Date sent: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 06:57:06 -0500 To: extropians@extropy.com From: Chuck Kuecker <ckuecker@mcs.net> Subject: Re: Fear of Guns Vs. Fear of No Guns Send reply to: extropians@extropy.com
> At 03:51 AM 6/7/99 EDT, you wrote:
> >In a message dated 6/7/99 12:38:15 AM Central Daylight Time,
> >joedees@bellsouth.net writes:
> >
> >> >
> >> A study by National Economic Research Associates found that
> >> one out of every five handguns purchased in this country is used in
> >> the commission of a crime within four years of purchase.
> >>
> >>
> >That's at odds with everything i've ever heard..
>
> Who are these people, and can their figures be trusted? With the number of
> guns sold legally, we ought to be swimming in gun related crimes, and we
> are not.
>
They are just what their title says, and they compile statistics
about percentages of new cars with factory problems and the
average price and longevity of dishwashers, too. Even though
murders are down recently, they are still so common that unless it
is a multiple homicide, it rarely sees much local coverage, let alone
national. If the national media were to report on every gun-related
homicide that occurs in the US, that's all they would ever have time
to do.