Gun Policy Research

[*michaelsean*]

(06-23-2017, 09:37 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: Actually, we don't have all of the data because the collection of it is so spotty. Your claim is that black people are to blame. Well, what do we do about that? Do you have an answer that would be effective and constitutional? You said eradicate gangs, but that is, again, only 10% of gun deaths. So the majority is not gang related. How do we make an impact on that number?

This is why data is needed. You say we have it all, but we don't. We have people who think they know the answers but have no idea how to actually interpret data and think critically about the issue trying to say they have solutions which are really just playing a blame game.

I advocate for evidence based policy decisions, but we need the data to have the evidence to make those decisions. This is data we don't have, whether you see that or not. You've bought the story the NRA has been selling which is that any legitimate research in this issue will result in gun control efforts. But if the evidence tells us those won't work, then the policy community won't push for them. If the evidence tells us to look at another solution, we will. But we need the evidence because we need to do something.

It may not be gang related, but I have to believe drug related would shoot that number up a lot.  I'm wholesale in the camp of end the war on drugs now.  There are some caveats.  If you want to spend all day with a needle in your arm, that's up to you, but we aren't paying your way.  We will however, pay for rehab when you decide you've had enough.