+- TFTC -- 58d ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | A new study found that electing a Republican prosecutor reduces all-cause mortality among men aged 20-29 by 6.6%. | | The mechanism behind it is going to make both sides uncomfortable. | | | | Researchers from Vanderbilt and Wellesley studied hundreds of closely contested partisan prosecutor elections | | between 2010 and 2019. In jurisdictions that narrowly elected a Republican over a Democrat, firearm-related deaths | | dropped significantly. | | | | The effect is strongest among Black men, where firearm homicide falls sharply. Among White men, it shows up as a | | smaller reduction in firearm suicides and accidents. No effect on opioid deaths, which makes sense — prosecutors | | don't control drug supply chains. | | | | Here's the part nobody wants to hear: | | | | The lives aren't being saved by locking people up. Prison incapacitation only explains about one third of the | | reduction among Black men. The dominant mechanism is conviction-based firearms restrictions. A felony conviction | | strips your legal right to own a gun. Republican prosecutors secure higher conviction rates, which means more people | | in high-risk demographics lose legal access to firearms. | | | | The right has to reckon with the fact that the mechanism saving lives is effectively a form of gun restriction. The | | left has to reckon with the fact that it only works when prosecutors actually pursue convictions instead of | | diversion programs. | | | | Hundreds of elections. A decade of mortality data. The data doesn't care about your priors. | | https://blossom.primal.net/370b874a94735a70bbf2f050aea9de4eda1bd4fbfd0c6551bdbd5dea3803f0f1.jpg | | | +-- reply --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+A new study found that electing a Republican prosecutor reduces all-cause mortality among men aged 20-29 by 6.6%. The mechanism behind it is going to make both sides uncomfortable. Researchers from Vanderbilt and Wellesley studied hundreds of closely contested partisan prosecutor elections between 2010 and 2019. In jurisdictions that narrowly elected a Republican over a Democrat, firearm-related deaths dropped significantly. The effect is strongest among Black men, where firearm homicide falls sharply. Among White men, it shows up as a smaller reduction in firearm suicides and accidents. No effect on opioid deaths, which makes sense — prosecutors don't control drug supply chains. Here's the part nobody wants to hear: The lives aren't being saved by locking people up. Prison incapacitation only explains about one third of the reduction among Black men. The dominant mechanism is conviction-based firearms restrictions. A felony conviction strips your legal right to own a gun. Republican prosecutors secure higher conviction rates, which means more people in high-risk demographics lose legal access to firearms. The right has to reckon with the fact that the mechanism saving lives is effectively a form of gun restriction. The left has to reckon with the fact that it only works when prosecutors actually pursue convictions instead of diversion programs. Hundreds of elections. A decade of mortality data. The data doesn't care about your priors. https://blossom.primal.net/370b874a94735a70bbf2f050aea9de4eda1bd4fbfd0c6551bdbd5dea3803f0f1.jpg
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A new study found that electing a Republican prosecutor reduces all-cause mortality among men aged 20-29 by6.6%. The mechanism behind it is going to make both sides uncomfortable.Researchers from Vanderbilt and Wellesley studied hundreds of closely contested partisan prosecutor electionsbetween 2010 and 2019. In jurisdictions that narrowly elected a Republican over a Democrat, firearm-relateddeaths dropped significantly.The effect is strongest among Black men, where firearm homicide falls sharply. Among White men, it shows up as asmaller reduction in firearm suicides and accidents. No effect on opioid deaths, which makes sense — prosecutorsdon't control drug supply chains.Here's the part nobody wants to hear:The lives aren't being saved by locking people up. Prison incapacitation only explains about one third of thereduction among Black men. The dominant mechanism is conviction-based firearms restrictions. A felony convictionstrips your legal right to own a gun. Republican prosecutors secure higher conviction rates, which means morepeople in high-risk demographics lose legal access to firearms.The right has to reckon with the fact that the mechanism saving lives is effectively a form of gun restriction.The left has to reckon with the fact that it only works when prosecutors actually pursue convictions instead ofdiversion programs.Hundreds of elections. A decade of mortality data. The data doesn't care about your priors.https://blossom.primal.net/370b874a94735a70bbf2f050aea9de4eda1bd4fbfd0c6551bdbd5dea3803f0f1.jpg
Wrong. This is how we prevent gun related crime.Soft men that kiss ass to daddy and mommy government, fucking pathetic.https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs0zkmes8x2yxe8368ztlxgc0fsa997wlyjzmn3h6v9kh4dhg23cfcv28ua0