Is there any medical study that specifically identifies how being in the near proximity to an inanimate object affects a humans brainwave patterns and allows the inanimate object to thereby force or control a person into guaranteed violence? No, no such study exists, but the mental health profession has identified mental disorders, “Projection”, progressing to “Fetishism”, and then the advanced stages “Schizophrenia” that bear a striking resemblance to the belief that being in proximity to a gun causes violence.
Rik, Nor do they account for the multiple government studies supported by police studies that 76-80% of ALL violent crimes are committed by career criminals (felons) or gang members to make a valid comparison of how deaths are affected by gun ownership by law abiding citizens, something the anti’s refuse to separate in their , cough, cough, studies so as to be more “frightening”.
In the FBI UCR database in 2008, they identify of the 1.38 million reported violent crimes, only 381k involved a firearm. Then you can also refer to another government annual report USDOJ National Victimization, in 2008 there were 4.8 million violent crimes not involving a firearm not reported. This 75% of crimes not being reported is replicated in a similar Canadian study. This is something one must think about when reviewing the actual number of firearms involved incidents, as how many that do not result in a shooting are not reported? I myself have been involved in 4 such incidents in the last 35 years. No shots fired, but what would the intended attacker have been prosecuted for, minor trespass, in our legal system, lol! Having been around police “family” friends” all my life, one lesson has been hammered home, unless interaction with the police is mandatory, don’t bother.
Nor do the antis like to review against real data, like the following. Multiple studies identify a shot is fire 3-15% of the time a gun is involved in violent encounter. The best hit ratio we see in an encounter when shots are fired are from police studies, avg. 15% of shots fired hit, max 25% (Virginia & NYC). I don’t think anyone can prove that felons are a better shot than the police, do you? Nor is there any evidence that % of shots fired is any different between criminal acts and self defense acts.
Since there were something like 11,000 plus murders by firearms and 70,000 injuries in 2008, you can calculate back, based on hits (injuries and deaths) = max 25% x 4 to equal 100% of shots fired, and number of times shots divided by max of 15% of encounters where shots fired x 100% to calculate the probable number of actual encounters where a firearm is involved. We use the maximum % as this will result in less “scary numbers”. Calculate, review and come back as to how many incidents occurred. Remember too, any claim of less % of hits or shots fired still has to run up against the actual number of deaths and injuries, thereby reflecting an increase in actual incidents.
