This One Thing Could Predict Whether A Gun Owner Is More Likely To Commit Violent Crimes
BY Herschel Smith
5 years, 2 months ago
Convictions for driving under the influence may be linked to the risk of being arrested for subsequent violent crimes, a new study of legal gun owners suggests.
Researchers studied 79,678 California handgun owners from their first legal firearm purchase in 2001 until 2013, using the state Justice Department’s database of legal handgun sales.
During that period, nearly 9% of the 1,495 handgun buyers with previous DUI convictions were later arrested for crimes classified as violent by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s crime index: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. Only 2% of the 65,700 buyers with no previous criminal history wound up being arrested for those violent crimes, according to the study, which was published this week in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Mmm … I see. So we should punish the other 91% for what the 9% did or may do.
I wonder if the authors listened to how stupid this sounds before they went to press with it? Oh, and they left out something about throwing chicken bones and visits to their local palm reader and community witchdoctor.
On October 1, 2019 at 10:20 pm, George said:
They are attempting to expand the red flag laws by using any statistical avenue they can to justify confiscation. The scam will get bolder and bolder until they can use just about any reason to deny you your rights.
On October 2, 2019 at 6:14 am, Chris Mallory said:
I wonder what percentage of people with prior DUIs were later arrested for violent crimes? Was this number lower than 9%?
On October 2, 2019 at 7:27 am, Heywood said:
84.6% of statistics are made up.
On October 2, 2019 at 8:15 am, Fred said:
“…Justice Department’s database…”
On October 6, 2019 at 2:58 pm, Blake said:
Looks like someone went looking for a way to confirm their bias.