STEGO GUNS
Sandy Sandfort
sandfort at crl.com
Wed Aug 7 17:41:23 PDT 1996
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SANDY SANDFORT
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C'punks,
The following is from USA Today of last Friday:
In a comprehensive study that may reshape the
gun control debate, researchers have found that
letting people carry concealed guns appears to
sharply reduce killings, rapes and other violent
crimes.
The nationwide study [from the University of
Chicago] found that violent crime fell after
states made it legal to carry concealed handguns:
* Homicide, down 8.5%.
* Rape, down 5%.
* Aggravated assault, down 7%.
...
The drop isn't primarily caused by people
defending themselves with guns, says John Lott,
the study's author. Rather, criminals seem to
alter their behavior to avoid coming into contact
with a person who might have a gun.
The official release of the study is scheduled for tomorrow.
The study took two years and was peer reviewed.
S a n d y
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