Re: CDC can't find sufficient evidence to say gun laws work.

[Joseph E. Olson]

After reviewing 50 plus studies conducted by PhD-level researchers, the CDC panel says [in bureaucratise] "The Task Force found insufficient evidence to determine the effectiveness of any of the firearms laws or combinations of laws reviewed on violent outcomes. (Note that insufficient evidence to determine effectiveness should not be interpreted as evidence of ineffectiveness.)".           I think that means in plain language, no one can show that gun laws DO work to reduce violence no matter how hard they've tried.  Proving they DON'T work, of course, is proving a negative (and we all know how hard that is).         :-)     P. S. I know this is "insufficient evidence" but FWIW there were 2 murders last week in Minnesota's "gun free zones."  Both by people who violated a gun law by possessing a firearm, who violated a gun law by carrying a firearm in public, and who violated the sanctity of the gun free zone.      *********************************************************************** Professor Joseph Olson     Hamline University School of Law tel.   (651) 523-2142          St. Paul, Minnesota  55104-1284 fax.  (651) 523-2236          <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>