JAMA Article on Firearm Owners’ Knowledge of Gun Laws Reveals the Problems With Researchers’ Assumptions and Biases

Posted By: admin December 3, 2021

JAMA Article on Firearm Owners’ Knowledge of Gun Laws Reveals the Problems With Researchers’ Assumptions and Biases

By Thomas E. Gift, MD

In a recent research letter in the Journal of the American Medical Association (“Knowledge of State Gun Laws Among US Adults in Gun-Owning Households”) Ali Rowhani-Rahbar MD et al. present data regarding knowledge of state firearms laws. Specifically, they assess the knowledge possessed by adults living in “gun-owning households” as to their state laws.

They approach this from the perspective that many such laws are designed to prevent injuries, and that following them would be useful for this reason.

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