From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Jun 30 18:18:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA20870 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 18:18:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alpha.chet.com (ala-ca13-17.ix.netcom.com [204.32.168.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA20756 for ; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 18:18:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from keithr@ix.netcom.com) Received: from alpha.chet.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by alpha.chet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA05517; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 18:17:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from keithr@ix.netcom.com) Message-Id: <199807010117.SAA05517@alpha.chet.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Eivind Eklund cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Does it's true? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 01 Jul 1998 00:47:50 +0200." <19980701004750.24786@follo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 18:17:15 -0700 From: "K. Ridge" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Eivind, You may not be particularly interested in the following, but it IS a good book on the subject of guns/gun control. (from the standpoint of being convincing and straightforward, I think) More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun-Control Laws (Studies in Law and Economics) by John R. Lott ISBN 0226493636 $16.10 (USD) from amazon.com Also, You can also get a copy (several formats) of Crime, Deterrence, and Right-to-Carry Handguns by John R. Lott and David B. Mustard at: http://www.law.uchicago.edu/Publications/Working/41.html > The truth of "the availability of guns increases the chances that they > will be used" I have from personal experience, involving at least two > cases of people not being shot due to the inavailability of usable > guns. > I've had the opposite experience (people not being shot [or beaten or robbed] because concealed weapons WERE present... I guess my results varied? ;-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message