"Joseph E. Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Jim Lindgren's "report"concerning John Lott's survey of defensive gun
> usage got wide publicity on several blogs. But the concerns I raise haven't
> yet been exposed. They should be, IMHO.
> This post is directed to David Mustard's recolle
"Joseph E. Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Jim Lindgren's "report"concerning John Lott's survey of defensive gun
> usage got wide publicity on several blogs. But the concerns I raise haven't
> yet been exposed. They should be, IMHO.
>
>
>
> Jim Lindgren concludes that Da
is somewhere where Lott was living
or working and also where he had posted other reviews from
4. The timing of the review was right after Lott was criticized or
posted another review
On June 10, 2000 I posted my review of More Guns, Less Crime to Amazon.
Kleck's book is better, June
"Clay Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> No explicit mention of guns, but...
>
> http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/media/story.jsp?story=477413
>
> "Listeners to BBC Radio 4's Today programme were asked to suggest a piece of
> legislation to improve life in Britain, with the promise that an MP wo
> Bellesiles Misfires
>
> An antigun "scholar" as today's Galileo? Oh please, just shoot me.
>
> BY KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL
My letter to the WSJ:
I don't think that Soft Skull should be promoting a fraud like
Bellesiles. But the Wall Street Journal is hardly in a position to
criticize Soft Skull
http://cgi.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/cgi-bin/blog/2004/02#sockfight
I spotted a third review by Lott of Kleck's "Targetting Guns":
Interesting reference book, though somewhat dry, July 10, 2000
Reviewer: sherwinrl from Miami, Florida
Kleck has but together quite a useful overview of
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Has Lott admitted these are his reviews?
Lott has not admitted that they are his, but unlike what he did for the
Mary Rosh one, he has not denied it.
> Did Kleck tell you that he has asked
> that these reviews be removed from Amazon?
Yes.
--
Tim
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Did Kleck tell you that he has asked
> that these reviews be removed from Amazon?
Amazon has now deleted two of the three Lott reviews of Targeting Guns
and edited the third one to remove the praise of Lott.
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Tim
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"Joseph E. Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> THIS is why UK-type gun laws will never sell in the USA. One has to hope
> he goes to a different HM Prison than the 3 surviving assailants.
>
> http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2687311
>
> Man Who Killed Armed Intruder Jailed Eight Years
> B
"Clayton E. Cramer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> At 8:59 PM +1000 3/28/04, Tim Lambert wrote:
>>
>> >Here we go again. Just like in the Tony Martin case, the version of
>> >the story propgated by pro-gunners omits the facts that show that the
>
"Clayton E. Cramer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Do you have
> another source that indicates that the killing took place outside?
http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/lancashire/archive/2004/03/25/NEWS8ZM.html
Carl Lindsay, aged 25, of Hollyoake Road, Walkden, was cleared of
murdering Stephen Swind
"Joseph E. Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Britain has a "hot" burglary rate (occupied dwellings) many (8 ? )
> times that of the USA. A federal Dept. of Justice study determined that
> the cause was the fact that American burglars (who don't fear the police
> and courts any more than Britis
"Joseph E. Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Wright and Rossi, Armed and Considered Dangerous: A Survey of Felons and
> Their Firearms (New York, 1986).
> Britain has a "hot" burglary rate (occupied dwellings) many (8 ? )
> times that of the USA. A federal Dept. of Justice study determined that
"Phil Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Lambert's case, as illustrated in his 3 points below, illustrates an
> approach he regularly argues which I'll call the "tobacco company defense."
> The argument, which has valid elements, is that correlation between events
> (smoking and cancer, hot burgla
"Phil Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "Tim Lambert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> "Phil Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> > Lambert's case, as illustrated in his 3 points below, illustrates an
>> &g
"rufx2" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Japan lists murder-suicides as suicides; if a man kills his family and
> himself, all are listed as suicides.
This is not true. See:
http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/guns/archive/japan/msg0.html
> While Lott feels that the news
> media's depictions
In a letter to the National Post, Gary Mauser claims that
It should not surprise many people that Canada's gun laws
have not worked (More Gun Control Isn't The Answer, John
R. Lott Jr., June 15). Anyone living in a big Canadian city has
witnessed the horrifying increase in violent crime
"Guy Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> However, if you examine a graph of Canada's violent crime rate:
>> http://cgi.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/cgi-bin/blog/2004/06#mauser
>>
>> you will see that it has decreased over the past decade. And Mauser
>> cannot claim to be unaware of this since the g
"Philip F. Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> And there are some shifts in perspective by Mr. Lambert in his
> reactions to Lott/Mauser that are suspect. For example, Mr. Lambert
> attacks Lott/Mauser's comment about increasing violence in Canadian
> cities by shifting to overall Canadian viol
"John M. Maraldo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Isn't the issue, not whether we should prefer to live in Canada, but whether
> gun control reduces violence. eh?
My statement was about whether you should prefer lower violent crime
rates to higher violent crime rates. Whether gun control reduces
v
In the light of claims that self-defence is now illegal in Britain,
readers might be interested in my post at
http://cgi.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/cgi-bin/blog/2004/07#gullible4
It's rather long so I'll just post a few extracts:
Joyce Lee Malcolm, writing about British law on self-defence:
Th
"Clayton E. Cramer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> - Original Message -
> From: "Tim Lambert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> In the light of claims that self-defence is now illegal in Britain,
>> readers might be interested in my post at
>>
"Ron Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> From what I've read about modern Britain, I don't think I would feel
> very safe there. I feel safe in Los Angelse and New York. I feel
> safe in the wilds of Namibia. But, I don't think I would feel safe
> in London. I am unclear as to what I could do
"Joe Sylvester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>Message: 1
>>Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:29:45 -0600
>>From: "Peter Boucher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Subject: Gun Crime Down in Britain
>
>
>>http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crime/guncrime/index.html
>
>
>
>>"Contrary to public perception, the overall level o
Mark Kleiman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I must say I find the whole tone of this thread rather shocking on a
> scholarly list. Some people are married to the idea that gun
> controls cause crime. The UK instituted gun controls, and crime
> fell, according to the best evidence we have. Instea
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