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Lebell · 01-24-2005, 12:16 PM

And 89.9 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.

Half of criminals losing their guns, eh?

Yes, if you could magically remove guns, I would agree that your overall chance of dying of a gun shot would be lessened, but you are taking a few factors and making an argument that statisticians fight over, considering all the variables.

Variables include:

How easy would it be to remove guns?
How hard would it be to get illegal guns?
How many gun deaths are attributable to suicide?
How many to drug/gang activity?
What is the effect of prison sentencing on gun crime?
How many violent gun deaths are there vs defensive uses?

Hell, those were just off the top of my head and I'm not a criminologist.

But I'm sure that 84.5 percent of those who are against guns will blow off my post

01-24-2005, 12:16 PM	#91 (permalink)
Lebell Cracking the Whip Location: Sexymama's arms...	And 89.9 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot. Half of criminals losing their guns, eh? Yes, if you could magically remove guns, I would agree that your overall chance of dying of a gun shot would be lessened, but you are taking a few factors and making an argument that statisticians fight over, considering all the variables. Variables include: How easy would it be to remove guns? How hard would it be to get illegal guns? How many gun deaths are attributable to suicide? How many to drug/gang activity? What is the effect of prison sentencing on gun crime? How many violent gun deaths are there vs defensive uses? Hell, those were just off the top of my head and I'm not a criminologist. But I'm sure that 84.5 percent of those who are against guns will blow off my post __________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C. S. Lewis The ONLY sponsors we have are YOU! Please Donate! Last edited by Lebell; 01-24-2005 at 12:59 PM..