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BETH MOLE
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/03/during-nra-conventions-gun-injuries-drop-20-nationwide-63-in-hosting-state/
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When gun enthusiasts gather for the National Rifle Associations annual conventions, rates of gun-related injuries and deaths drop by 20 percent nationwideand a whopping 63 percent in the hosting stateaccording to an analysis published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The finding was based on an analysis of insurance data on gun injury rates during NRA conventions from 2007 through 2015, as well as rates three weeks before and three weeks after each of the conventions. The researchers behind the workhealth policy expert Anupam Jena, MD, PhD of Harvard Medical School and economist Andrew Olenski of Columbia Universityalso looked at crime rates during those times.
They found no significant change in crime rates despite the dip in injuries. They also noted that the largest drops in firearm-related injuries during NRA conventions were in men, the southern and western areas of the country, and in states with the highest levels of gun ownership.
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Though the analysis can only provide a correlationnot causationJena and Olenski suggest it may refute a common argument among gun proponents. That is, that gun accidents happen primarily in the hands of inexperienced users and that practice and trainingpromoted by the NRAcan greatly reduce or eliminate safety concerns and accidents, which affect thousands each year. In 2014, for example, there were 461 unintentional firearm deaths and 15,928 unintentional, non-fatal injuries, 1,960 of which involved youths.
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maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)the implications are stunning.
haele
(12,660 posts)Or they're spending more time out on the ranges or in the showrooms drooling over new potential acquisitions.
As soon as the conventions are over, it's back to the old, boring life of a "responsible" gun owner.
Haele