Harvard Study: Would Banning Firearms Reduce Murder & Suicide?

[ltstanfo]

Yes, you knew I couldn't stay away... ;-)

Interesting Harvard study: http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Govern...en-Strict-Gun-Control-And-Less-Crime-Violence

Actual study: http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Vol30_No2_KatesMauseronline.pdf

Everyone here knows my beliefs on this subject so no need to restate them. I also wish to add that I am not trying to change anyone's opinion; rather, present what I view to be a very interesting study that surprisingly hasn't made much of "bang" (pardon the pun) in the press.

Please read the introduction (we are not the highest murder rate in the industrialized world) and the conclusion at least.

Your mileage may vary.

Regards,
Ltstanfo

 

[robert l. bentham]

i accept this...

 

[metalman]

Kansas City, MO

“He was a good kid"
911 and dispatch logs reflect crime spree chaos that spanned two cities

Police: Homeowner fatally shoots intruder in midst of crime spree

The criminal's spree ended when a man, his wife and their baby woke up when they heard the burglar kicking in a garage door as he attempted to steal the family vehicle. Police said the homeowner grabbed his shotgun. The homeowner headed downstairs and confronted Robinson, whom police found dead inside the garage.

Crime spree comes to an abrupt, fatal ending when car thief targets wrong neighborhood

also noting that almost everyone in the neighborhood is armed. “He picked the wrong neighborhood,” she said.

 

[robert l. bentham]

uh oh....

http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox...rs_crimson_survey_finds_lots_of_cheating.html

geez is everybody crooked anymore?

 

[metalman]

 

[metalman]

legal analysis of video


Like Most Defensive Uses of Guns, Not a Shot Was Fired

It’s worth noting that this is how the vast majority of defensive uses of firearms end—without a shot being fired, the defensive display of the firearm being sufficient to defuse the situation without injury to either party.

Would Alexander Have Been Justified in Shooting?

In this particular case, however, it’s worth asking, as an analytical exercise, whether Alexander would have been lawfully justified in using deadly force against the robber. Or, to put it another way, does there exist any legal basis on which one could argue that Alexander would not have been justified in using deadly force in self-defense?