Policemen killed 330 innocent citizens in 1996 and CC’ers (30). Statistically you are 300 times more likely to be innocently shot by a policeman than a CC owner.
The source for the 330/ 30 statistic is Professor John R. Lott, Jr. in "Now That the Brady Law Is Law, You Are Not Any Safer Than Before," Philadelphia Inquirer, Feb. 1, 1994, p. A9.
This is NOT a statistic on concealed-carry permit holders, it is a statistic for all civilian gun owners in the USA! These far, far out number the CCW permit holders.
Sorry, ChicagoFarmer, that should read either:
This is good, ChicagoFarmer, but I must take very strong exception to:
or:
This is good, ChicagoFarmer, but I must take the strongest possible exception to:
(Dang. Another misfire.) 8-)
Policemen killed 330 innocent citizens in 1996 and CC’ers (30). Statistically you are 300 times more likely to be innocently shot by a policeman than a CC owner.
The source for the 330/ 30 statistic is Professor John R. Lott, Jr. in "Now That the Brady Law Is Law, You Are Not Any Safer Than Before," Philadelphia Inquirer, Feb. 1, 1994, p. A9.
This is NOT a statistic on concealed-carry permit holders, it is a statistic for all civilian gun owners in the USA! These far, far out number the CCW permit holders.
This must be John Lott. Sorry, this is not John Lott. Well I don't think it was. I will search for it. Wish it was however, I think it is not. Pulled the cop killings and the innocent killings from a Florida story 15 months ago. Have it some where on the harddisk.