Re: Gun FACTS

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From: Andy Freeman
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 1994 19:49

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In article <CzEKBv.6K0@zadall.com> mel@zadall.com (Melanie Arabsky) writes:
>The reason I am curious is that I seriously suspect some people who 
>claim to have guns 'for self defense' would be more honest if they 
>just said 'I like them, I feel good owning one, I like to use it'.  
>I am not saying these latter reasons for owning a gun are invalid.  

So what?  The relevant question is whether or not taking their
guns away provides any benefit.

We can agree that taking guns away from criminals is a good thing, but
there's no evidence showing that law can do so.  (Yes, I'm including
Canada - see Centerwall's article in the Dec 91 issue of the American
Journal of Epidimiology.)  It is easy to disarm people who won't do
anything wrong no matter how many guns they have, but why bother?

-andy
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From: andy@SAIL.Stanford.EDU (Andy Freeman)
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Subject: Re: Gun FACTS
Date: 17 Nov 1994 19:49:58 GMT
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