Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC, NFC, NFC More Guns and Factoids

[Dave Handa (dave]

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From: Ric Rainbolt [mailto:ricrainbolt [at] gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 10:06 AM
To: dave [at] davehanda.com
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] NFC, NFC, NFC More Guns and Factoids
   Factoid: I hope I get this right, as I heard it on the radio, but have
   not verified the statistic. According to the FBI, 2.5 million crimes
   were deescalated last year by the brandishing or use of a handgun.
   Ric Rainbolt


Close Ric.  You are probably citing the study by Prof. John Lott, from his
book "More Guns, Less Crime".  This was published in 2000, and based on
statistics he compiled from 1988 to 1994 (through 1996 in his revised
addition).  His book found that indeed, having guns seems to reduce crime
more than it creates or causes crime.  It was withstood scholarly review by
both sides of the subject, and has been the basis of much discussion since
its publication.

http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/14167.ctl

Dave