[EMAIL PROTECTED] (William J. Foristal) writes:
On Mon, 30 Mar 1998 23:02:42 +0100 "Steve Wright"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>"Steve Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
>>
>>Kennesaw, Georgia: having passed a city ordinance requiring every
>>>household to own a gun, the town saw a 70% drop in violent crime
>within
>>>twelve months, and has not had a single rape or murder since 1984.
>In
>>>the words of the study, citizen gun ownership makes "crime. . .a
>risky
>>>business indeed!"
>>
>>How do the liberal gun-control advocates argue with the statistics?
>>
>>Ron
>
>
>Thats really interesting coming from a country with little gun
>ownership
>(just sport and drug dealers), do you think that violent criminals
>just do
>there business elsewhere?
>
>Steve
Hi Steve,
Mere statistics don't really tell us anything. We need a lot more
information about that particular town as well as how those statistics
were gathered. Most interesting would be how many rapes or murders they
had BEFORE 1984. Also, how many firearms accidents they have had after
this legislation was enacted. And what was the total crime rate before
the law?
One can also cite statistics that show that if there is a gun in the
household then the members of that household have a much higher
probability of being killed or wounded by a gunshot than those in
households that do not have a gun.
If you really want to look at the effects of gun ownership all you have
to do is compare the overall crime rate (especially the murder rate)
between countries like the US and countries like Canada, Japan and the
UK.
Bill
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