-----Original Message----- >From: "Joseph E. Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Feb 4, 2007 11:51 PM >To: Autumn Rose Press <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ucla. Edu" ><[email protected]>, Phil Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: Source Query > >The CDC data is all "first impression" based too. >The actual, judicated outcome is never reflected in these stats. >Thus, they also understate the number of justifiable homicides.
I think I once looked it up, and CDC is based on death certificates. I was trying to figure out why the FBI figures for homicide and the CDC numbers were *way* off, as in by a thousand or two. A partial answer was that reporting to the FBI is voluntary and a number of jurisdictions don't bother. In this context, I'd have to wonder whether one could count on CDC at all for self-defense numbers, since the odds are the medical examiner has nothing but a corpse to go upon, and while he can judge that the deceased died of a gunshot, can hardly be expected to know whether he "needed killing" or not. _______________________________________________ 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 Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
