"rufx2" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Japan lists murder-suicides as suicides; if a man kills his family and > himself, all are listed as suicides.
This is not true. See: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/archive/japan/msg00000.html > While Lott feels that the news > media's depictions of violence are, indeed, distorted, he claims that this > is because they focus exclusively on tragic outcomes while ignoring tragic > events that have been avoided. Lott advocates for the "defensive use" of > guns by law-abiding citizens, who are able to scare off would-be attackers > simply by brandishing a gun "98 percent of the time." I think we've discussed this statisitic of Lott's before. He continues to out forward this bogus number. After dropping the number to 90% last year, he's now back to claiming that it is 95%. -- Tim _______________________________________________ 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
