lilwolf
Joined: 15 Jun 2006
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Location: idaho
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| Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 12:32 am Post subject: Brady law was a placebo |
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As if any legal gun owner did not know this. The Brady bill was a failure and nothnig more than a placebo to passify looney anti-gun types.
There are a great deal of articles and proof that the Brady bill was a joke and a useless piece of paper and in my opinion never did anything to remove guns from the hands of bad guys. Considering that less than 2% (I believe) of crimes were committed with assault weapons.
The Results Are In, Doctor: BRADY IS A PLACEBO
As the various presidential candidates and political parties debate which gun law to enact next, a study recently unveiled by the American Medical Association sheds some light on the reality of gun control.
The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of the Brady Law on gun-related deaths. The AMA analyzed data from all 50 states starting in 1985, comparing the rate of firearms deaths in states which already had waiting periods and background checks prior to 1994 (when Brady went into effect) with those that did not impose those restrictions until mandated by the federal government.
After comparing the number of gun deaths in the 32 states that installed the Brady law's gun control measures in '94 with the 19 states (including the District of Columbia) that already had Brady-style restrictions, the AIVIA found "no evidence that implementation of the Brady Act was associated with a reduction in homicide rates.
The study acknowledges that "U.S. homicide rates surged ... precipitously between 1985 and 1993, with the biggest spike in 1991," but it also "confirmed a well-documented reduction in firearms deaths across the United States beginning in 1993-94." But, unlike various politicians seeking to interpret such data to support the latest gun-control scheme, AMA researchers concluded, "There was no difference in the overall rate of decline between the two sets of states.
Predictably, various gun-control advocates scrambled to put their own spin on the data, claiming that the study didn't take into account the effect of Brady on the interstate trade of illegal firearms, and that the Brady law reduced the number of people carrying guns, which in turn affected the rate of gun deaths.
But, try as they might, no one could dispute the headlines splashed on newspapers across the country: "Brady Law Had No Effect On Firearm Homicide |
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