Joseph E. Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Britain has a hot burglary rate (occupied dwellings) many (8 ? )
times that of the USA. A federal Dept. of Justice study determined that
the cause was the fact that American burglars (who don't fear the police
and courts any more than British
Joseph E. Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Wright and Rossi, Armed and Considered Dangerous: A Survey of Felons and
Their Firearms (New York, 1986).
Britain has a hot burglary rate (occupied dwellings) many (8 ? )
times that of the USA. A federal Dept. of Justice study determined that
the
Phil Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Lambert's case, as illustrated in his 3 points below, illustrates an
approach he regularly argues which I'll call the tobacco company defense.
The argument, which has valid elements, is that correlation between events
(smoking and cancer, hot burglary rates
In a letter to the National Post, Gary Mauser claims that
It should not surprise many people that Canada's gun laws
have not worked (More Gun Control Isn't The Answer, John
R. Lott Jr., June 15). Anyone living in a big Canadian city has
witnessed the horrifying increase in violent crime
Guy Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
However, if you examine a graph of Canada's violent crime rate:
http://cgi.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/cgi-bin/blog/2004/06#mauser
you will see that it has decreased over the past decade. And Mauser
cannot claim to be unaware of this since the graph comes
Philip F. Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
And there are some shifts in perspective by Mr. Lambert in his
reactions to Lott/Mauser that are suspect. For example, Mr. Lambert
attacks Lott/Mauser's comment about increasing violence in Canadian
cities by shifting to overall Canadian violence
John M. Maraldo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Isn't the issue, not whether we should prefer to live in Canada, but whether
gun control reduces violence. eh?
My statement was about whether you should prefer lower violent crime
rates to higher violent crime rates. Whether gun control reduces
Clayton E. Cramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
- Original Message -
From: Tim Lambert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In the light of claims that self-defence is now illegal in Britain,
readers might be interested in my post at
http://cgi.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/cgi-bin/blog/2004/07#gullible4
It's
Mark Kleiman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I must say I find the whole tone of this thread rather shocking on a
scholarly list. Some people are married to the idea that gun
controls cause crime. The UK instituted gun controls, and crime
fell, according to the best evidence we have. Instead of
