I could be mistaken but as far as I understand Rand's work, they didn't do any studies themselves. Instead they did a literature review. While these have their place, they likely didn't look too deeply into the methodology of the individual studies. So if the studies contain bias or other errors (as they often do with gun studies) really all they did was perpetuate a game of telephone.
I'll check out the link. Yes, you are right about RAND too. As part of an op ed I"m working on I had occasion to talk to someone there and told her pretty much what you'd just written here.
I could be mistaken but as far as I understand Rand's work, they didn't do any studies themselves. Instead they did a literature review. While these have their place, they likely didn't look too deeply into the methodology of the individual studies. So if the studies contain bias or other errors (as they often do with gun studies) really all they did was perpetuate a game of telephone.
I'll check out the link. Yes, you are right about RAND too. As part of an op ed I"m working on I had occasion to talk to someone there and told her pretty much what you'd just written here.
Ah, here's some background:
https://opensourcedefense.substack.com/p/osd-163-preference-laundering?utm_source=publication-search