I've been reading Dana's book, and it's taking me a long time because I have to stop almost every page and look up something. Nine times out of ten she is just flat wrong on what she is saying. Here is just one example.
Dana states that states that have the highest gun ownership, do not have the highest homicide rates. Then she states that Alabama has a third the gun deaths that Illinois does. Now, this mixing of criteria is bad enough (and it continues throughout chapter 4) but it is also flat wrong in it's thinking.
According to the FBI, homicide rates in those two states show Alabama to be more violent, 7.2 per 100,000 compared to Illinois' 5.5 (which is down from 6.0 the year before). Louisiana, another state with lax gun laws and a high rate of gun ownership is at 10.8, Mississippi at 6.5, well, you get the idea.
So, how do they rank in total gun deaths, which also include accidental and suicide deaths? Alabama is 7th (16.34), while Illinois is at 37th (8.66). Yeah, Illinois is almost half that of Alabama in gun death rates.
So wrong, and wrong again, Dana. It's no surprise people are shouting down anyone stating Dana's book isn't factual on Amazon. They don't want to read something they so agree with to be false. Sorry to break it to you. This is the kind of things you can expect from the book.
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