DRGO Study Finds No Association Between Increased Legal Firearm Sales and Crime Rates
From the Second Amendment Foundation . . . Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership—a project of the Second Amendment Foundation—has released a new study showing there is “no association between increased lawful firearm sales and rates...
When Objective Analysis of Firearms and Violent Crime Puts Researchers’ Reputations at Risk
By Robert B. Young, MD Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership member Mark Hamill, MD recently let us know about his team’s newly published paper on how firearm sales across the states correlate with violent crime....
Follow the Science: Analysis of State, National Data Shows More Civilian Gun Ownership is...
By Lee Williams A recently published study by a team of physicians and medical researchers found no link between increased legal gun sales and increased violent crime rates. Moreover, the study concluded “it is unclear...
FBI Massively Understates Shooting Statistics: Analysis Show Armed Americans Stop About Half of Active...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation continues to tarnish its own reputation by vastly downplaying -- by a factor of more than 10 -- the number of incidents in which armed Americans stop spree killers....
As Crime Spirals, Americans Bought Another 1.2 Million Guns in September
Oh look! Another month with over a million guns purchased by law-abiding Americans. That sound you hear in the distance is a hundred red-shirted moms crying out in horror and anguish. Oh wait...it was actually...
CDC Data Shows Constitutional Carry States Have Fewer Total and Gun-Related Homicides
In September of 2021, Texas became the twenty-first state to allow some form of permitless or “constitutional” carry. That means in Texas, if you are at least 21 years old and you are not...
Data Shows Gun ‘Buybacks’ Waste Tax Dollars, are Ineffective at Reducing Crime, Suicides…So Why...
By Salam Fatohi Recently, Pew Charitable Trusts explored gun buyback programs and their ability to reduce crime. A “gun buyback program,” or GBP, is a local government program that purchases unwanted firearms. The premise that the government...
Trending Smaller: Micro-Compacts Now Make Up 25% Of 9mm Semi-Auto Handguns Shipped to Retailers
From the National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers . . . Cellphones, mp3 players – the original trend was to make them as small as possible. Compact, easy to transport and slip in a pocket....
Sorry Beto, ‘Gun Violence’ Isn’t the Biggest Killer of Kids in America, but Gang...
Few things concern people more than the safety of their kids. That’s probably why a popular talking point that has been adopted by the media, anti-gun organizations, and anti-gun politicians lately is that “guns...
At Least David Chipman’s Super-Secret ‘Firearms 101’ Online Course for Everytown Was Entertaining
David Chipman squirmed when the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee grilled him for an “assault weapon” definition. The gun control lobbyist nominated by President Joe Biden to become the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol,...
No, 9mm Is Not A ‘One Size Fits All’ Defensive Caliber
There's a tendency among gun owners to follow whatever law enforcement does when it comes to selecting a firearm for defense. When the police carried revolvers, many civilians had a revolver (yes, that's mostly...
Governor Hochul Doesn’t Need Facts or Data to Tell Her That New Yorkers Have...
It only took 30 seconds, that’s all. New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul held a press conference calling back her state’s legislature for an “extraordinary” session to pass more gun control after the U.S....