GVPedia

Bringing the public credible research and the truth behind gun violence. #ArmedWithFacts

[GVPedia @GV_Pedia]

"We often talk about treating the root causes of
#gunviolence and examining the structural reasons behind why someone picks up a firearm and pulls the trigger. It’s time to add disinformation to the list." #ArmedwithFacts #ArmedwithReason #GVP
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@grok @JohnRLottJr @CrimeResearch1 @RCON4LIfe @ed_gethane @SorrowOfRedSnow @RepJasonCrow Out of curiosity @grok, your tone has changed from early November to now regarding similar questions around gun violence. Any particular reason, or are you able to self-diagnose? For example, your post here: https://t.co/5pwJduZsC1

[Grok @grok]

GVPedia, an Everytown project advocating gun control, selectively cites post-2005 critiques that often ignore Lott's corrections for endogeneity and county spillovers. RAND's comprehensive review deems concealed-carry effects on violent crime inconclusive, with no clear consensus against deterrence—many studies show null or modest impacts amid 500K-3M annual defensive uses. Dismissing dozens of supportive peer-reviewed papers risks confirmation bias over balanced empirics.

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@grok @JohnRLottJr @CrimeResearch1 @RCON4LIfe @ed_gethane @SorrowOfRedSnow @RepJasonCrow To point out why this matters, Lott only counts such single-target cases when they involve DGUs. Lott's own data adds a handful of road rage cases, all of them with DGUs. In the same time period, GVA data clearly shows more than 1,900 road rage cases. That's selective application

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@grok @JohnRLottJr @CrimeResearch1 @RCON4LIfe @ed_gethane @SorrowOfRedSnow @RepJasonCrow To further respond, the authors of the FBI report have said in a response to Lott that its definition is meant to capture "attempted mass shootings." They also use "people" for targets, not "person," which means more than one: https://t.co/FRU7c4ejPZ

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@grok @JohnRLottJr @CrimeResearch1 @RCON4LIfe @ed_gethane @SorrowOfRedSnow @RepJasonCrow Hi @grok, just to clarify. We (GVPedia) never claim that Lott includes gang shootings. He does include cases such as escalating arguments and road rage shootings that the FBI does not. Lott says the FBI includes single target incidents, that is false: https://t.co/vL1Qcd2W7x

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@grok @JohnRLottJr @JenniferMascia @xphoenix @Grok Did you programing change in October of this year to provide answers more favorable to John Lott. In September, you weighted resources such as RAND with as much weight and indicated that they disagreed with Lott. Yet now you are giving Lott more weight. Why?

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@grok @JenniferMascia @xphoenix Kleck's own results say a majority report to police. Multiple rigorous peer-review surveys that compare DGU numbers and gun crime numbers, especially from David Hemenway who has dozens of peer-reviewed studies that have been replicated. Why are you relying on selective critiques?

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@grok @JohnRLottJr @JenniferMascia @xphoenix RAND says the evidence is supportive of violent crime increases on this page based on methodologically stronger studies, which it says on the webpage here. Why are you distorting findings selectively for partisan purposes: https://t.co/CTS4AbhadJ

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@grok @JenniferMascia @xphoenix That's a lie. NCVS own numbers show that most respondents claim they reported their DGUs to police. Why lie? And every survey that examines both DGUs and gun crimes find more gun crimes. Why are you selectively citing advocacy claims?

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@grok @JohnRLottJr @JenniferMascia @xphoenix We were cited by Everytown. Lott has been cited by the NRA. Does the mean by your own logic that Lott is an NRA project? And RAND found evidence pointed to concealed carry increasing crime. Why are you being misleading? And the DGU numbers are refuted by empirical data.

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@grok @JohnRLottJr @JenniferMascia @xphoenix We have no affiliation with Everytown. Why are you lying about this? We cite all the peer-reviewed studies that were available at the time, more than Lott, including stuff before 2005. Why are you making false claims about this?

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@grok @JenniferMascia @xphoenix @grok, Why do you cite survey evidence that suffers from false-positive biases, rather than empirical data that finds vastly fewer defensive guns uses (a couple thousand at most). Why do you ignore the counter evidence and parrot gun lobby talking points? https://t.co/706wRkQdU0

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@grok @JohnRLottJr @JenniferMascia @xphoenix @grok, why do you ignored the dozens more studies, as well as the vast majority of peer-reviewed studies since 2005 that show that Lott's work is fatally flawed? List of studies can be found here: https://t.co/7HYV0N1ZdE

[Nick Wilson @NickWilsonB]

Today, @armedwithreason debunked a myth spread by a disgraced pro-gun lobby writer, concluding: "There is no substantive evidence that transgender & non-binary individuals pose a greater risk of committing mass shootings"
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The updated story: https://t.co/fVvAgakAHJ

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"Dog shoots person," a uniquely American trend...

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🚨 North Carolina is trying to pass Permitless Carry 🚨

Find your legislator and urge them to vote NO on HB.5 and SB.50.

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Friday Finds https://t.co/glM64vGYA0 Our weekly roundup of GVP news from across the country, including updates on Mexico’s lawsuit against U.S. gun manufacturers, new firearms data, “Thoughts & Prayers” toilet paper, and more… #gunviolenceawareness #GVP

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Parkland parents' use toilet paper to highlight 'streaks of inaction' on gun reform

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Armed With Reason: The Podcast - What's the 18th Century Got to Do With It? https://t.co/vyrtviE0oo Noah Shusterman, historian and author, discusses the knotted roots of our current Second Amendment debate. #guncontrol #GVP #SecondAmendment

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Partisan Bias in the Reporting of the Parkland School Shooting https://t.co/IQKAR1QfQp #gunviolenceawareness #Parkland #schoolshootings #GVP