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Politics : The 2nd Amendment-- The Facts........ -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PAT JENNING who wrote (31)	6/28/1998 3:16:00 PM
From: Turboe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10167

Woops-- you walked into a trap I had laid-- read this: "CrimeWatch Weekly Breaking news on critical crime-fighting issues, policies and legislation Vol. 2, No. 12 August 13, 1996 First-Ever Study On Right-To-Carry Laws And Crime Released At a forum at the Washington, D.C.-based libertarian Cato Institute on Aug. 8, Dr. John Lott, Jr., of the University of Chicago Law School, released the findings of the first comprehensive study of the effects of right-to-carry laws on crime rates. In the study's introduction, Dr. Lott synthesized the controversy over allowing lawabiding citizens to exercise their right to lawful self-defense outside the home by lawfully carrying firearms: "Will allowing concealed handguns make it likely that otherwise law-abiding citizens will harm each other, or will the threat of citizens carrying weapons primarily deter criminals?" While in previous Dept. of Justice research 74% of criminals interviewed agreed they would avoid burglarizing occupied homes for fear of being shot by an armed homeowner, Dr. Lott's study is the first to take research one step further by evaluating nationally the effect of right-to-carry laws on crime. The University of Chicago study findings: When state right-to-carry laws went into effect in a county, murders fell 8.5%, rapes fell by 5%, and aggravated assaults fell by 7%. According to NRA CrimeStrike Director Elizabeth Swasey, "We must never forget that these percentages represent living, breathing people our friends and families. Dr. Lott found that if states that did not have right-to-carry laws had adopted them in 1992, that every year approximately 1,570 fewer people would have been murdered, 4,177 fewer women and children raped, and 60,000 fewer people victimized by aggravated assaults." In the past nine years, NRA has helped 23 states pass or reform discriminatory right-to-carry laws. The University of Chicago Law School professor's report, "Crime, Deterrence and Right-to-Carry Concealed Handguns," co-authored with graduate student David Mustard, is scheduled for publication in The Journal of Legal Studies this January, However, it is available online now at law.uchicago.edu; Please read the study: law.uchicago.edu

To: PAT JENNING who wrote (31)	6/28/1998 3:30:00 PM
From: go4it	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10167

Well Pat, what can anyone say to something like that other than I wish you were better educated regarding the use of firearms and the people that carry them. I can't help but feel that you are missing the big picture here in the fact that the main purpose of the second admendment was the final check and balance against a tyrranical government. After serving in the military for 6 years and swearing an oath to defend the constitution it is heart breaking indeed to read the words that you just posted. Please keep in mind that we are suppose to be a government of the people for the people and not a people for the government for a government that can no longer trust the people is no longer a government for the people. Why does a police officer have the right to defend my family and I don't? Are they more capable? Better trained? More intelligent? More aware of the current situation? I think not. When they get involved in a bad situation then how do they know the good guys from the bad guys? My guess is that you are sheltered from real life via economics and your little world does not apply to the other 90% of the world. Just remember though that we make up the people that you run to for help when things start to get ugly and one of these days we may decide not to help any longer and you will be on your own to deal with the situations that arise. Good luck to you in your endeavors and may life always treat you kind.