Posted on Sep 2, 2023
Over 60% of ‘active shooters’ stopped by ‘good guy with a gun’
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Unfortunately, I wasn't expecting the numbers to be that high. But it's good to know.
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On, the "Crime Prevention Research Center" is it? I guess no one took the time to look into them very closely, or they just want to believe what they are told, so why bother?
"Despite the intentionally innocuous name it is not some neutral research organisation but the guns right advocacy organisation of John Lotts author of ‘More Guns, Less Crime’, ‘The Bias Against Guns’, and ‘Freedomnomics’. The titles give some hint as to the author’s biases, as does his position as a columnist at Fox news."
https://medium.com/@CKava/citing-the-crime-prevention-research-center-as-a-reliable-resource-is-extremely-problematic-f6ff5d5f9724
"Despite the intentionally innocuous name it is not some neutral research organisation but the guns right advocacy organisation of John Lotts author of ‘More Guns, Less Crime’, ‘The Bias Against Guns’, and ‘Freedomnomics’. The titles give some hint as to the author’s biases, as does his position as a columnist at Fox news."
https://medium.com/@CKava/citing-the-crime-prevention-research-center-as-a-reliable-resource-is-extremely-problematic-f6ff5d5f9724
Citing the ‘Crime Prevention Research Center’ as a reliable resource is extremely problematic.
As someone who cares about statistics and their misuse, I would have hoped you would recognise the problems in how sources like the CPRC…
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
Washington Examiner - Bias and Credibility
RIGHT BIAS These media sources are moderate to strongly biased toward conservative causes through story selection and/or political affiliation. They may
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