Dr. John Lott has a new piece at National Review. . ‘Firearms are the leading cause of death for children and adolescents,” U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy saidlast week, calling the situation a “public health crisis.” It has been a favorite talking point of the...
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At the Washington Times: Insurrectionists and the Bloomberg School of Public Health: Report shows how out of touch left-wing academics are
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the Washington Times. According to the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, the threat of an armed insurrection is so pressing that we must quickly enact wide-ranging gun control measures. Its new report...
Since 2019, Congress put $75 million into gun control research
lawmakers in Washington have set aside roughly $75 million since 2019 for the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to research gun violence.Ramsey Touchberry, "Congress pours $75M into gun research such as whether community...
UPDATED: Thoughts on the New England Journal of Medicine Letter about Gun deaths for “Children or Adolescents” being the leading cause of death
Here are the numbers for those under 20, but there are some issues with the accuracy of these numbers. UPDATE: The New England Journal of Medicine has a letter making the claim that children are more likely to die from guns than any other cause. The piece contains...
A reminder of being careful about advice from public health officials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-3PiY_CqoY Something to remember when dealing with public health people when they talk about other issues that they consider themselves experts on, such as gun control.