Re: LI Gun Ownership As a Deterrent?

1998-04-01 Thread William J. Foristal
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (William J. Foristal) writes: Hi Kathy, LOL...I used the example of statistics because YOU were accepting statistics to support your point. Now you say we can play the little game of statistics. I think your hypothetical fails in a big way because we are not talking about

Re: LI Gun Ownership As a Deterrent?

1998-03-31 Thread William J. Foristal
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (William J. Foristal) writes: Hi Kathy, Crime went down in a lot of other areas that did not legalize guns. I wonder how they explain that one. :) Let's face it. We have the highest number of guns per capita than most any other country in the world. And our crime rate

Re: LI Gun Ownership As a Deterrent?

1998-03-30 Thread Kathy E
Kathy E [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Steve, I tend to think so. Common sense also comes into the reasoning, if someone is going to break into a house which will they choose? The one where they know the owner has a gun or where they know the owner doesn't? Of course they're going to go to the