State by State, More Guns Mean More Killing of Women

[Nuclear Unicorn]

I found this over at the Whine Cellar --

State by State, More Guns Mean More Killing of Women

A new study from Boston University has found a strong correlation between a state’s rate of gun ownership and its rate of women murdered by people they know. The article, soon to be published in Violence and Gender, stands to combat claims from conservatives that guns make women safer. In fact, relaxing gun laws may have dire implications for domestic violence.

Authors Michael Siegel and Emily Rothman studied firearm ownership rates and how they compared with gun-related homicides of both men and women, committed by both strangers and nonstrangers, from 1981 to 2013. After controlling for age, race, region, poverty, unemployment, education, divorce rate, alcohol use, and a number of other potentially extenuating factors, they found that higher levels of gun ownership corresponded to higher rates of women being killed by people they know, but not by strangers.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2016/01/25/state_by_state_more_guns_mean_more_killing_of_women.html

Did you notice this part --

After controlling for age, race, region, poverty, unemployment, education, divorce rate, alcohol use, and a number of other potentially extenuating factors...

That's a euphemism for "torturing the data until it told us what we wanted." I'd wager alcohol and other forms of substance abuse is a far more greater indicator of domestic violence than firearm ownership but that was excised because GUNZ!

[Nuclear Unicorn]

2. Speaking of paranoia and rage: "gun nutters are happy to see more dead innocents"

[GGJohn]

3. Jeez, what a big fat lie.

Our local gun nutters are happy to see more dead innocesteeped in a culture of paranoia and rage.nts. They are a death cult

Let's see some proof.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

4. I'd wager we can find plenty of posts of pro-gun control DU'ers advocating

SWAT-ing, violent assault and other offenses against law-abiding, peaceable gun owners while our interlocutor would be hard-pressed to find any violent ideations from our side.

[GGJohn]

6. There have been plenty of those on DU, and allowed to stand by juries. eom.

[DonP]

8. Remember allthe "Break his arms" posts?

When the white guy tackled the legal black concealed carry guy in Wal Mart?

We had all kinds of "tolerant" gun controllers calling for no prosecution and wishing that he'd broken his arms so he couldn't use his gun.

Gun controllers are such caring, sympathetic people.

[DonP]

7. Anxiously looking forward to your plans to end the NRA and the 2nd amendment

Of course, you'll be handicapped by the fact that it requires doing things out here in the real world, and all the studies and polls don't matter out where people actually have to get off the couch and vote.

As to paranoia and rage, you seem to be projecting an awful lot of it toward your fellow DU members. Better take a ceep breath or two, that can get you gone if you lose control and self control seems to be a real issue for gun control fans,

[beevul]

9. "Steeped?"

You aren't a former robber are you?

I smell a dirty sock.

Good job not using "gun tucked in their pants" and "chuck e cheese" though.

[Duckhunter935]

10. and who would that be

DU members?

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

5. IMHO, the domestic abuse problem...

...outweighs the generic issue of gun violence. I expect there are some folks that would disagree but I can't think of anything that would motivate more antisocial behavior than having no refuge like a safe home where family and acceptance serve as a respite from the potential harshness of other aspects of life.