Harvard Flaw Review

[SecularMotion]

FACT CHECK: Did a 2007 Harvard University study prove that areas with higher rates of gun ownership have lower crime rates?

Claim: A 2007 Harvard University study proved that areas with higher rates of gun ownership have lower crime rates.

WHAT'S TRUE: Gun rights advocates Gary Mauser and Don Kates jointly authored a 2007 paper in the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy arguing that higher rates of gun ownership correlated with lower crime rates.

WHAT'S FALSE: The paper in question was not peer-reviewed, it didn't constitute a study, and it misrepresented separate research to draw shaky, unsupported conclusions.

http://www.snopes.com/harvard-flaw-review/

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

1. A critique of an "opinion"

About as useful as an opinion of an opinion.

[Human101948]

2. You could cite John Lott to make your point...

http://www.armedwithreason.com/shooting-down-the-gun-lobbys-favorite-academic-a-lott-of-lies/

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

3. A point made about...

...a critique of an opinion is roughly as desirable as...something or other.

On a more interesting note, replies in threads you've trashed still make it to your My Posts list.
Have a nice day.

[Human101948]

4. You're too sophisticated for me...

I can't even follow what you're talking about.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

5. Possibly I need a second coffee

My apologies for the distraction.

I was working late doing things that would bore a chipmunk.

[gejohnston]

7. except most criminologists think it is a wash either way

Lott's work was also peer reviewed and has supporters and detractors. I noticed that he did not actually discuss the methodology or use any academic sources. It really isn't much more than a personal attack on Lott than using any valid counter studies.

[ileus]

6. I seen where snopes had been trolled by the peoples cube a few times lately.