Alan continues misleading Canadians.

He thinks he’s proving his point by posting these American studies.

The US firearm suicide rate is astronomically higher than Canada.

Also, multiple Canadian research papers exist that disprove his points… yet he ignores them. Why?





He’s either incompetent or a liar.

Here’s some of the Canadian papers.

https://twitter.com/Dicky_Paul_95/status/1451390309166985256

The Docs and @najmadoc have written an article in @TIME trying to sway the government to ban most semi-automatic firearms in Canada.

Its time for another fact check.

#C21 #CancelC21

time.com/6258603/canada… Right off the hop they frame “military-style assault weapons” to include any semiautomatic firearm with a detachable magazine (while also giving a nod to the SKS).

This has never been established as accurate. It’s one reason Canadians pushed back so hard on the amendments.

I said I’d do a thread on the Docs thread of alleged evidence supporting Bill C21 and it’s gun bans.

Here we go.

First, a vague 20 year old statement that I somewhat agree with. I support some gun laws that Canada has had for decades.

Their cited link takes us nowhere though. Next they cited two Canadian studies on firearm legislation and suicide. Of special note: their links are just to the main page at NIH, not any actual study. Sloppy at best, incompetent more likely.

So of the 20 studies listed, only two support anything they call for in letters to ministers and interviews to the public. Those two studies found the US AWB was effective.

Those two are on shaky ground, as there’s plenty of research that contradicts it. That includes several papers that used to be on their website, and were removed.

One paper that remains in the 20 completely contradicts the effectiveness of the AWB, having actually found an increase in firearm mortality associated with it. 🤷‍♂️

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While perusing Twitter yesterday, I noticed @Docs4GunControl post a link to their website I didn’t recognize.

I found they revamped the scientific papers listed on their website. I immediately noticed some papers missing that once were there.

doctorsforprotectionfromguns.ca/scientific-lit… Their previous page included dozens and dozens of papers and references, while the new website only had 20. I used the way back machine to find the previous pages, which had over 160 citations.

web.archive.org/web/2021061923…

I had a quick read of @najmadoc affidavit in relation to the on-going CCFR court case.

I have an honest question for her.

Did you read the studies you cited? Do you realize you lied in your affidavit?

You don’t have to be a doctor to see the lie.

drive.google.com/file/d/1hANknL… You claim in your affidavit, “…we are rigorously trained in the scientific method…” and are able to “understand, and communicate the meaning of medical research….”

Yet time and time again I’ve seen you misrepresent research papers on gun violence.

I guess there’s a limit on thread length.

To continue, Najma sources a study of gun legislation in Europe specifically Austria. The gun legislation found to be effective are laws we already have.

It also states Canada has a suicide switching phenomenon after new gun legislation Last in this section is a link to a paper about US states and gun legislation.

Let me be clear. This is a massive red herring. Canada would rank at the top of the charts when these papers compare gun legislation and ownership in US States.

The Docs and @najmadoc have submitted a document to the SECU stating their positions on firearm policy in Canada. Let’s review.

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ourcommons.ca/Content/Commit… Of course she starts out by immediately removing the talk about gang violence with guns to turn it on rural Canadians shooting themselves.

While it’s true 75% of gun deaths are by suicide in Canada, what’s not true is trying more gun control will reduce those numbers.

I had written an entire thread about this article… but really what’s the point? Heidi hates guns and thinks she’s right.

I decided to just post some research on gun violence and laws that counters her views instead. Enjoy!

montrealgazette.com/opinion/opinio… “The nine laws associated with an increase in the risk of firearm-related deaths were… a ban or restrictions placed on assault weapons…”

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26972843/