Handgun Regulations, Crime, Assaults, and Homicide: A Tale of Two Cities
- 4 May 1989
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 320 (18) , 1214-1217
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198905043201814
Abstract
To the Editor: By now, we are used to the Journal's, publication of small-scale studies related to firearms from which conclusions are drawn that are quantum leaps from the data, followed by announcements of momentous "scientific" findings. The latest effort, by Sloan et al., with the accompanying editorial, "Firearm Injuries: A Call for Science," by two employees of the Centers for Disease Control (Nov. 10 issue),1 , 2 however, is an insult to the intelligence of any serious scholar, with so few data and so many flaws that I feel compelled to call attention to a few of the many failings.The . . .Keywords
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