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Re: Re: knife ban going to work?
From: "Jerry Hill" <malaclypse2 () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 14:52:39 -0400
On 5/26/06, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
Remind me where you got these "fists and feet" statistics; I see a figure a bit less. But that's not important - don't you see? If you make murder easier by giving everyone a gun, the percentage of murders using feet and fists goes down, and the total number of murders goes up.
That assertion doesn't seem to be borne out by the limited studies that have been done on the subject. It's somewhat hard to tell, of course, because it's unusual for gun laws to become more lax over time. Still, the closest proxy we have here in the states is studying the incidence of violent crime after loosening the restrictions on carrying a firearm (not necessarily owning one, but the right to carry a concealed weapon as you go about your daily business). I'm afraid I don't understand the statistical methodology well enough to evaluate the data on my own, but there have been several scholarly papers on the subject. The consensus seems to be that there is no particular effect one way or another when more people carry guns. One reference: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=321820 I'm sure there are lots of others, since I've seen quite a few stories on this over the years, but I don't have time to dig them up at the moment. -- Jerry _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- Re: Re: knife ban going to work? Brian Loe (May 26)
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- Re: Re: knife ban going to work? Drsolly (May 26)
- Re: Re: knife ban going to work? Jerry Hill (May 26)
- Re: Re: knife ban going to work? Drsolly (May 26)
- Re: Re: knife ban going to work? Valdis . Kletnieks (May 26)
- Re: Re: knife ban going to work? Brian Loe (May 27)
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- Re: Re: knife ban going to work? Brian Loe (May 27)
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- Re: Re: knife ban going to work? Jarrod Frates (May 31)
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- Re: Re: knife ban going to work? Valdis . Kletnieks (May 31)
- Re: Re: knife ban going to work? Dude VanWinkle (May 26)