Hi John,
Thx for reaponding - I'll dig thru the book and find the info that goes
with that. I'm pretty sure there is a number of shootings shown for both
civilians and officers - remember there are an estomated 2.5 milion
occurances of private guns used to stop crimes - (I know, I've said that
before too) so the number between officers and civilians may not be *too*
out of kilter.
BTW, the 2.5 mil is widely accepted as the most reasonable estimate -
the low 700k estimate was done by a wildly anti-gun group whose sampling
techniques left something to be desired.
Take care --
Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Robbins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT guns
> LarryT wrote:
>> Prof John Lott came up with the stats on this kind of thing - he said a
>> police officer shot the wrong person 11% of the time while a private
>> citizen - with a concealed carry permit IIRC, did so less than 1 or 2% of
>> the time.
>
> You keep quoting this statistic... please keep in mind that the police
> officer is in many more situations that require him to shoot.
> Basically, I think there is another variable that is missing to further
> understand that relationship. Until then, I think your statistic is
> about worthless.
>
> My $.02
>
> John
>
>
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