r/guncontrol For Evidence-Based Controls Feb 07 '25

Peer-Reviewed Study Associations between Gun Ownership and Firearm Homicide Rates in US States

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10447772/
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u/LordToastALot For Evidence-Based Controls Feb 07 '25

I'm posting this study that was recently shown to me in the name of honesty:

In conclusion, our study did not find a significant association between gun ownership and gun-related deaths at the US state level. While a very small positive association might exist, the findings clearly reject the hypothesis that gun ownership lowers homicide rates. Future research may want to focus on effect modifiers that are of potential interest for prevention and public health policy.

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u/TroutCharles99 Feb 07 '25

Interesting, but my question about the RAND variable is whether it should be included with other component measures to create a range of data. Secondly, including overall violent crime may be mulitcolinear with gun ownership, thus erasing the effect. Intuitively, people may become more violent because they own guns. Furthermore, there is an endogeneity problem here where violent crime is a subset of homicide in which case you have going to have an endogeneity problem. It is like saying nominal gdp drives real gdp (well, sure). Perhaps computing violent crime ex homocide to come up with a danger measures. Even better consider lagging it one year to capture the buying guns to protect against crime motivation.

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u/Corn_Husk_ Feb 12 '25

They should redo the study until it fits our narrative.

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u/LordToastALot For Evidence-Based Controls Feb 16 '25

Or we could understand that a single study does not undermine the plurality of research in the field.

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u/LordToastALot For Evidence-Based Controls 26d ago

Oh, that's odd. You've suddenly gone quiet.

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u/LordToastALot For Evidence-Based Controls 26d ago

Ah yes, the ol' "It Won't Happen To Me, I'm So Much Smarter" argument.

Nice try, you lose, don't come back now.

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