I read the Abstract at SSRN but didn't read the 100+ page paper. Reading the Abstract gave me a feeling that a *lot* of tests of significance were done. It is well known in statistics that if one runs enough tests that eventually, maybe pretty soon, that one will get a significant result (p < .05), i.e. incorrectly reject the null hypothesis when there is no true effect. There are various correction methods, e.g. the Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons.
I did read the Lott rebuttal Guy cited, and he points to a lot of real problems, but again it would take a lot of time/effort to check all of his points in addition to reading and understanding the 100+ page paper (well, it's double spaced so it's not as large as I first thought.) --henry schaffer On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 5:59 PM, Joe Waldron <jwald...@halcyon.com> wrote: > Except that while Detroit and New Orleans both have/had high crime rates, > neither has strict gun control. > > Louisiana is a shall issue state, as is Michigan, and Detroit's police chief > is solidly pro-gun and advises citizens to get a gun "and shoot home > invaders." (Ditto Milwaukee County, WI's sheriff -- the Milwaukee Mayor and > Chief are rabidly anti-gun, but the sheriff is solid. He gave the keynote > address at this year's NRA convention in Indianapolis.) > > When I was working out of the home office in Bellevue, I used to keep > newspaper articles about CCW licensees versus police officers arrested on > felony charges (not necessarily gun-related). Not remotely scientific, but > cop-felons outnumbered licensees by 3-4 times (then again, an article may > not have picked up on a CCW licensee, although most seem to delight in > reporting such things). At the time, early 2000s, CCW licensees nationwide > outnumbered cops about 4 or 5:1. > > Joe W > > > On 11/20/2014 3:57 PM, Don Kilmer wrote: > > The study is pretty easy to pick apart using the FBI crime stats website. > Also it is pretty easy to control for the most violent cities with the > strictest gun control: New York, Chicago, Detroit, Wash D.C., New Orleans. > > > > > -- > VOTE YES ON 591 VOTE NO ON 594 > > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to Firearmsregprof@lists.ucla.edu > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof > > Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as > private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are > posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or > wrongly) forward the messages to others. _______________________________________________ To post, send message to Firearmsregprof@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
