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Gun laws don't reduce crime
USA Today ^ | 5-9-2002 | John R. Lott Jr.

Posted on 05/09/2002 5:12:47 PM PDT by Gun142

Edited on 04/13/2004 1:39:34 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

By John R. Lott Jr.

Should we treat the Second Amendment like the rest of the Bill of Rights and assume it protects Americans against an over-intrusive government, as the Bush administration now argues? While the question whether people have a right to protect their own lives and the lives of loved ones is important, for most the bottom line is simpler: Do gun laws reduce violent crime?


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: banglist; brady; crime; guncontrol; johnlott; johnrlott
When I did "View Partial Source" at usatoday.com, noticed the last line had some HTML I never saw before.

<OPPOSING_VIEW>Firearm restrictions make law-abiding citizens more vulnerable.</OPPOSING_VIEW>

1 posted on 05/09/2002 5:12:47 PM PDT by Gun142
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To: Gun142
This in the USA today? WOW! I'm really surprised.
2 posted on 05/09/2002 5:23:19 PM PDT by katherineisgreat
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To: Gun142
John Lott is a knowlegable man. He has studied this issue extensively. For those who are interested, his book "More Guns-Less Crime" is becoming the bible of pro 2A people.
3 posted on 05/09/2002 5:23:30 PM PDT by basil
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To: Gun142
Leftist so-called "gun control" is a crime!
4 posted on 05/09/2002 5:25:55 PM PDT by Standing Wolf
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To: *Bang_list
index bump
5 posted on 05/09/2002 5:37:35 PM PDT by Fish out of Water
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To: Gun142
I just heard today, that Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City, is offering $100 to all persons, who turn in guns with no questions asked. Why is such madness,( I ask rhetorically) still continuing? The criminal's perfect escape!
6 posted on 05/09/2002 5:43:39 PM PDT by mlibertarianj
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To: Gun142
But - but - but...if we all just would be NICE to each other, we could get RID of evil guns forever! Before guns there was no crime and everybody was happy! All we have to do to change the world is sing for peace and put up this sign in at our homes:

Interesting how the powers-that-be use force of arms to disarm unoffensive, law-abiding citizens then proclaim themselves heroic protectors of the American people. #$*&!

7 posted on 05/09/2002 5:44:54 PM PDT by petuniasevan
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To: katherineisgreat
USA Today always prints an "Opposing View" with it's lead editorial.
8 posted on 05/09/2002 5:45:04 PM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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To: petuniasevan
It would be illegal to post that sign in Virginia. Baiting is not allowed.
9 posted on 05/09/2002 5:48:08 PM PDT by patton
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To: patton
Not even if you're baiting scum-sucking bottom-feeders?
10 posted on 05/09/2002 5:49:23 PM PDT by petuniasevan
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To: petuniasevan
Politicians? No, I am sure that's illegal.
11 posted on 05/09/2002 5:51:54 PM PDT by patton
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To: petuniasevan
be NICE to each other....All we have to do to change the world is sing for peace...."


Kum ba yah, my Lord, Kum ba yah,
Kum ba yah, my Lord, Kum ba yah
Kum ba yah, my Lord, Kum ba yah
Oh Lord, Kum ba yah.

People singing Lord, Kum ba yah,
People singing Lord, Kum ba yah
People singing Lord, Kum ba yah
Oh Lord, Kum ba yah.

We are happy Lord, Kum ba yah...

Children playing Lord, Kum ba yah...

Nations fighting Lord, Kum ba yah...

Mothers weeping Lord, Kum ba yah...

Families mourning Lord, Kum ba yah...

Why this fighting Lord, Kum ba yah...

Peace in our time Lord, Kum ba yah...

So we're praying Lord, Kum ba yah...
12 posted on 05/09/2002 6:02:26 PM PDT by Gun142
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To: Gun142
bang
13 posted on 05/09/2002 6:07:00 PM PDT by drq
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To: mlibertarianj
Too bad his bodyguards don't step up to the plate and turn in their guns.
14 posted on 05/09/2002 7:05:32 PM PDT by Shooter 2.5
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To: mlibertarianj
Man, I'm gonna take a trip to NY. As a gun dealer, I can honestly state that I've got 20 guns I've paid from $20 to $50 for, and I'd love to hang them on a government buy-back program.
15 posted on 05/09/2002 9:22:29 PM PDT by Indrid Cold
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To: Gun142
Mrs Ruth Price DIED HARD. Gun laws don't reduce crime. Guns do!!

Mrs Turner self defense rights were taken away.

Now here in May of 2002, it is Ronyale White of Chicago.

*IL Chicago woman waits 17 minutes for 911 police call.*

Cut and Paste URL http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/680581/posts

No Judge's restraining order will ever stop an evil man with intent to kill a spouse.

Mayor Daley should be ashamed of his disarming of the poor.

Chicago residents (especially the poor) should be asking Mayor Daley why he is violating the Second Amendment rights of the poor and handicap of their self defense rights?

No honest citizen in America should be disarmed by politicans or state govt so they can be killed by felons, and scum with evil intent.

Other women who know how Mrs. Price was lied too by the government false statements that 911 will protect you.

* Women who defend their sons daughters and husbands *

Cut and paste load to Second Amendment Sisters http://www.sas-aim.org/home.htm

Bad guys don't live by the rules. Here is Mrs. Ruth Price story and I would think that you would agree she disagrees with this leftist extremist, anti-gun views. Here is Mrs. Price story. Another disarmed voice.

Mrs. Price speaks directly to the gun control extremists.
Requires Audio setup, downloads in 30 seconds, however, well worth your wait for this message.

Mrs. Price story

Cut and paste load http://www.geekswithguns.com/audio/911_call_no_address.ram

Next Picture from Mother's of the past, speaking to soccer moms of today.

First Million Mom March

cut and paste load http://www.guntruths.com/images/1ST_MMM_MARCH.gif

Have we forgotten already.

Women's talk about self defense.

From a woman's point of view

The best news link on the planet for self defense.

www.keepandbeararms.com

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Who needs protection? The women of our lives, and our children, the poor who have little police protection, our grandparents, and parents, our wife, and our daughters need the right to self-defense at home and on the street. 2.2 million felons in jail, 3.5 million felons on probation, and 14 million drug abusers looking for their next fix. Do you think they are living in your city? Guns save lives. Gun free zones are killing zones for criminals. Most anti gun liberals are one mugging away from conservative views.

Dail 911 and die is more than a cute saying. It is life or death.

The actual 911 call is Mrs Price voice. Take this recording to every MMM and anti gun rally in the nation. Perhaps the MMM anti guns will be the next Mrs Price.

Another Mrs Price story in Columbus OHIO -- Dialed 911 and Died.

Mrs. Turner's story. Restraining orders, Killer telling police he was going to kill her, begging for life for several minutes, nor did phone call to 911 save this woman's life.

Mrs. Turner's story

Cut and paste load http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b28997102ad.htm

What is your self defense plan when the bad guy shows up at your door?

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16 posted on 05/10/2002 9:40:48 AM PDT by CHICAGOFARMER
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To: Gun142
The only way that restricting private gun ownership could possibly reduce violent crime would be if a majority of the inhabitants of a State were criminals. Otherwise, simple mathematics will tell you that if you increase the proportion of the armed law abiding to the armed criminals, there should be a net gain for law and order.

Only a complete dysron would believe that having 1/2% of the population armed on the side of law and order would be as effective as having say 30% of the population armed on the side of law and order. It says a lot about the intellect of the "gun control" fanatics, that they would even suggest such an absurd proposition. Maybe Jim Brady, with half of his brain shot away, is a more fitting poster boy for the Left on this, than we originally recognized. (And here have I been, abusing his wife for using his poor remains as a stage prop!)

For what the Founding Fathers thought and understood about the issue, see The Right To Keep & Bear Arms.

William Flax

17 posted on 05/10/2002 9:55:12 AM PDT by Ohioan
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To: Gun142
'Tis quicker to unsheath a Glock than thrust and parry 50,000 gun laws.
18 posted on 05/10/2002 12:59:50 PM PDT by Eastbound
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