On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 08:46:16AM -0800, richard johnson wrote: > > Can anyone demonstrate a peiriod in the history of mankind where the > average person was made safer by placing restrictions on handheld > weapons?
Highly unlikely. While statistics from recent history *seem* to support the converse (that is, they seem to support the notion that the absence of prohibition improves safety), such statistics are very difficult to pin down without their usefulness for such a purpose being undermined by hundreds of additional factors that have a bearing on the results. Isolating the desired variables without a controlled study environment is nigh impossible, and this kind of controlled study environment would be considered by researchers as highly unethical to maintain. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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