The National Rifle Association (NRA) responded to claims by Yale School of Public Health Dean Megan Ranney that Republican-controlled areas have more shootings than blue cities like Chicago.
The NRA labeled firearm ownership as a ‘public health crisis’ and accused gun control activists of attempting to dismantle Second Amendment rights.
Ranney, associated with Moms Demand Action, advocated for stricter gun control and the federal assault weapons ban. (Trending: Another Major Company Goes Woke And Goes Broke)
Left-wing Yale School of Public Health Dean Megan Ranney wants to ban more guns and increase gun control. pic.twitter.com/bB6w19FQuE
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NRA spokesman Billy McLaughlin said, “It aims to dismantle Second Amendment rights through coordinated action between government and gun control lobbying groups. This tactic was on full display by Dr. Megan Ranney’s testimony before Congress.”
McLaughlin called Ranney “a known gun control extremist” who has been associated with Moms Demand Action, a progressive grassroots group.
“She has supported bans on commonly owned semi-automatic rifles since 2013 and has consistently attacked NRA,” McLaughlin said. ”
“This pattern of behavior among activists shows a concerted effort to reframe the gun ownership debate in terms of public health to effectively shred our Second Amendment.”
GOP Sen. John Kennedy and Ranney sparred over gun violence as a “public health crisis,” with Ranney pointing to environmental conditions and lack of education as factors.
The NRA criticized her claims as misleading and relying on statistical manipulation.
Data shows Chicago’s gun homicide rate is higher than in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Missouri, and a report from the Heritage Foundation suggests higher homicide rates in Democrat-run “blue counties” compared to “red counties” since 2002.
GOP Sen. John Kennedy asked Ranney why Chicago’s shooting rates are so high, and Ranney claimed Mississippi, Louisiana and Missouri “actually have higher firearm death rates.”
Ranney responded, “There’s easy access to firearms combined with environmental conditions, lack of great education.”
“There have actually been studies that when you green vacant lots and repair abandoned buildings in urban neighborhoods you see decreases in gunshots and violence as well as in stress and depression in the neighborhoods around them,” she said.
McLaughlin said her claim is “misleading” because “it relies on conflating data from different age groups to create an alarmist narrative.”
“This statistical manipulation is a key part of their tired strategy to strengthen the case for restrictive gun control measures,” he said.
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