it should also be noted that the cost *avoided *by having citizens
armed, may dwarf the costs shown in the study. Unfortuntely (AFAIK) it
is impossible to definitively quantify the cost avoided by having armed
citizens among us. It has been estimated that between 15,,000 and
4,500,000 crimes have been stopped or prevented annually by citizens
using firearms.
LarryT
On 9/12/2014 1:59 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes wrote:
I notice that the article focuses on the victims only. Wouldn't any attempt
to solve the problem need to focus on the perpetrators rather than the
victims? Why is it only GUN violence that we wish to combat? Why not
attack VIOLENCE as the root problem rather than focus only on guns?
Remember that before guns existed rule was by the class of professional
fighters such as knights and samurai who spent their lives training. Look
at history and see that democracy and firearms evolved concurrently.
Without firearms the thugs rule.
Greg
-----Original Message-----
From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Andrew
Strasfogel via Mercedes
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 8:42 AM
To: Randy Bennell; Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] N
Here's an interesting new study on gun violence, and associated costs, by
the Urban Institute:
http://blog.metrotrends.org/2014/08/costs-gun-violence-hospital-price-tag/
On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Probably true but you know what they say about statistics.
And, I assume your odds of dying in gun violence are a lot higher in
the USA than they are in Canada.
RB
On 09/09/2014 7:02 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
More people die of:
Heart disease (by almost a factor of 20) and Medical Mistakes.
Statistically speaking your chance of dying in gun violence is
astonishingly small.
-Curt
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