Actually, the article is less than accurate, often by omission or misinformation. 2400 arrest out of a base of 240,000 is 1% - a lower rate than the general population. The comments about the individual who had been convicted of a felony but is still a permitee overlooks, conveniently, that upon renewal the permit will be revoked - few states have the wherewithal (or perhaps Gestapo police state) to automatically correlate new arrests against permit records. The individual who terrorized his wife - if he was not arrested and convicted of a felony, or of a crime of domestic violence, he would not be deemed to be revokable. Did she have a restraining order on him, which would suspend his right to bear firearms? They know the answers to these points, they are simple law, and not just firearms law by basic personal rights. They also refer to persons with histories of drug and alcohol abuse or mental health issues. What they obviously should know, but overlook, is that a history of such behavior does not affect one's right to firearms ownership - it is felony or DV conviction, or a judgement against one;s mental health. The comments about John Lott's research I had never heard before, and would like to see the evidence supporting the statements. At the same time, there are many other studies finding an armed community is a safer community, vis a vis Gary Kleck, Ph.D., FSU.
Paul R. Laska On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 3:00 PM, <[email protected]>wrote: > Send Firearmsregprof mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Firearmsregprof digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. re: NY Dec 27 article vs the facts (Henry Schaffer) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 21:25:54 -0500 > From: Henry Schaffer <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: re: NY Dec 27 article vs the facts > Message-ID: > <CAPYFLhh4Pm61Zf-0PJ=gqmnkuebwjq2phggx69uydeqvkk-...@mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > This dramatic anti-concealed carry and anti-gun article, "Guns in > Public, and Out of Sight" by Michael Luo in the Dec. 27, 2011 NY Times > has received a lot of notice. It appears to be based on a lot of > research in addition to the dramatic gun misuse anecdote opening it. > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/27/us/more-concealed-guns-and-some-are-in-the-wrong-hands.html > > An NC person, Paul Vallone, who is an activist ( the site of the > Grass Roots NC organization which he leads is http://grnc.org/) has > written a nice piece which really takes apart the factual basis of the > Luo article. > > > http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/01/05/v-print/2898720/new-york-times-story-twisted-data.html > > --henry schaffer > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Firearmsregprof mailing list > [email protected] > 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. > > End of Firearmsregprof Digest, Vol 95, Issue 2 > ********************************************** >
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