This is so dumb. Hunters are some of the most responsible gun owners there are.
The College Fix reports:
Princeton study links gun violence to start of deer seasonA Princeton University study linking gun violence to the beginning of deer hunting season recently attracted criticism from a leading Second Amendment organization.Published recently in the American Medical Association’s JAMA Network Open journal, the study is “bogus” and “inherently-biased,” according to a National Rifle Association writer.In the study led by Princeton researcher Patrick Sharkey, the authors said they looked at gun violence data from 854 rural counties across the U.S., comparing the numbers at the start of deer hunting season to those of the week prior.Their findings, published in “Deer Hunting Season and Firearm Violence in US Rural Counties,” are similar to previous research “showing that firearm prevalence is associated with an increase in the risk of firearm violence,” according to the authors.“This study suggests that the start of deer hunting season is associated with a substantial increase in shootings, highlighting the role of firearm prevalence in gun violence,” the authors wrote.Across seven years of data, they found “that the start of deer hunting season was associated with a substantial increase in shootings,” according to the study.“The findings highlight the role of firearm prevalence in gun violence and suggest the need for focused policies designed to reduce firearm violence in areas with substantial hunting activity during the first weeks of deer hunting season,” the authors wrote.Other researchers involved in the study came from the University of California at Irvine and Rutgers University.But NRA writer and Second Amendment advocate Mark Chesnut called their conclusion “laughable.”“In my 25-plus years of reporting on bogus, inherently-biased anti-gun studies meant to turn the public, via the so-called “mainstream” media, against private firearm ownership, I’ve never seen one quite as laughable …” Chesnut wrote Wednesday in a column at NRA Hunters’ Leadership Forum.
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