Gun-related injuries decrease during NRA conventions, study finds

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY MAX GREENWOOD - 03/02/18 11:58 AM EST

Gun-related injuries and deaths drop significantly during the National Rifle Association's (NRA) annual conference, according to a new analysis published by the The New England Journal of Medicine.

The study's authors, Anupam Jena of Harvard University and Andrew Olenski of Columbia University, used private health insurance data to compare the rates of firearms injuries during the convention to those three weeks before and three weeks after the gatherings. The analysis covers the period from 2007 until 2015.

What they found is that gun-related injuries decreased by an average of 63 percent in the states where conventions were being held, and a 20 percent reduction in gun-related injuries nationally during the conventions.

The analysis suggests that gun-related injuries drop when gun owners – even experienced ones – are put in a place where they might not be as likely to use firearms, such as the NRA convention.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/376441-gun-related-injuries-decrease-during-nra-conventions-study

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Ya think???......

No access means no deaths.

[Ohiogal]

2. Nah, they're too stupid to put 2 and 2 together.

[zipplewrath]

3. And yet

There was no difference in the proportion of crimes involving a firearm between convention and control dates.

It appears that it's just gun INJURIES that decline. Crime is unaffected.

I would bet that it is related to a reduction in gun activities including gun ranges being closed, competitions and other collections of gun owners being scheduled at other times and the most active users being otherwise occupied.

[malthaussen]

4. Damn, not the Onion again. n/t

[House of Roberts]

5. So, what would happen

if they held a convention, every week, in every state?