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Originally Posted by Big Cholla
Check out this link to "Gun Myths"; http://www.duke.edu/~gnsmith/articles/myths.htm. Felons interviewed stated that they feared the armed citizen more than the police. No valid unbiased study shows that a citizen using a firearm for selfprotection is more apt to by hurt by the firearm than the assailant.
Ok, I misstated a stat that I had only partly memorized. There are about 2 million incarcerated felons in the US right now. But, there are about 6.9 million that are under control of the Prison Systems, i.e. parolees, probationioners, house arrests and a few other minor categories. A very scary figure if one takes into consideration that those are only the ones that got caught and prosecuted.
Also, check out a study by Dr. Gary Kleck on statistical analysis of firearm uses in the US. He started out as a confirmed anti-gunner, but did the analysis strickly on the level with no agenda creep and became an avid proponet of personal firearm ownership being convinced by his own statistics. |
I read your link:
only 1,026 felons answered that they were more fearful of an armed citizen over a police officer.
less than .0005 percent of the prison population for those who didn't want to determine the proportion of 1,026 is of 2,000,000 inmates.
I don't know how to address your second statement because it is false, and I have no idea how you ascertained it other than your personal opinion.
Kleck's studies have been dissected by his peers--and did not hold up well at all. I don't agree with your assertion regarding his political beliefs before he conducted the disputed studies--his views before and after are and were quite well known in the academic community.