On August 14, 2024, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published an article about research done exploring the relationship between the opening of deer hunting season and “shootings.” The article found that there was a significant increase in “shootings” in rural counties associated with the opening of deer season.
At first glance, the premise appears to be one of establishing by statistics of the obvious. Of course, there are more “shootings” when deer season opens. The entire point of deer season is to harvest deer by shooting them.
More shooting is done prior to deer season because many hunters use this time to ensure their firearms are functioning and are sighted in properly. They do this by shooting them at targets.
As a noted author, writer, publisher, and my friend of decades, Alan Korwin, has stated: Shooting is a sport. Murder is a crime. I would add that suicide is a volitional act.
“Shootings” has been put in quotes because the article does not define what they determine to be a “shooting.” An important part of any research is to define the terms you are using. It appears, by inference, that the article defines “shooting” as the same as the Gun Violence Archive because they rely extensively on the Gun Violence Archive for most of their data.
Click the link to read the whole article: Anti-gun Research Tries to Tie Deer Hunting to Crime
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