{"id":37822,"date":"2013-10-03T14:29:14","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T18:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=37822"},"modified":"2013-10-03T20:15:16","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T00:15:16","slug":"2012-fbi-data-says-more-bs-from-the-brady-bunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=37822","title":{"rendered":"2012 FBI Data Says:  More BS from the Brady Bunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"..\/?p=30444\">In a previous article<\/a>, I published an analysis of the apparent linkage between a state\u2019s Brady Score on that state\u2019s overall and firearms murder rates. \u00a0\u00a0Essentially, that analysis showed that BS is indeed an apt abbreviation for the Brady Score &#8211; at least regarding the thesis that a higher Brady Score leads to lower murder rates.<\/p>\n<p>The modern-day \u201cBrady Bunch\u201d (AKA the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence) has released a new version of it\u2019s Brady Score metric (2011).\u00a0 The FBI has released 2012 crime data.\u00a0 So it seems to me that it\u2019s time for a re-look.<\/p>\n<p>Obligatory warning:\u00a0 the article&#8217;s a bit longish.\u00a0 And yeah, there&#8217;s math involved.\u00a0 (smile)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><!--more-->Introduction<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In case anyone\u2019s been living under a rock:\u00a0 the Brady Bunch is a group of anti-gun zealots whose primary aim in life is to remove guns from US society, rights guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment be damned.\u00a0 Their basic thesis is that less guns will lead to less gun crime \u2013 and, presumably, thus to less overall violent crime.<\/p>\n<p>Their &#8220;Brady Score&#8221; is a numeric measure of how restrictive a state\u2019s gun laws are regarding the legal purchase, possession, and concealed carry of a firearm.\u00a0 The Brady Score appears to be a credible measure of exactly that:\u00a0 a higher Brady Score is indeed associated with more restrictive firearms laws at the state level.<\/p>\n<p>Given the above and access to violent crime data on a state level, the Brady Bunch\u2019s thesis is testable.\u00a0 One mechanism would be to check for the correlation between state Brady Scores and the rates of violent crime within a state.\u00a0 If it were possible to ascertain the fraction of violent crimes committed using firearms, that would even allow testing of related thesis:\u00a0 (1) that a higher Brady Score would reduce the fraction of violent crimes committed with firearms, and (2) that a higher Brady Score would reduce the rate of violent crimes committed using firearms.<\/p>\n<p>Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) data available from the FBI provides enough information to ascertain precisely this breakout for three serious crimes:\u00a0 murder\/non-negligent homicide, robbery, and aggravated assault.\u00a0 Combined with state Brady Scores and a deemed Brady Score for the District of Columbia equal to that of New York State (the Brady Bunch doesn\u2019t publish a Brady Score for DC), exactly such an analysis is possible.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Methodology<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The methodology used was essentially that used in my previous article, with the exception that the FBI was a direct data source for the current analysis (a third party collected and published some of the data I used in my previous analysis).\u00a0 However, in my current analysis I performed more detailed statistical testing for significance than previously.\u00a0 I will discuss that further below.<\/p>\n<p>I conducted the analysis which follows for four categories of crimes:\u00a0 (1) overall violent crime, excluding forcible rape and arson; (2) murder and non-negligent homicide; (3) robbery; and (4) aggravated assault.\u00a0\u00a0 Forcible rape and arson were not included in the analysis.<\/p>\n<p>Arson was excluded from analysis as it is a relatively rare crime; the FBI does not include arson in the UCR national and by-state data reporting (it was not included in 2012 FBI data).\u00a0 I excluded forcible rape because while forcible rape is included in UCR violent crime statistics provided by the FBI as one of the four crimes making up the overall category of violent crime, the FBI does not include supplementary data for rape indicating firearms usage.\u00a0 It is thus impossible to determine either the fraction or rate of forcible rape that involved use of a firearm.\u00a0 Due to the lack of this supplementary data, I could not analyze the crime of forcible rape on the same basis as the other three major components of violent crime:\u00a0 murder and non-negligent homicide, robbery, and aggravated assault).\u00a0 I thus elected to omit it vice conduct a partial analysis that did not include firearms use data.<\/p>\n<p>As noted above, the Brady Bunch does not publish a Brady Score for the District of Columbia.\u00a0 I did not have time to research DC&#8217;s firearms laws (generally acknowledged to be among the most restrictive in the USA) and calculate a Brady Score for DC using the Brady Bunch&#8217;s methodology.\u00a0 Instead, I deemed DC roughly equivalent to New York state in terms of restrictive firearms laws and arbitrarily assigned DC a Brady Score of 62 &#8211; the same as New York.\u00a0 I used that value as DC&#8217;s Brady Score in subsequent analysis.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A Bit of Statistical Background<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Brady Bunch implies a cause-and-effect relationship between the availability of guns and violent crime.\u00a0 Their thesis is that more restrictive gun laws will reduce gun crime \u2013 and thus will also reduce overall violent crime.<\/p>\n<p>Real-world data allows testing this hypothesis.\u00a0 This can be done by calculating the correlation coefficient between state Brady Scores and observed violent crime rates.\u00a0 The correlation coefficient is a measure of how closely a linear model \u2013 generally considered the simplest direct cause-and-effect model \u2013 fits observed data.\u00a0 Correlation ranges from -1.0 to +1.0; a value of is +1.0 or -1.0 represents data that lies exactly along a straight line, while a value of 0.0 represents data that shows no relationship to a straight line (though it may have a different but nonlinear structure).\u00a0 This is visually illustrated in the plots below.\u00a0 In these plots, correlation coefficients are given above each diagram for which correlation is defined (the correlation coefficient for a horizontal line is mathematically undefined):<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/0\/02\/Correlation_examples.png\/800px-Correlation_examples.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"210\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Correlation is thus a measure of how well a direct, linear cause-and-effect model represents reality.\u00a0 The closer the absolute value of observed correlation is to 1.0, the better the fit.<\/p>\n<p>The sign of the correlation coefficient is also important.\u00a0 A <i>negative<\/i> correlation between Brady Score and violent crime rate means that a higher Brady Score is associated with a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lower<\/span> violent crime rate; a positive correlation shows the opposite (e.g., a rising Brady Score is associated with a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">rising<\/span> violent crime rate).\u00a0 If the Brady Bunch\u2019s thesis is correct, states\u2019 violent crime rates \u2013 and in particular, states\u2019 firearm violent crime rates \u2013 will show a <i>negative<\/i> correlation with states\u2019 violent crime rates.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>How Meaningful Are the Results?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In any process using statistical sampling there is always the possibility that random factors may have resulted in a sample that is not representative of the underlying population.\u00a0 In layman\u2019s terms:\u00a0 there\u2019s always the chance you got a \u201chinky\u201d sample that just doesn\u2019t reflect reality.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, there are ways to determine the chances that a sample is \u201chinky\u201d and that the results are misleading.\u00a0 This is done using statistical hypothesis testing.<\/p>\n<p>A full discussion of statistical hypothesis testing is well beyond the scope of this article.\u00a0 However, the short version is that for correlation it\u2019s possible to determine the chances of accepting a \u201chinky\u201d sample.\u00a0 Further, this determination is based on two easily obtained values about the sample:\u00a0 (1) the number of pairs used to calculate the correlation coefficient, and (2) the value of the correlation coefficient obtained by using those pairs.\u00a0 That chance of making an error and accepting a result based on a \u201cbad sample\u201d and leading to an inaccurate result is typically called the test\u2019s \u201cconfidence level\u201d.\u00a0 For confidence levels, obviously smaller is definitely better (a 1% chance of making an error is MUCH better than a 10% chance \u2013 but typically requires much more data).<\/p>\n<p>The quick and easy six-sigma significance test for correlation discussed in my earlier article is the equivalent of test for significance at the 0.1% level. (I have operationally confirmed this result using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vassarstats.net\/textbook\/ch4apx.html\">this test for correlation coefficient significance<\/a> provided by vassarstats.net.)\u00a0 This means that decisions made regarding correlations using a result of significance of YES (result &gt;3) using this simple test have approximately a 0.1% error rate \u2013 or a risk of being wrong about the correlation being real in such cases of <i>roughly 1 in 1,000<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Testing involving a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/T-statistic\">t-statistic<\/a> calculated from the sample and the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Student%27s_t-distribution\">Student\u2019s t-distribution<\/a> is also often used at lower levels of significance and with smaller samples.\u00a0 The 5% significance (1 in 20 chances of accepting a nonexistent correlation) and 10% significance (1 in 10 chance of accepting a nonexistent correlation) are commonly-used thresholds.\u00a0 (Six sigma uses such a high threshold \u2013 0.1% significance, or 1 in 1,000 chance of error &#8211; because changing production processes in an industrial operation are typically expensive.\u00a0 Since laws are also often rather expensive to implement, one can argue lawmakers should also demand data approaching that level of significance indicating that a proposed new law will have the desired effect when considering new laws.)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Results of Analysis<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Results of statistical analysis are presented below.\u00a0 Data used was processed using the statistical functions of MicroSoft Excel.<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Violent Crime<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Per UCR reporting standards, violent crime is defined as the total of four separate offenses.\u00a0 These four offenses are murder and non-negligent homicide; forcible rape; robbery; and aggravated assault.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 50 jurisdictions (49 states plus DC) reported UCR violent crime data to the FBI. \u00a0A total of 46 jurisdictions (45 states plus DC) provided sufficient supplementary data to allow determination of firearm violent crime fraction and rate.\u00a0 Alabama, Florida, and DC provided insufficient data to determine their respective firearms murder fractions; Illinois provided insufficient data to determine its robbery firearms fraction and rate on a statewide basis.\u00a0 (Minnesota did not report rape information; however, Minnesota did provide enough data to determine its firearm violent crime rate.)<\/p>\n<p>As discussed above, forcible rape was not included in this analysis as the FBI does not provide any breakdown on the use of firearms during forcible rapes; it is thus not possible to determine firearm usage associated with the crime of forcible rape (the intent of this study is to analyze the effect of firearms laws on both violent crime in general and firearm violent crime in particular). \u00a0However, data on forcible rape is necessary to determine a state\u2019s overall violent crime rate, which in turn is needed to determine a state\u2019s firearm violent crime fraction.<\/p>\n<p>When forcible rape was excluded (see above for rationale), a state\u2019s violent crime rate, firearm violent crime fraction, and firearm violent crime rate in 2012 was found to be positively correlated with states\u2019 Brady Scores.\u00a0 This implies that a rising Brady Score is linked, statistically speaking, with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">rising<\/span> rates for these three quantities.<\/p>\n<p>None of the correlations observed were significant at the 0.1%, or 5% significance levels.\u00a0 However, the overall violent crime rate\u2019s correlation with Brady Score was significant at the 10% level. (The actual level was 5.09% &#8211; less than 0.1% outside the limit for 5% statistical significance).<\/p>\n<p>These results imply that there is a moderate&#8211;to-strong linkage between an increasing Brady Score and an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">increasing<\/span> violent crime rate.\u00a0 It also indicates a possible lesser degree of linkage between an increasing Brady Score and both increasing violent crime firearm fraction and firearm violent crime rate.<\/p>\n<p>In layman\u2019s terms:\u00a0 laws that make it more onerous and difficult for law-abiding citizens to own firearms are NOT inked with a lower rate of violent crimes \u2013 period.\u00a0 In fact, it appears such laws tend to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">increase<\/span> the rate of violent crime, statistically speaking.<\/p>\n<p>This behavior is fully explainable by considering the criminal as a rational actor.\u00a0\u00a0 Onerous and burdensome firearms laws disarm the law-abiding populace to a greater degree than criminals; this explains the positive correlation between firearm violent crime fraction and Brady Score.\u00a0 In localities where firearms are more difficult to obtain, criminals also have a higher chance of encountering an unarmed victim \u2013 and thus a greater relative chance of success, whether or not armed.\u00a0 The effect appears more pronounced among criminals who commit violent crimes without using firearms, as they now have less chance of encountering an armed victim (and thus a higher chance of success and less risk of their own life).\u00a0 In contrast, a criminal intent on using a firearm is more likely simply not to care about local laws and acquire one if he\/she can.\u00a0 This explains both the higher correlation for violent crime and the relatively more modest correlation observed for firearm violent crime fraction and rates.<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Murder and Non-Negligent Homicide<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>The crime of murder and non-negligent homicide is defined by UCR reporting standards as \u201cthe willful (nonnegligent) killing of one human being by another.\u201d\u00a0 It is one of the four crimes making up UCR violent crime.\u00a0 Justifiable and accidental homicides are excluded from the definition of murder and non-negligent homicide; the same is true for suicides.<\/p>\n<p>Three jurisdictions (Alabama, DC, and Florida) did not provide sufficient data to determine firearms usage during homicides occurring in these jurisdictions.\u00a0 They are thus excluded from consideration in firearm fraction and firearm rate calculations.\u00a0 Since overall rate data was available, these jurisdictions were considered in overall rate calculations.\u00a0 Illinois only provided partial data.\u00a0 However, since that data concerned approximately 2\/3 of homicides occurring in Illinois, that data was taken as representative of the state as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>Murder and non-negligent homicide rate, firearm fraction, and murder and non-negligent homicide firearm rate in 2012 were all found to be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">positively<\/span> correlated with states\u2019 Brady Scores.\u00a0 This implies that a rising Brady Score is linked, statistically speaking, with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">rising<\/span> rates for these three items.\u00a0 However, the linkage for firearm murder rate, though positive, is also so small (a correlation coefficient of less than 0.01) as to be essentially nonexistent.<\/p>\n<p>None of the correlations noted were significant at the 0.1%, or 5%, or 10% significance levels.\u00a0 These results imply that there is at best only slight linkage between an increasing Brady Score and an increasing murder and non-negligent homicide rate or murder and non-negligent homicide firearm fraction, and essentially no linkage between Brady Score and murder and non-negligent homicide rate.\u00a0 However, the fact that all of these correlations are positive indicates that any claim of linkage between rising Brady Score and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lower<\/span> rates of these three quantities is more likely false than not \u2013 and in the case of the first two, roughly 3 to 4 times as likely to be wrong.<\/p>\n<p>In layman\u2019s terms:\u00a0 laws that make it more onerous and difficult for law-abiding citizens to own firearms are NOT inked with a lower rate of murder and non-negligent homicide \u2013 period.\u00a0 In fact, it appears such laws tend to have either no impact or to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">increase<\/span> modestly the overall incidence of murder and non-negligent homicides, statistically speaking.<\/p>\n<p>This behavior is also fully explainable by considering the criminal\u2019s motivations.\u00a0 In case of murder or non-negligent homicide, the criminal either acts intentionally and in a calculating manner, or acts irrationally due to rage.\u00a0 In the former case, the criminal concerned has already decided to act unlawfully and will thus not care about the law whatsoever; local firearms laws will have little or no effect on their behavior.\u00a0 The only restraining effect will thus be their fear of encountering a victim who can resist effectively \u2013 hence the modest positive linkage between rising Brady Score and both overall murder and non-negligent homicide rate and firearms fraction.\u00a0 In the latter case (rage), perpetrators are acting irrationally; in this case as well, local firearms laws will have no effect on their behavior.\u00a0 In either case (but particularly the latter), other factors besides choice of weapon will dominate.\u00a0 Thus little effect of local firearms laws on firearm murder rate would be expected.<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Robbery<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>The crime of robbery is defined under UCR reporting standards as \u201cthe taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and\/or by putting the victim in fear.\u201d\u00a0 It is one of the four crimes making up the category of violent crime.<\/p>\n<p>Illinois did not provide sufficient supplementary data regarding firearms use in robberies (unlike murder, Illinois provided supplementary data on the use of firearms for less than 5% of robberies occurring in 2012).\u00a0 Thus, for robbery firearm fraction and firearm robbery rate Illinois was excluded from correlation calculations.<\/p>\n<p>Based on 2012 FBI UCR data, robbery rate, firearm fraction, and robbery firearm rate were all found to be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">positively<\/span> correlated with states\u2019 Brady Scores.\u00a0 This implies that a rising Brady Score is linked, statistically speaking, with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">rising<\/span> rates for these three items.<\/p>\n<p>In two cases \u2013 overall robbery rate and firearm robbery rate \u2013 the correlations noted were significant at the 0.1% levels.\u00a0 These results imply that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">there is unmistakable true linkage between an increasing Brady Score and increasing robbery rates and firearm robbery rates.<\/span>\u00a0 Claims to the contrary for these two crime rates are so unlikely to be correct (less than 1 chance out of 1,000) that they should be regarded as wishful thinking or fiction.\u00a0 The data further shows a weaker (though still significant at the 16% level) positive correlation between firearm robbery fraction and increasing Brady Score.<\/p>\n<p>In layman\u2019s terms:\u00a0 laws that make it more onerous and difficult for law-abiding citizens to own firearms are definitively linked to higher rates of robbery in general and in particular to a higher rate of robbery using a firearm.\u00a0 They also appear linked &#8211; though more weakly &#8211; to a higher fraction of robberies committed by perpetrators using firearms.<\/p>\n<p>Common sense explains these results.\u00a0 Robbery is an intentional serious criminal act.\u00a0 The robber seeks an advantage over his\/her potential victim and has already determined they will break the law; they are thus not concerned with nor are they particularly affected by local laws restricting firearms ownership.\u00a0 As a result, a disarmed population provides easier \u201ctarget set\u201d for potential robbers; robbers armed with a firearm gain a larger advantage.\u00a0 The result is eminently predictable by anyone other than those who believe in unicorns flying to the rescue.<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Aggravated Assault<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Aggravated assault is the last of the four crimes making up the category of violent crime.\u00a0 It is defined as \u201can unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As with robbery, Illinois did not provide sufficient supplementary data regarding firearms use in aggravated assaults (unlike murder, Illinois provided supplementary data on the use of firearms for less than 5% of aggravated assaults occurring in 2012).\u00a0 Thus, for aggravated assault firearm fraction and firearm aggravated assault rate rate Illinois was excluded from correlation calculations.<\/p>\n<p>Aggravated assault provided the most complex results of crimes analyzed.\u00a0 Overall, the aggravated assault rate was found to be essentially uncorrelated with Brady Score (the observed correlation coefficient was positive, but was less than 0.01).\u00a0 However, the aggravated assault firearm fraction and firearm rate were both observed to be negatively correlated with Brady Score \u2013 the former was found to be significant at the 10% level, while the latter was not.\u00a0 This led to examination of the correlation of non-firearm aggravated assault; this was found to be weakly positively correlated with rising Brady Scores<\/p>\n<p>In layman\u2019s terms, this means that there is no observable linkage between a state\u2019s overall aggravated assault rate and Brady Score \u2013 in essence, that the rate of aggravated assault is not affected by a state\u2019s firearms laws.\u00a0 However, restrictive firearms laws may lead criminals to substitute other weapons for firearms by making them less readily available.<\/p>\n<p>This result is explained by considering human nature.\u00a0 Much like murder, aggravated assaults are due to two causes:\u00a0 either a premeditated attempt to seriously injure, or \u201closing it\u201d due to rage.\u00a0 In the former case, restrictive firearms laws will have no effect on the method chosen; committed criminals will obtain and use firearms if they desire to do so.\u00a0 However, aggravated assaults falling into the \u201ccrime of passion\u201d category will likely be committed using any weapon at hand, particularly in domestic violence situation. This means that a lower incidence of firearms availability <em>may<\/em> cause more of these aggravated\u00a0 assaults (which will be committed regardless) to be carried out with knives, blunt instruments, or hands.\u00a0 The result will still be serious bodily injury, unfortunately \u2013 but not via gunshot.\u00a0 Under this scenario, a large majority of aggravated assaults being \u201ccrimes of passion\u201d would explain the observed results.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Conclusions<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 Violent crime (less rape) was studied using FBI 2012 UCR data to determine the correlation between various violent crimes (and violent crime, rape excluded, overall) and a jurisdiction\u2019s firearms laws.\u00a0 Brady Score was used as a measure of the restrictiveness of a jurisdiction\u2019s firearms.\u00a0 Forcible rape was excluded from consideration as no data was available regarding the use of firearms during forcible rapes.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0 Restrictive firearms laws (as measured by a jurisdiction\u2019s Brady Score) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">appear to be associated with <em><strong>higher <\/strong><\/em>overall violent crime rates (rape excluded)<\/span>, not lower.\u00a0 The linkage is strong (just outside 5% statistical significance) for overall violent crime.\u00a0 Less significant linkage was observed for violent crime (rape excluded) firearm fraction and firearm violent crime (rape excluded) rate.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0 Restrictive firearms laws <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">appear to be associated with <em><strong>higher<\/strong> <\/em>rates of murder and non-negligent murder and a higher percentage of murders committed using firearms<\/span>.\u00a0 The linkage is weak for both overall murder rate and firearm murder fraction.\u00a0 There is essentially no observable linkage between firearm murder rate and restrictive firearms laws.<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">An <em><strong>undeniable<\/strong> <\/em>(&lt;0.1% significance level, or less than 1 chance in 1,000 of being wrong) correlation between more restrictive firearms laws and <em><strong>higher<\/strong> <\/em>robbery and firearm robbery rates was observed.<\/span>\u00a0 A weaker (but still above the 20% significance level) linkage between restrictive firearms laws and a higher fraction of robberies committed using firearms was also observed.<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Essentially no linkage was found between overall aggravated assault rate and restrictive firearms laws<\/span>.\u00a0 There does appear to be a link between restrictive firearms laws and a lower rate of aggravated assaults committed using firearms and a lower fraction of firearms usage during aggravated assaults.\u00a0 However, this is suggestive of restrictive firearms laws causing a substitution of weapons vice an overall depression on a jurisdiction\u2019s rate of aggravated assault.<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0 Bottom Line:\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">more restrictive firearms laws do not reduce the rate of violent crime<\/span>.\u00a0 If anything, they may actually raise the rate of violent crime.<\/p>\n<p>And, finally:<\/p>\n<p>7.\u00a0 BS appears to remain an appropriate abbreviation for the term \u201cBrady Score\u201d &#8211; at least regarding the Brady Bunch\u2019s thesis regarding firearms and violent crime.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Data used and calculated parameters determined during this study <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Brady_Score_Revisited_2012_Data.pdf\">may be found here<\/a>.\u00a0 Original data sources are identified therein in notes following calculated parameters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a previous article, I published an analysis of the apparent linkage between a state\u2019s Brady &hellip; <a title=\"2012 FBI Data Says:  More BS from the Brady Bunch\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=37822\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2012 FBI Data Says:  More BS from the Brady Bunch<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":623,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,156,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gun-grabbing-fascists","category-guns","category-legal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/623"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}