Re: Most Dangerous States--43 times

2003-08-14 Thread David Hobby
Dan Minette wrote: ... Mortality studies such as ours do not include cases in which burglars or intruders are wounded or frightened away by the use or display of a firearm. Cases in which would-be intruders may have purposely avoided a house known to be armed are also not

Re: Most Dangerous States--43 times

2003-08-14 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 12:36 AM 8/11/2003 -0500, you wrote: - Original Message - From: David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 11:46 PM Subject: Re: Most Dangerous States--43 times Dan Minette wrote: ... Mortality studies such as ours do

Re: Most Dangerous States--43 times

2003-08-14 Thread Jan Coffey
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:     That's certainly a good way to do the study.  But one should control for the amount of crime in the neighborhood as well, since it could well be that gun ownership is higher in high crime neighborhoods. But it is also true that people's fear of crime

Re: Most Dangerous States--43 times

2003-08-14 Thread Jan Coffey
--- David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan Minette wrote: ... Mortality studies such as ours do not include cases in which burglars or intruders are wounded or frightened away by the use or display of a firearm. Cases in which would-be intruders may have purposely avoided a