----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 12:14 AM Subject: Re: Most Dangerous States
> That would only hold true if the criminals were aware of who did and who did > not own guns ahead of time. > I think the gist of the argument is that legal gun ownership deters crime in > general and there are stats that support this. Actually, the statistics support the Clinton boom decreasing crime, and not much else. Well, maybe the end of the crack epidemic too. Yes, poverty doesn't cause crime in individual cases, but the crime rate is anti-correlated with the ecconomic prosperity of the lower income bracket. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l