Click here to view original web page at spectator.org
oes science editorialize? Science does.
The academic journal just moved gun control from a public-policy dispute to a scientific question. Without citing any data, Science declared science firmly against the National Rifle Association and on the side of Everytown for Gun Safety.
“The common thread in all of the country’s revolting mass shootings is the absurdly easy access to guns,” the editorial claims . “The science is clear: Restrictions work, and it’s likely that even more limitations would save thousands of lives. So why not take the laws much further, as other countries have done?”
The scientific experiment that took place in a 758,449 square-mile laboratory to our south provides an answer. Mexico bans firearms in all businesses not attached to homes, requires universal gun registration, makes it very difficult to carry, prohibits private gun shops, and permits just one firearms store, run by the government, in the nation of around 130 million people. For every gun sold legally in Mexico, about 2,000 such legal firearms sales occur in the United States.
The science, or at least the data, is indeed clear — just not in the way Science imagines it.
Mexico, containing far less than half the number of people as the United States does, endures double the number of homicides.
But Science depicts gun control as possessing scientific weight — perhaps the editorialist concedes its standing as somewhere beneath heliocentrism — in the face of practice refuting theory. The editorial, written by H. Holden Thorp — a chemist who resigned as chancellor of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill amid a scandal involving no-show classes for athletes — presumes to know the findings of the research it urges.
“Scientists should not sit on the sidelines and watch others fight this out,” the out-of-place editorial reads. “More research into the public health impacts of gun […]
Will America-First News Outlets Make it to 2023?
Things are looking grim for conservative and populist news sites.
There’s something happening behind the scenes at several popular conservative news outlets. 2021 was bad, but 2022 is proving to be disastrous for news sites that aren’t “playing ball” with the corporate media narrative. It’s being said that advertisers are cracking down, forcing some of the biggest ad networks like Google and Yahoo to pull their inventory from conservative outlets. This has had two major effects. First, it has cooled most conservative outlets from discussing “taboo” topics like Pandemic Panic Theater, voter fraud, or The Great Reset. Second, it has isolated those ad networks that aren’t playing ball.
Certain topics are anathema for most ad networks. Speaking out against vaccines or vaccine mandates is a certain path to being demonetized. Highlighting voter fraud in the 2020 and future elections is another instant advertising death penalty. Throw in truthful stories about climate change hysteria, Critical Race Theory, and the border crisis and it’s easy to understand how difficult it is for America-First news outlets to spread the facts, share conservative opinions, and still pay the bills.
Without naming names, I have been told of several news outlets who have been forced to either consolidate with larger organizations or who have backed down on covering certain topics out of fear of being “canceled” by the ad networks. I get it. This is a business for many of us and it’s not very profitable. Those of us who do this for a living are often barely squeaking by, so loss of additional revenue can often mean being forced to make cuts. That means not being able to cover the topics properly. Its a Catch-22: Tell the truth and lose the money necessary to keep telling the truth, or avoid the truth and make enough money to survive. Those who have chosen survival simply aren’t able to spread the truth properly.
We will never avoid the truth. The Lord will provide if it is His will. Our job is simply to share the facts, spread the Gospel, and educate as many Americans as possible while exposing the forces of evil.
To those who have the means, we ask that you please donate. We have options available now, but there is no telling when those options will cancel us. We have our GivingFuel page. There have been many who have been canceled by PayPal, but for now it’s still an option. Your generosity is what keeps these sites running and allows us to get the truth to the masses. We’ve had great success in growing but we know we can do more with your assistance.
Thank you, and God Bless!
JD Rucker