A reader of the www.morebans.org site emailed the following interesting article from the Washington Post. Share it with all your liberal friends! ;=)
Washington Post CDC Study op/ed
It’s nice that CDC tells us that banning guns doesn’t work, why don’t they cure diseases? Even though CDC is objective and scientific, we doubt their study will be believed by most liberals, or at least will be stuck in a drawer in hopes no one notices. As a generally liberal paper, we’re against guns in general, but it’s hard to ignore the scientific facts about the topic any longer.
Gun bans don't work!
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study last week that states there is no evidence to prove gun-control laws are effective in preventing violence. No kidding. There always has been substance to the cliché that guns don't kill people, people do. Correlative to that rule is that the criminals who use guns to kill usually possess their weapons illegally. These serial lawbreakers are not deterred by statutes prohibiting or regulating gun ownership. They will continue to use guns to commit violent crimes even if the rest of the population of sitting ducks are disarmed.
In the exhaustive brief, the CDC analyzed scientific evidence regarding "bans on specified firearms and ammunition, restrictions on firearm acquisition [including waiting periods], firearm registration and licensing, concealed-carry laws, child-access-prevention laws, zero-tolerance laws for firearms in schools and combinations of firearms laws." The verdict? "The Task Force found insufficient evidence to determine the effectiveness of any of the firearms laws or combinations of laws reviewed on violent outcomes." The task force also concluded that "firearms-related injuries in the United States have declined markedly and annually since 1993" despite the fact that "approximately 4.5 million new firearms are sold each year."
The CDC maintains that the above conclusions are actually inconclusive, and that more research in needed. Given that a task force of 14 experts spent three years to review 51 different studies to come up with the findings, the only justification for the CDC's equivocation is that the authorities want to continue to research the issue until they reach findings that can be stretched to justify more government regulation. The CDC, a very liberal scientific organization, much like this paper, is not pleased with the results, even if they are true. It’s much like the 8-year Clinton anti-gun database that proved Americans stop 4,100 crimes a day by drawing a gun without ever firing a shot. Every time the issue is looked at scientifically or objectively, the conclusion is against any type of ban or gun controls whatsoever.
All the taxpayer funds spent on this exercise are a waste of cash. Last year, the CDC spent $400,000 on gun reports. That isn't much compared to the $2.6 million they spent on gun studies in 1995 during the Clinton administration. $3 million later, CDC has “suppressed” most of the conclusions during Clinton, which were basically an embarrassment to the banners. We don't need expensive government studies to convince us that gun-control laws don't make communities safer. When taking away law-abiding citizens' right to defend themselves, it has always been obvious that the only people who become more safe are criminals who mug, rape, carjack and break into our homes. However, many of these same thugs will think twice before victimizing someone who might be packing heat. The logic is so simple, you’d think that even we liberals would get it at some point.
It is deeply offensive when liberals, the liberal press, or academic and science organizations blanketly suggest that the average American isn't responsible enough to own a gun, and that increased gun control is needed to stop gun violence. If Democracy means you’re smart enough to vote and run the country, why are you too dumb to own a gun without the same government watching you? Crimes committed by those who own guns legally are a statistical blip, yet they are the only people the law goes after, as they are the ones above the radar. The same goes for accidents. The new CDC report is welcome in that it confirms what has long been known: There is no proof that gun-control laws prevent gun violence in any way, in fact, an unarmed America would be far MORE violent according to all the studies reviewed. Now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should get back to the honorable mission of stopping communicable diseases. While Americans may have the right to carry guns, and the Democrats are completely mistaken in their ban logic, CDC should focus on cancer violence, not gun violence!
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