New England Journal of Medicine current issue includes
two articles and oneeditorialon health and the right to keep and
beararms. 358 NE. J. Med. No. 12, 20 March 2008.
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/NEJMp0800859?query=TOC
-- Jon
The level of intellectual dishonestly is staggering here. For
example, the statement
One is that increasing gun ownership decreases crime rates - a
position that has been discredited.2 which cites
Wellford CF, Pepper JV, Petrie CV, eds. Firearms and violence: a
critical review. Washington,
When Dr. Wintemute states
(http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/NEJMp0800859?query=TOC) the
30% case fatality rate for 30,674 gunshot deaths and 70,000 injuries in
2005 to compare to fatality rate for motorcyclists (4,553 deaths and
87,000 unintentional accidental injuries according to
