economic change, the closure of schools and community organizations and nonprofits, and civil unrest,” in order to understand last year’s increase in gun violence, Julia Schleimer, the lead author of the new study, said.
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Re: Pandemic gun violence surge was not linked to rise in gun sa

Postby Grayskies on Sun Jul 11, 2021 2:05 am

jdege wrote:https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/09/pandemic-us-gun-violence-surge-firearm-sales
Pandemic gun violence surge was not linked to rise in gun sales, study finds
Research suggests looking at role of job loss, economic change, closure of schools and community organizations and civil unrest
Gun homicides surged across the United States during the coronavirus pandemic, in the same year that Americans bought a record-breaking number of guns.

But some of America’s leading gun violence researchers have concluded that what might seem like an obvious cause-and-effect – a surge in gun buying leads to a surge in gun violence – is not supported by the data.

Through July of last year, there was no clear association between the increase in firearm purchases and the increase in most interpersonal gun violence at the state level, according to a new study published in Injury Epidemiology, a peer-reviewed scientific journal.

The findings suggest that “we need to be looking at other factors, like job loss, economic change, the closure of schools and community organizations and nonprofits, and civil unrest,” in order to understand last year’s increase in gun violence, Julia Schleimer, the lead author of the new study, said.

They may also need to look at our open southern border and all the drugs and criminals (like ms-13, human trafficers and others) crossing that border as well.
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Postby LarryFlew on Mon Jul 12, 2021 11:48 am

Hundreds of studies and none including FBI etc claimed that caused a rise but the Dumbocrats still want to add more laws instead of taking taking care of the problem and letting law breakers go free to break the law again and again.
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Postby Holland&Holland on Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:40 pm

LarryFlew wrote:Hundreds of studies and none including FBI etc claimed that caused a rise but the Dumbocrats still want to add more laws instead of taking taking care of the problem and letting law breakers go free to break the law again and again.

Of course they do. Have to consolidate power somehow.
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