This interchange is between me and a person interviewed for an upcoming article in the Minneapolis Tribune concerning crime rates (up) and Minnesota CCW legislation. [quote="MNTactics"] [Conrad and I] talked about the Kleck study, and he dismissed that one pretty quickly, in fact, he doesn't even believe the much lower number of 120,000 that comes from the National Crime Victimization Study and a study by Harvard. I'll send the quote over as soon as I get it. My concern is that he'll make me sound like I agree with the full BCA report (i.e. few or no DGUs), or he'll just make me sound like a general whacko. [/quote] The DGU study which was published in a leading peer-reviewed criminology journal by Gary Kleck, PhD, a Professor at FSU, is as "scientifically valid" as any survey can be. Kleck (who is neither pro-gun nor anti-gun) is the most well published and highly respected researcher on firearms issues in the USA. He has won numerous ASC awards for his work. When Phil Cook, PhD, a Professor at Duke with experience in the area, went to challenge Kleck's work, he and his co-researcher got results of the same magnitude (1,000,000). Cook, then, was left with carping about the imperfections of ALL survey research. But that research is widely used to sell soap and pantyhose as well as Presidents. Hundreds of billions of dollars are wagered every year on exactly the same form of "scientifically valid" survey research. I guess Conrad Defebre of the Minneapolis Tribune has just nominated himself (a mere Reporter) for the flat-earth society (perhaps as President). There goes his credibility. The MSM strikes again! Professor Joseph Olson, J.D., LL.M. o- 651-523-2142 Hamline University School of Law f- 651-523-2236 St. Paul, MN 55113-1235 c- 612-865-7956 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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