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Around 11 people are killed each year because their handguns lacked a magazine disconnect, according to\u00a0a massive 4,600-word special report by NBC News<\/a>, which was released Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n The story\u2019s title tells you all you need to know about the content:\u00a0\u201cA simple device could help curb accidental gun deaths, but most firearms don\u2019t have it.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cSince 2000, at least 277 people have been killed in gun accidents in which the shooter believed the weapon was unloaded because the magazine had been dislodged or removed, an NBC News investigation found. That total \u2013 based on federal data collected from states, as well as media reports, lawsuits and public records \u2013 is likely a significant undercount since many states only recently began reporting their data, and information on the cases may be incomplete. NBC News found 41 cases that weren\u2019t captured in the data,\u201d the story claims.\u00a0<\/p>\n Most of the story focuses on those allegedly killed by a handgun that was improperly used \u2013 pointed at an innocent person and the trigger pulled.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIn Kansas, a college football player\u00a0lost his leg\u00a0after a teammate fired a weapon in 2018 that he thought was unloaded. In Michigan, a pregnant woman was accidentally\u00a0shot and wounded\u00a0by her husband, an Army soldier. And earlier this year, a customer\u00a0inside a crowded Florida gun show\u00a0was shot in the foot when another man unwittingly fired off a live round,\u201d the story states.\u00a0<\/p>\n While any firearm-related accident is horrific, the story makes a lot of its numbers, but by comparison, dogs kill nearly three times as many people per year, around 400 die annually from accidental electrocutions, and texting while driving kills thousands more people every year.\u00a0<\/p>\n According to their story, the NBC reporters tried to ask more than a dozen firearm manufacturers about whether they would incorporate a magazine disconnect in their modern handguns. None replied to their questions, other than Larry Keane, general counsel and chief lobbyist of the\u00a0National Shooting Sports Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIf the magazine gets dislodged or damaged and you can\u2019t function a firearm in a life-or-death situation, using a firearm for self-defense \u2014 that\u2019s a significant problem,\u201d he told the NBC reporters.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Keane is correct, of course. Besides, whether or not a firearm has a magazine disconnect, no one would have been harmed had the accidental shooters assumed that every gun was loaded and kept the muzzle pointed in a safe direction.\u00a0<\/p>\n In their second-to-the-last paragraph, the NBC reporters admit where they got much of their data for the story, from\u00a0the Gun Violence Archive<\/a>, or GVA.\u00a0<\/p>\n According to GVA\u2019s executive director Mark Bryant, every day his researchers consult \u201ca mass of about 7,500 sources. They are law enforcement Twitter, law enforcement Facebook, law enforcement police blotters and then we have media sources. The easiest is to grab media sources. Law enforcement is clinical. The media looks more subjectively at an incident.\u201d<\/p>\n The bottom line: GVA\u2019s data is extremely suspect.\u00a0<\/p>\n Using the GVA data debunks any serious point the NBC journalists were trying to make, because anytime four or more people are shot and even slightly wounded, the small but influential nonprofit labels it as a mass shooting, and politicians, gun control advocates and the mainstream media treat their reports as if they\u2019re gospel even if their data is wildly inaccurate.<\/p>\n For example, according to Bryant\u2019s all-inclusive definition, there were 417 mass shootings in 2019. The FBI says there were 30, because it uses a much narrower and more realistic definition.<\/p>\n While the GVA collects and publishes several different types of shooting data \u2013 mass murders, number of children and teens killed or injured, officer-involved shootings, defenses gun usages and more \u2013 it is their inflated mass shooting numbers that are cited most often by the mainstream media, given its penchant for sensational headlines.<\/p>\n In a 2021 interview with the Second Amendment Foundation, Bryant defended his broader definition, and the higher body count it yields.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt doesn\u2019t parse,\u201d he said three years ago. \u201cIt gives an accurate picture of the number of times more than four people were shot, whether in a drive-by or a shooting at a rap concert or a country music concert.\u201d<\/p>\n In the interview, Bryant deflected blame for the media\u2019s overhyping and misuse of his data.<\/p>\n \u201cIf the numbers are misleading, the journalist didn\u2019t do their homework, you could make that argument. The media zeroes in on it, not us. At one point we wanted to take mass shootings out of the loop, but the phone started ringing on a daily basis. It\u2019s important to me that we\u2019re not misinterpreted. We\u2019re not anti-gun. Look at our staff, over half are gun owners. I intentionally do not hire from the (Gun Violence Prevention) community. I want researchers \u2013 period. We wanted to have an honest set of data, and you can use it how you want,\u201d Bryant said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Bryant\u2019s database is being used by anti-gun politicians, the gun-control crowd and their supporters in the mainstream media. Keep in mind they cite GVA\u2019s data as\u00a0proof\u00a0that our rights need some infringing. If Bryant honestly believes in an individual\u2019s right to keep and bear arms, he\u2019d shutter the GVA.<\/p>\n Fabrique Nationale\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0new 21st<\/sup>\u00a0Century High Powers lack magazine disconnects, which says all most shooters need to know about the old-fashioned safeties.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cOne component removed from the reboot is its\u00a0antediluvian\u00a0magazine-disconnect safety, meaning that the hammer can be dropped and the gun fired with its magazine removed,\u201d NRA\u2019s senior executive editor Kelly Young\u00a0wrote in a review<\/a>\u00a0of the new High Powers.\u00a0<\/p>\n Antediluvian<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0means \u201cbelonging to the time before the biblical flood, or ridiculously old-fashioned.\u201d<\/p>\n This story is courtesy of the Second Amendment Foundation\u2019s Investigative Journalism Project. Click\u00a0<\/em>here<\/em><\/a>\u00a0to make a tax-deductible donation to support the project.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nGun Violence Archive<\/h2>\n
New Design<\/h2>\n
![<\/a><\/div>\nAround 11 people are killed each year because their handguns lacked a magazine disconnect, according to\u00a0a massive 4,600-word special report by NBC News<\/a>, which was released Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\nThe story\u2019s title tells you all you need to know about the content:\u00a0\u201cA simple device could help curb accidental gun deaths, but most firearms don\u2019t have it.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cSince 2000, at least 277 people have been killed in gun accidents in which the shooter believed the weapon was unloaded because the magazine had been dislodged or removed, an NBC News investigation found. That total \u2013 based on federal data collected from states, as well as media reports, lawsuits and public records \u2013 is likely a significant undercount since many states only recently began reporting their data, and information on the cases may be incomplete. NBC News found 41 cases that weren\u2019t captured in the data,\u201d the story claims.\u00a0<\/p>\nMost of the story focuses on those allegedly killed by a handgun that was improperly used \u2013 pointed at an innocent person and the trigger pulled.\u00a0<\/p>\n\u201cIn Kansas, a college football player\u00a0lost his leg\u00a0after a teammate fired a weapon in 2018 that he thought was unloaded. In Michigan, a pregnant woman was accidentally\u00a0shot and wounded\u00a0by her husband, an Army soldier. And earlier this year, a customer\u00a0inside a crowded Florida gun show\u00a0was shot in the foot when another man unwittingly fired off a live round,\u201d the story states.\u00a0<\/p>\nWhile any firearm-related accident is horrific, the story makes a lot of its numbers, but by comparison, dogs kill nearly three times as many people per year, around 400 die annually from accidental electrocutions, and texting while driving kills thousands more people every year.\u00a0<\/p>\nAccording to their story, the NBC reporters tried to ask more than a dozen firearm manufacturers about whether they would incorporate a magazine disconnect in their modern handguns. None replied to their questions, other than Larry Keane, general counsel and chief lobbyist of the\u00a0National Shooting Sports Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cIf the magazine gets dislodged or damaged and you can\u2019t function a firearm in a life-or-death situation, using a firearm for self-defense \u2014 that\u2019s a significant problem,\u201d he told the NBC reporters.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\nKeane is correct, of course. Besides, whether or not a firearm has a magazine disconnect, no one would have been harmed had the accidental shooters assumed that every gun was loaded and kept the muzzle pointed in a safe direction.\u00a0<\/p>\nGun Violence Archive<\/h2>\nIn their second-to-the-last paragraph, the NBC reporters admit where they got much of their data for the story, from\u00a0the Gun Violence Archive<\/a>, or GVA.\u00a0<\/p>\nAccording to GVA\u2019s executive director Mark Bryant, every day his researchers consult \u201ca mass of about 7,500 sources. They are law enforcement Twitter, law enforcement Facebook, law enforcement police blotters and then we have media sources. The easiest is to grab media sources. Law enforcement is clinical. The media looks more subjectively at an incident.\u201d<\/p>\nThe bottom line: GVA\u2019s data is extremely suspect.\u00a0<\/p>\nUsing the GVA data debunks any serious point the NBC journalists were trying to make, because anytime four or more people are shot and even slightly wounded, the small but influential nonprofit labels it as a mass shooting, and politicians, gun control advocates and the mainstream media treat their reports as if they\u2019re gospel even if their data is wildly inaccurate.<\/p>\nFor example, according to Bryant\u2019s all-inclusive definition, there were 417 mass shootings in 2019. The FBI says there were 30, because it uses a much narrower and more realistic definition.<\/p>\nWhile the GVA collects and publishes several different types of shooting data \u2013 mass murders, number of children and teens killed or injured, officer-involved shootings, defenses gun usages and more \u2013 it is their inflated mass shooting numbers that are cited most often by the mainstream media, given its penchant for sensational headlines.<\/p>\nIn a 2021 interview with the Second Amendment Foundation, Bryant defended his broader definition, and the higher body count it yields.\u00a0<\/p>\n\u201cIt doesn\u2019t parse,\u201d he said three years ago. \u201cIt gives an accurate picture of the number of times more than four people were shot, whether in a drive-by or a shooting at a rap concert or a country music concert.\u201d<\/p>\nIn the interview, Bryant deflected blame for the media\u2019s overhyping and misuse of his data.<\/p>\n\u201cIf the numbers are misleading, the journalist didn\u2019t do their homework, you could make that argument. The media zeroes in on it, not us. At one point we wanted to take mass shootings out of the loop, but the phone started ringing on a daily basis. It\u2019s important to me that we\u2019re not misinterpreted. We\u2019re not anti-gun. Look at our staff, over half are gun owners. I intentionally do not hire from the (Gun Violence Prevention) community. I want researchers \u2013 period. We wanted to have an honest set of data, and you can use it how you want,\u201d Bryant said.\u00a0<\/p>\nBryant\u2019s database is being used by anti-gun politicians, the gun-control crowd and their supporters in the mainstream media. Keep in mind they cite GVA\u2019s data as\u00a0proof\u00a0that our rights need some infringing. If Bryant honestly believes in an individual\u2019s right to keep and bear arms, he\u2019d shutter the GVA.<\/p>\nNew Design<\/h2>\nFabrique Nationale\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0new 21st<\/sup>\u00a0Century High Powers lack magazine disconnects, which says all most shooters need to know about the old-fashioned safeties.\u00a0<\/p>\n\u201cOne component removed from the reboot is its\u00a0antediluvian\u00a0magazine-disconnect safety, meaning that the hammer can be dropped and the gun fired with its magazine removed,\u201d NRA\u2019s senior executive editor Kelly Young\u00a0wrote in a review<\/a>\u00a0of the new High Powers.\u00a0<\/p>\nAntediluvian<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0means \u201cbelonging to the time before the biblical flood, or ridiculously old-fashioned.\u201d<\/p>\nThis story is courtesy of the Second Amendment Foundation\u2019s Investigative Journalism Project. 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