Reply #268: I think it fair to say that the NEJM had a fairly evident bias against guns in the 90's [View All]

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If you start looking for studies on guns in public health, there are a few names that will pop up, especially Kellerman. Time and again, you'll see Kellerman, David Hemenway, Debra Azrael, and Garen Wintemute.

They're epidemiologists, and they treat a social problem, or a crime problem- like a disease. As though guns distribute themselves evenly in a volume the way a gas would, or they treat them like germs left on a doorknob.

That's not to say that some on the other side of the divide don't engage in 'creative conclusions' as well, most notable being John Lott. I consider him just as unreliable as Kellerman.

Probably the closest I'd come to endorsing anyone is criminologist Gary Kleck- but I give him the same scrutiny as the rest. (As all critical thinkers should!)