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

[LarryT (l02turner]

Actually, the FBI recently completed a study that came to that conclusion. 
But you;re right that Prof Ltt 1st came up with that.

The Govt Accounting Office (GAO) also came up with an estimate of 1million 
to 3 million occurances.  It's hard to get a firm nummber because crimes 
prevented are not normally reported.  (A gang of tough guys approached me 
carrying bats, knives and pipes so I pulled my jacket back and they turned 
around - kind of thing).

Additionally - and this has received precious little coverage - the FBI 
found gun laws had not prevented criminals from getting guns one bit! 
Forone thing, ciminal ignore laws - that's why they're called criminals! 
Duh!.

Also, criminals did not go to gun shows or gun stores to buy guns.  They 
bought them on the street (so-called Black market) or stole them.

But these findings do not square with the media's preconceived agenda so 
little was heard.

Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Handa" <dave [at] davehanda.com>
To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: "'The FerrariList'" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] NFC, NFC, NFC More Guns and Factoids


> -----Original Message-----
> 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
>
>
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