On Feb 2, 2009, at 6:32 PM, Stefano Mori wrote: > > On 2009-Feb-01, at 20:59, Charles Bennett wrote: > >> OTOH, Utah already has a working solution that doesn't require bad >> guys to obey the law. Think about that for a sec. "bad guy does >> not have to obey law for this to work.." > > > I've just come across this: > > http://www.johnlott.org/ > > Save me ordering it from Amazon, do you know it?
I have "More Guns Less Crime" from Lott but haven't read this one. In the one I read, his argument boiled down to the case that concealed carry doesn't result in less crime, but forces the criminal to shift their activities to crime that is less likely to involve a confrontation. Less violent crime, which is fine with me. Less burglary, more property crime like car theft. He submitted his data to extensive peer review before publication and went out of his way to give it to those that held an opposing view. Of course many opponents still argue about his conclusions. On the face of it, It makes sense to me. As in, which door would you kick in if you are a criminal? <http://www.a-human-right.com/s_doors.jpg> Of course in "real life" what happens is that both doors are blank, and as a criminal, you get to "guess" which one has a gun behind it. In effect, the guy on the left benefits from the doubt that that causes in the criminals mind. We call it the "umbrella effect". OTOH, some places conveniently marked as a safe zone for criminals. In Ohio, any establishment can post a "no guns" sign and you have to leave any concealed firearms in your car. I have taped my version of this card up at a lot of these "gun free" zones. <http://www.tackdriver.com/ccw/> =c= _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
