Re: Re: knife ban going to work?

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Fri, 26 May 2006, Jerry Hill wrote:

> On 5/26/06, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
> > Remind me where you got these "fists and feet" statistics; I see a figure
> > a bit less. But that's not important - don't you see? If you make murder
> > easier by giving everyone a gun, the percentage of murders using feet and
> > fists goes down, and the total number of murders goes up.
>
> That assertion doesn't seem to be borne out by the limited studies
> that have been done on the subject.  It's somewhat hard to tell, of
> course, because it's unusual for gun laws to become more lax over
> time. Still, the closest proxy we have here in the states is studying
> the incidence of violent crime after loosening the restrictions on
> carrying a firearm (not necessarily owning one, but the right to carry
> a concealed weapon as you go about your daily business).
>
> I'm afraid I don't understand the statistical methodology well enough
> to evaluate the data on my own, but there have been several scholarly
> papers on the subject.  The consensus seems to be that there is no
> particular effect one way or another when more people carry guns.
>
> One reference: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=321820
>
> I'm sure there are lots of others, since I've seen quite a few stories
> on this over the years, but I don't have time to dig them up at the
> moment.
 
What do you suppose would be the effect, if we gave a rifle, shotgun and 
handgun, plus lots of ammunition, to each family in Iraq? 

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