{"id":2871,"date":"2009-10-01T11:50:10","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T17:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/cant-wait-for-the-nra-to-start-shooting-at-this-study\/"},"modified":"2009-10-01T11:50:10","modified_gmt":"2009-10-01T17:50:10","slug":"cant-wait-for-the-nra-to-start-shooting-at-this-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/cant-wait-for-the-nra-to-start-shooting-at-this-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Can’t Wait for the NRA to Start Shooting at This Study"},"content":{"rendered":"

 Protection Or Peril? Gun Possession Of Questionable Value In An Assault, Study Finds<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"090930121512[1]\"<\/a> In a first-of its-kind study, epidemiologists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine found that, on average, guns did not protect those who possessed them from being shot in an assault. The study estimated that people with a gun were 4.5 times more likely to be shot in an assault than those not possessing a gun.<\/p>\n

The study was released online this month in the American Journal of Public Health<\/em>, in advance of print publication in November 2009.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis study helps resolve<\/strong> [mjh: yeah, I\u2019ll bet]<\/em> the long-standing debate about whether guns are protective or perilous,\u201d notes study author Charles C. Branas, PhD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology. \u201cWill possessing a firearm always safeguard against harm or will it promote a false sense of security?\u201d<\/p>\n

What Penn researchers found was alarming \u2013 almost five Philadelphians were shot every day over the course of the study and about 1 of these 5 people died. The research team concluded that, although successful defensive gun uses are possible and do occur each year, the chances of success are low. People should rethink their possession of guns or, at least, understand that regular possession necessitates careful safety countermeasures, write the authors. Suggestions to the contrary, especially for urban residents who may see gun possession as a defense against a dangerous environment should be discussed and thoughtfully reconsidered.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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 Protection Or Peril? Gun Possession Of Questionable Value In An Assault, Study Finds In a first-of its-kind study, epidemiologists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine found that, on average, guns did not protect those who possessed them from being shot in an assault. The study estimated that people with a gun were 4.5 … Continue reading Can’t Wait for the NRA to Start Shooting at This Study<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2871\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}