 Texas Lt. Governor Uses Fake Statistics To Defend New Open Carry Law (VIDEO)The Lieutenant Governor of Texas, Dan Patrick, appeared on Meet The Press with Chuck Todd on Sunday to discuss his state s new open carry law. Now, while we must say Mr. Patrick did a pretty good job at making it seem like he defended the merits of the law, in reality, all he did was provide outdated, heavily debunked statistics.Here s what Dan Patrick had to say about the relation of guns to crime data: Everywhere that we have more citizens carrying guns, crime is less. There s a study showing that where states have open carry, or concealed carry, but particulary open carry, crime is down 25%, murders are down (even). Having law-abiding citizens having guns is a good thing. In fact, Chuck, every one of the mass-shootings except two in America since 1950 have been gun-free zones. Where people have guns, bad guys don t go. Lt. Governor Patrick doesn t cite his source in the interview, but given how he just said open carry causes crime to go down 25%, we re going to assume he s referring to Florida State Rep. Matt Gaetz s (R-Fort Walton Beach) research. Matt Gaetz is the guy who came up with all this from when he sponsored a bill in October to allow open carry in his state.During a press conference, he claimed to show research that proved violent crime was  23 percent lower in states that allowed open carry, and the murder rate was 5 percent lower.  There are just a few problems with this. Politifact decided to fact-check this and determined that it was very misleading. For one, Gaetz only used data for one full year (not very historical by any means) and compiled it in such a manner that would make it impossible to draw a reasonable conclusion from. It noted that no policy makers should rely on it. Yes, anyone can come up with stats, but that doesn t make them applicable. If a policy maker were to try then and use these stats to make the claim that this proves open carry laws make people safer, then that deserves the title of fake.Florida State University criminology professor Gary Kleck doesn t think you can use just one statistic to back up a claim when several other studies are proving otherwise. Plenty of research has found rates of carry permit holding having no net effect on crime rates, including violent crime rates, one way or the other. And, not only that but the opposite appears to be true. The Washington Post published an article entitled: More gun, more crime: New research debunks central thesis of the gun rights movement. In it, it points out how Stanford law professor John Donohue has advanced decades of analysis showing that guns do in fact equal more crime. So much for the Texas Lt. Governor s argument that we need more guns to be safe. I guess this is what you get when you pick and choose your facts, heavily debunked ones at that.Featured image via screen capture.News
texas lt governor uses fake statistics to defend new open carry law video the lieutenant governor texas dan patrick appeared meet the press chuck todd sunday discuss state new open carry law now must say patrick pretty good job making seem like defended merits law reality provide outdated heavily debunked dan patrick say relation guns crime data everywhere citizens carrying guns crime less there study showing states open carry concealed carry particular open carry crime murders even having citizens guns good thing in fact chuck every one except two america since zones where people guns bad guys go lt governor patrick cite source interview given said open carry causes crime go going assume referring florida state matt get walton beach research matt get guy came sponsored bill october allow open carry press conference claimed show research proved violent crime percent lower states allowed open carry murder rate percent lower there problems politifact decided determined misleading for one get used data one full year historical means compiled manner would make impossible draw reasonable conclusion it noted policy makers rely yes anyone come stats make applicable if policy maker try use stats make claim proves open carry laws make people safer deserves title state university criminology professor gary black think use one statistic back claim several studies proving otherwise plenty research found rates carry permit holding net effect crime rates including violent crime rates one way and opposite appears true the washington post published article entitled more gun crime new research debuts central thesis gun rights movement in points stanford law professor john donohue advanced decades analysis showing guns fact equal crime so much texas lt governor argument need guns safe i guess get pick choose facts heavily debunked ones image via screen
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT:  Texas Lt. Governor Uses Fake Statistics To Defend New Open Carry Law (VIDEO)The Lieutenant Governor of Texas, Dan Patrick, appeared on Meet The Press with Chuck Todd on Sunday to discuss his state s new open carry law. Now, while we must say Mr. Patrick did a pretty good job at making it seem like he defended the merits of the law, in reality, all he did was provide outdated, heavily debunked statistics.Here s what Dan Patrick had to say about the relation of guns to crime data: Everywhere that we have more citizens carrying guns, crime is less. There s a study showing that where states have open carry, or concealed carry, but particulary open carry, crime is down 25%, murders are down (even). Having law-abiding citizens having guns is a good thing. In fact, Chuck, every one of the mass-shootings except two in America since 1950 have been gun-free zones. Where people have guns, bad guys don t go. Lt. Governor Patrick doesn t cite his source in the interview, but given how he just said open carry causes crime to go down 25%, we re going to assume he s referring to Florida State Rep. Matt Gaetz s (R-Fort Walton Beach) research. Matt Gaetz is the guy who came up with all this from when he sponsored a bill in October to allow open carry in his state.During a press conference, he claimed to show research that proved violent crime was  23 percent lower in states that allowed open carry, and the murder rate was 5 percent lower.  There are just a few problems with this. Politifact decided to fact-check this and determined that it was very misleading. For one, Gaetz only used data for one full year (not very historical by any means) and compiled it in such a manner that would make it impossible to draw a reasonable conclusion from. It noted that no policy makers should rely on it. Yes, anyone can come up with stats, but that doesn t make them applicable. If a policy maker were to try then and use these stats to make the claim that this proves open carry laws make people safer, then that deserves the title of fake.Florida State University criminology professor Gary Kleck doesn t think you can use just one statistic to back up a claim when several other studies are proving otherwise. Plenty of research has found rates of carry permit holding having no net effect on crime rates, including violent crime rates, one way or the other. And, not only that but the opposite appears to be true. The Washington Post published an article entitled: More gun, more crime: New research debunks central thesis of the gun rights movement. In it, it points out how Stanford law professor John Donohue has advanced decades of analysis showing that guns do in fact equal more crime. So much for the Texas Lt. Governor s argument that we need more guns to be safe. I guess this is what you get when you pick and choose your facts, heavily debunked ones at that.Featured image via screen capture.News
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: texas lt governor uses fake statistics to defend new open carry law video the lieutenant governor texas dan patrick appeared meet the press chuck todd sunday discuss state new open carry law now must say patrick pretty good job making seem like defended merits law reality provide outdated heavily debunked dan patrick say relation guns crime data everywhere citizens carrying guns crime less there study showing states open carry concealed carry particular open carry crime murders even having citizens guns good thing in fact chuck every one except two america since zones where people guns bad guys go lt governor patrick cite source interview given said open carry causes crime go going assume referring florida state matt get walton beach research matt get guy came sponsored bill october allow open carry press conference claimed show research proved violent crime percent lower states allowed open carry murder rate percent lower there problems politifact decided determined misleading for one get used data one full year historical means compiled manner would make impossible draw reasonable conclusion it noted policy makers rely yes anyone come stats make applicable if policy maker try use stats make claim proves open carry laws make people safer deserves title state university criminology professor gary black think use one statistic back claim several studies proving otherwise plenty research found rates carry permit holding net effect crime rates including violent crime rates one way and opposite appears true the washington post published article entitled more gun crime new research debuts central thesis gun rights movement in points stanford law professor john donohue advanced decades analysis showing guns fact equal crime so much texas lt governor argument need guns safe i guess get pick choose facts heavily debunked ones image via screen