Carl Nisarel <hostlbuddha@no-spam> wrote:
>Wanna-be Irishman RD (The Sandman) needed to plant his
>garden, so he wrote...
>
>> Now, if you would....answer the question. :^)
>
>It depends. I've been in "high crime areas" many times. I was
>in one two days ago (in Seattle) and walked by a group of
>junkies who were shooting up. I didn't have a gun nor did I
>feel the need for a gun.
You scored some dope; they overcharged you; you walked away.
Good commerce.
>"The vast majority of the population lives in low-crime
>neighborhoods and has virtually no need for a gun for
>defensive reasons." - Gary Kleck
--
"I am as strong a gun-control advocate as can be
found among the criminologists in this country. ***
The Kleck and Gertz study impresses me for the
caution the authors exercise and the elaborate
nuances they examine methodologically. I do not
like their conclusions that having a gun can be
useful, but I cannot fault their methodology."
-- Professor Marvin E. Wolfgang, Criminologist
