Scientific American article on guns - 12/30/17
I saw the cover in the store, didn't buy it. I just looked it up and read it. The first "false" premise is that if you could find a city with NO guns, and intruduce some, gun death would go up. No mention of places like Chicago where no one is supposed to carry. A quote from the article: "Most Americans with concealed carry permits are white men living in rural areas, yet it is young black men in urban areas who disproportionately encounter violence" That speaks for itself; guess who starts the violence?
Another tidbit; most people including cops have not used a gun in self defense. That fits right in with my wife asking me, after we wnet on a picnic to an area with a bear trouble sign, if I had a gun. I did, but we saw no bears.
At the end he cites an expert discounting Lott, apparently with no data.
Another tidbit; most people including cops have not used a gun in self defense. That fits right in with my wife asking me, after we wnet on a picnic to an area with a bear trouble sign, if I had a gun. I did, but we saw no bears.
At the end he cites an expert discounting Lott, apparently with no data.