Do you mean this John Lott: http://www.whoismaryrosh.com/
Richard > On 5/7/07, Richard M. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hmm, this chart doesn't seem very useful to me. If I'm murdered, do I >> really care what kind of weapon was used to commit the crime? > > I certainly wouldn't - but that's the search I chose. > >> >> The more interesting statistics are the number of murders per 100,000 >> people. Does your source have this chart that you can send along? > > Visit the site, it has a nice interface and you'll be downloading csv > files to your hearts content. > >> >> The interesting comparison is to then compare gun ownership rates per >> 100,000 people in states vs. their gun murder rates per 100,000. I >> suspect >> however that reliable statistics for gun ownership rates are hard to >> come >> by. Maybe legal gun sales per 100,000 could be a more reliable proxy. > > This has been done by many notable folks - though I have to recommend > anything done by John Lott. I don't recommend him because he is a gun > owner (he is now, but he wasn't always) but because he's absolutely a > nice guy who wanted to find the honest answers to the gun questions. > I've met him on several occasions. A complete nerd. A complete numbers > guy. A complete economist. Not a guy anyone wants to debate. > _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
