Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Is RKBA (Right to keep and bear arms) a Progressive value? [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)and quite frankly, he is a shill for the Brady Campaign, which also is a recipient of the same foundation's echo chamber cash. Hemenway spent much of the time speculating on what caused false positives without providing any evidence and accused Gertz employees of dishonesty. Hemenway is hardly a good critic. At least you didn't make the UFO quote. Here is Kleck's response
http://www.saf.org/LawReviews/KleckAndGertz2.htm
I suggest you actually read them and come to your conclusions.
Your Wolfgang quote is nothing different than what Kleck said himself. Wolfgang's criticism would also apply to Hemenway, Phil Cook, or anyone else. Here mine in context
http://www.saf.org/LawReviews/Wolfgang1.html
Yours in context
http://www.saf.org/LawReviews/WolfgangRemarks.htm
He simply said there is a wide margin of error, which is apparent when Kleck estimates 800K-2.5 mil. Phil Cook, a Kleck critic, got 1.4 million with a smaller sample. The NIJ came up with something like 80K.
http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10881&page=102
Ultimately none of these actually matter. Outdated studies with wide margins of error since the 1970s Hart study. Dropping crime coupled with more liberal carry laws make all of these moot. Policy is often not based on science, but too often ideological orthodoxy.
One critic does not make it "full of holes" even Lott has his critics and supporters in academic circles.