On 5/16/04 1:13 AM, "Jon Roland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> For every person wounded or killed by gunfire, five lives were saved by > defensive use of guns.[ix] > <http://www.jpfo.org/cosman-medicalizingguns.htm#_edn9> This strikes me as exceptionally implausible. I assume it derives from the observation that surveys show something like five times as many defensive gun uses as gun crimes. But neither side of that observation is reflected accurately in the claim here. The number of crimes committed with guns is certainly not equal to the number of people "wounded or killed by gunfire." And the number of defensive gun uses (even assuming we have a decent handle on what that number is) is certainly not equal to the number of lives saved by defensive use of guns, unless one makes the ludicrous assumption that every defensive gun use saves a life. Predictably, the references here are completely vague, just mentioning two books, without specific page numbers. And an author who will so distort facts and cover his tracks is, IMHO, so untrustworthy as to make it a waste of time to read what he has to say. Surely, Jon, you have better taste and selectivity than to post stuff of such dubious merit. -- Bob Woolley St. Paul, MN [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize on it." -- Mark Twain _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof
