--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > That's certainly a good way to do the study. But one
> > should control for the amount of crime in the neighborhood as
> > well, since it could well be that gun ownership is higher in
> > high crime neighborhoods.
> >
>
> But it is also true that people's fear of crime does not always have much
> to
> do with any actual crime rate. A lot of people still think of New York City
> as
> dangerous even though it has one of the lowest crime rates of any large
> city
> in the USA, and has had for almost a decade. People who live in low-crime
> areas but hear or read or watch a lot about crime elsewhere may have an
> exaggerated fear of crime in their own areas. Conversely, basic human
> denial being what
> it is, people who live in more dangerous areas, in order to cope, may
> persuade
> themselves that things aren't really that bad.
>
> It's very hard to do reliable science outside the laboratory where you can
> control conditions, or at least when dealing with animate objects. I don't
> think
> anyone really knows the deterrent value of a handgun.
BINGO!
Now look at your own arguments in the same way.
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