# Anti-gun control folks, a question **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 25, 2005, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-gun-control-folks-a-question/300967 "2005-04-25T03:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 23
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-gun-control-folks-a-question/300967/23 "2005-04-25T16:09:36Z")
To continue Weirddave’s thoughts: > [@Soul Brother Number Two](#): > > We all are aware of the statistics around handguns and gun ownership, how they kill way more family members and friends than they do intruders or attackers. Then we should also all be aware that this misperception comes from a hgorribly (that’s right, “_hgorribly_”) flawed study by Arthur Kellerman published in the New England Journal of medicine in 1996. And what Kellerman said wasn’t actually “family members & friends,” but “58% of murder victims are killed by either relatives or acquaintances.” Notably, lumped in with the “acquaintances” were rival gang members known to their slayers. and Kellerman’s statistics were generated from a mere 43 deaths in two cities infamous for gang activity during a peak period of same. His selection of these cities, loosely and unconventionally defined terminology and the period “studied,” are an excellent example of choosing data to fit a preconceived notion. The results of this “study” were preordained. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-gun-control-folks-a-question/300967)._