User talk:VRH2013

The reference to the analysis by O’Brien et al (2013), should be removed. This analysis is seriously flawed. The analysis was constructed by people who apparently do not understand gun control. This is evident by by how the author recoded the gun control questions as follows. Note the highlighted text: "Opinions on Gun Control Participants were asked two questions regarding their views on two potential gun control policies in wave 13 of the ANES panel study. Participants were firstly asked: “Do you favor, oppose, or neither favor nor oppose making it illegal for anyone to keep a handgun at home?”. Next they were asked: “Do you favor, oppose, or neither favor nor oppose giving permits to allow any adult to carry a concealed handgun if they have never been convicted of committing a crime and they have passed a test showing that they know how to use the gun safely?”. To produce a clear index of whether the participant is opposed to gun control, we coded responses to the first question so that 1 = definite opposition to making it illegal to keep a handgun at home, and 0 = other responses. The item assessing support for a permit to carry a concealed handgun was reverse coded, so that “favor” for permits to have concealed handguns was coded as 1, which in effect represents opposition to gun control. Other responses were coded as 0, indicating non-support for concealed handguns." The people who favor such requirements obiously favor a significant form of gun control. Therefore, the reference to the study by O'Brien, et alli (2013) must be removed so as not to condone badly manipulated data, which could impune the reputation of the data source organization ANES.