I live in a rural area of Arkansas. It is unknown how many crimes are prevented here due to the fact that most of us have guns in our homes.
It prevented a couple here. Just the threat of one, not the firing of one. ------------------------------------------------------------------- This email and it's contents are intended for the orig inal recepient only. It's contents may contain confidential and/or profane language. If you are not the intended recepient you are instructed to delete it forthwith and beg forgiveness for having read thus far. Failure to do so could reslut in a stern letter of retribution from our lawyer, J. Noble Dagget. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Tom Yamaguchi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 3:58 PM To: "AlexBennettProgram" <[email protected]> Subject: source of gun statistic on Monday > > I just listened to the recording I made of Monday's show. It was not > Dan in Missouri who said that 1.5 to 2.5 million crimes stopped by > guns. It was a man who called himself Jonathan in Michigan, though at > the end of the call he said he was in the Air Force in Colorado. As to > the source of the statistic, I couldn't find it on Bill Clinton's or > the NRA's web sites. I did find an article at > http://www.jpands.org/hacienda/edcor6.html. > > It refers to a study by Prof. Gary Kleck and Doctors for Integrity in > Policy Research (DIPR). > > "Kleck found that the defensive uses of firearms by citizens amount to > 2.5 million uses per year and dwarf the offensive gun uses by > criminals. Between 25-75 lives are saved by a gun for every life lost > to a gun. Medical costs saved by guns in the hands of law-abiding > citizens are 15 times greater than costs incurred by criminal uses of > firearms. Guns also prevent injuries to good people and protect > billions of dollars of property every year." > > Another view of DIPR and its founder Dr. Edgar Suter can be viewed at > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/guns/procon/injuries.html. > > "Dr. Suter denies his organization is linked to direct NRA funding, > although members have worked closely with NRA researchers. He claims > that most medical journals have refused to publish articles supporting > his position because of editors' biases against guns. 'It's truly an > outrage how flawed and dishonest the medical literature is on the > subject,' says Dr. Suter. " > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AlexBennettProgram" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/alexbennettprogram?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
