Gun control is an issue that the left has espoused as their own. Unfortunately, as usual, they are wrong on this issue as well.
Time and again, data proves the Brady anti-gun nut jobs wrong, and yet they still lie about it.
Here’s some more data that proves Brady’s anti-gun stance is knee jerk at best, downright dishonest at worst.
Howard Nemerov explores this in detail:
Another Brady hallucination: More guns, more ‘gun violence’ (Part 1)
A recent USA Today article discussed pending legislation on the open carrying of holstered handguns. It also afforded the Brady Campaign’s president an opportunity to display his knowledge of the situation:
Says Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, which opposes open-carry laws: “We don’t want more people carrying guns either openly or concealed because the more guns you have in a situation, the more likely you are to get gun violence.” [Emphasis added]
The following series examines various government datasets to test Helmke’s “more guns, more violence” theory.
Truth, Lies and In Between 