Who woulda' thunk it?
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Medical Journal: Gun Violence Studies Based on Flawed Methods,
Political Agendas
To: National Desk
Contact: Kathryn Serkes, 202-333-3855 or
e-mail: kaserkes@worldnet.att.net
for the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons;
full text at http://www.aapsonline.org
WASHINGTON, April 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Most gun violence
studies of the past two decades are based on flawed methodology
and unduly influenced by political agendas, leading to biased
and incorrect conclusions. Those are the findings of a new two-part
paper published in the Spring issue of THE MEDICAL SENTINEL,
The Official Journal of the Association of American Physicians
and Surgeons, special edition titled "Doctors and Guns (Part II)
-- A Failure of the Public Health Model."
Author Miguel A. Faria, Jr., M.D., editor-in-chief, makes a
compelling case that many studies are prejudiced by the public health
establishment's 1979 stated objective of the total eradication of
handguns in the United States.
He debunks a number of incorrect, widely-accepted claims promoted
by anti-gun interest groups based on tainted studies, instead
proving:
1. Women in particular, are NOT in more danger if they carry or
own guns;
2. The ease of access to or availability of guns is NOT cause
crime;
3. Mass killings would NOT be avoided if guns were not available;
4. Gun violence is NOT the leading accidental cause of death in
children
Dr. Faria blames "...those in public health with the proclivity
toward the promulgation of preordained research such as the gun and
violence research conducted by many investigators with a gun control
agenda and disseminated in the medical journals...Much of this
information is tainted, result-oriented and based on what can only be
characterized as poor science."
For example, studies on women and handguns claim that a woman is
up to 100 times more likely to be killed by handgun than to fire one
for protection. "But they ignore the most important use of firearms
-- protection. In 98 percent of cases, all you have to do is brandish
a firearm. But these studies don't take those incidents into account.
All they do is count women who have been killed in criminal acts and
compare it to the number of women who have used a gun in
self-defense."
Dr. Faria has recently chastised a number of physician
organizations, including the AMA and the American Academy of
Pediatrics, that urge doctors to ask patients about gun ownership.
"This is playing politics."
Dr. Faria concludes, "We have an obligation to reach our
conclusions based on objective data and scientific information rather
than on ideology, emotionalism, political expediency, or budgetary
consideration.
"Public health should not be subverted and medical science should
not be perverted."
LINK
Medical Journal: Gun Violence Studies Based on Flawed Methods,
Political Agendas
To: National Desk
Contact: Kathryn Serkes, 202-333-3855 or
e-mail: kaserkes@worldnet.att.net
for the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons;
full text at http://www.aapsonline.org
WASHINGTON, April 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Most gun violence
studies of the past two decades are based on flawed methodology
and unduly influenced by political agendas, leading to biased
and incorrect conclusions. Those are the findings of a new two-part
paper published in the Spring issue of THE MEDICAL SENTINEL,
The Official Journal of the Association of American Physicians
and Surgeons, special edition titled "Doctors and Guns (Part II)
-- A Failure of the Public Health Model."
Author Miguel A. Faria, Jr., M.D., editor-in-chief, makes a
compelling case that many studies are prejudiced by the public health
establishment's 1979 stated objective of the total eradication of
handguns in the United States.
He debunks a number of incorrect, widely-accepted claims promoted
by anti-gun interest groups based on tainted studies, instead
proving:
1. Women in particular, are NOT in more danger if they carry or
own guns;
2. The ease of access to or availability of guns is NOT cause
crime;
3. Mass killings would NOT be avoided if guns were not available;
4. Gun violence is NOT the leading accidental cause of death in
children
Dr. Faria blames "...those in public health with the proclivity
toward the promulgation of preordained research such as the gun and
violence research conducted by many investigators with a gun control
agenda and disseminated in the medical journals...Much of this
information is tainted, result-oriented and based on what can only be
characterized as poor science."
For example, studies on women and handguns claim that a woman is
up to 100 times more likely to be killed by handgun than to fire one
for protection. "But they ignore the most important use of firearms
-- protection. In 98 percent of cases, all you have to do is brandish
a firearm. But these studies don't take those incidents into account.
All they do is count women who have been killed in criminal acts and
compare it to the number of women who have used a gun in
self-defense."
Dr. Faria has recently chastised a number of physician
organizations, including the AMA and the American Academy of
Pediatrics, that urge doctors to ask patients about gun ownership.
"This is playing politics."
Dr. Faria concludes, "We have an obligation to reach our
conclusions based on objective data and scientific information rather
than on ideology, emotionalism, political expediency, or budgetary
consideration.
"Public health should not be subverted and medical science should
not be perverted."