In a message dated 2/5/03 3:18:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >>While she was Attorney General, Janet Reno commissioned a study to try >to >>prove that private firearms ownership does not deter crime. The commission > >>concluded nonetheless that Americans use firearms .5 to 1.5 million times >a >>year to deter crimes. Given the obvious bias of the study, this conclusion > >>makes the Lott/Kleck numbers quite credible. > >Can you provide a citation to this study and its methodology? I've never >heard of it. If it used survey methods it could have naively produced the >same results no matter what the intent of the author. - - Bill Dickens
It was a few years back, during the Clinton administration, and Reno refused to release the report. None of the liberal media outlets carried the story, but I did read about it in the conservative media.
