Research should not start with a hare-brained hypothesis and then do whatever it takes to prove the original supposition. It is intended to be a balanced survey of all the facts that leads to an educated conclusion supported by evidence.
That was hardly the case with a new study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Three anti-gunners set out to draw a link between the fine American tradition of deer hunting and gun violence.
An ominous warning sign immediately leaps to the forefront when it is noted that the study is based on data from the highly unreliable Gun Violence Archive.
The authors knew this and were forced to confess that the group’s work had issues. Still, this did not stop the paper from relying on this one shoddy source for its findings.
The work, titled “Deer Hunting Season and Firearm Violence in US Rural Counties,” attempted to draw a correlation between the much-anticipated onset of deer season and violence in the countryside. To support the investigation, researchers cited numbers from the week prior to deer season and the first three weeks that hunters are afield.
The report concluded that a link exists between wearing camo and climbing into a deer stand and violent incidents in rural America. Was this a surprise to those who conducted the study?
Hardly.
There was never a question about the conclusion reached by this horrifically flawed research. From the onset, the study was a solution in search of a problem, and there was only one possible fix — more gun control.
JAMA claimed that state gun control reduces gun violence and added, “Enhanced firearm regulations that govern firearm storage, carrying and purchasing, particularly in states where deer hunting is popular, may serve to reduce the number of shootings that occur at the onset of the hunting season.”
What will JAMA study next? How does deer season affect shootings in major metropolitan areas?
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