10 Pro-Gun Myths, Shot Down: Mother Jones

Pro-Gun Myths Shot Down
TINLEY PARK, IL - JANUARY 19: A customer shops for a gun at Freddie Bear Sports sporting goods store on January 19, 2012 in Tinley Park, Illinois. Gun rights supporters have proclaimed today Gun Appreciation Day and encouraged gun owners to visit local gun shops, gun ranges and to rally at their state capitals. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
TINLEY PARK, IL - JANUARY 19: A customer shops for a gun at Freddie Bear Sports sporting goods store on January 19, 2012 in Tinley Park, Illinois. Gun rights supporters have proclaimed today Gun Appreciation Day and encouraged gun owners to visit local gun shops, gun ranges and to rally at their state capitals. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

By cutting off federal funding for research and stymieing data collection and sharing, the National Rifle Association has tried to do to the study of gun violence what climate deniers have done to the science of global warming. No wonder: When it comes to hard numbers, some of the gun lobby's favorite arguments are full of holes.

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