the reference I'd appreciate it. What I do remember is that there was a fair
amount of criticism on how the study was conducted. There was a lot of
inappropriate comparisons, and no where near enough controls as would have
been required with an adequately designed study. Unfortunately this is
endemic to this area, all too often the researchers forget the very basics
of doing quasi-experimental research.
larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Won Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 2:47 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: Conversation Topic - Gun Control
>
>
> At 14:40 6/4/2004 -0400, you wrote:
> >My opinions are very well know on this issue. At home I have
> some links
> >to some studies sponsored by the Department of Justice in
> Canada that
> >have looked at changes in crime rates in Canada as a function of the
> >increasingly restrictive gun control legislation. They make a very
> >strong case that gun control negatively impacts the crime rate. In
> >other words, very restrictive national gun control laws in Canada
> >resulted in substantially reduced crime rates over and above
> all other
> >factors.
> >
> >So given these results, I'm favour of gun control legislation.
>
> I wish I could remember the name of the study but it
> suggested that gun
> control laws don't really have an impact on crime rate.
> The study looked at various countries and suggests that there is no
> relationship between gun control laws and crime rates. The
> country with
> the heaviest gun control laws, Japan, and the country with
> the most liberal
> gun control laws, Switzerland, both ranked near the top for
> least amount of
> crime per population.
>
>
>
>
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