From: Michael S. Lorrey (mike@lorrey.com)
Date: Thu May 27 1999 - 21:23:58 MDT
Steve Tucker wrote:
> My main point was to find out if anyone is even interested in evidence here. So far
> I've seen evidence backing the increased benefits to society of gun ownership, but none
> for gun banning. No one has officially asked (on this list anyway) if someone knows of
> such evidence, so I thought I'd step forward.
The largest study done that shows evidence for gun control was a study of five hand picked
counties at different times, that demonstrated that crime went up. It was such a small
sample that in each case the increase in crime was attributable to a single individual or
gang in that jurisdiction on a continuous string of crimes. I don't recall the name of the
person who did the study, but she was the person who called Prof. Lott's study 'flawed'. I
know he mentions her in the back of his book.
Mike Lorrey
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