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Originally posted by Lebell
Just a comment/statistic for further thought:
The average rate of gun homicides is at its lowest since the 1960's and it has not shown any wild swings when new laws have been enacted.
(yes, I've posted links to this in other threads in this forum).
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Hey, Lebell,
We've got a Berkeley professor (Frank Zimring) coming down to teach the CLS (crim, law and society) students for a few terms. I noticed that he assigned Lott's book on the syllabus.
I'm looking forward to speaking with him. I've got a book right now--Crime Is Not the Problem--Lethal Violence in America--that he wrote. I'll let you know what he says about gun control, if you'd like.
From sites like this:
http://216.239.57.104/search?q=cache...hl=en&ie=UTF-8
I suppose he probably thinks that neither gun control nor shall issue laws are of any significance to the gun "problem."