Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site asgb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!harpo!whuxlm!akgua!sdcsvax!bmcg!asgb!devine From: devine@asgb.UUCP Newsgroups: net.politics,net.rec Subject: Re: Merry Christmas from the NRA Message-ID: <614@asgb.UUCP> Date: Thu, 10-Jan-85 14:18:33 EST Article-I.D.: asgb.614 Posted: Thu Jan 10 14:18:33 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 14-Jan-85 03:08:12 EST References: <2974@allegra.UUCP> <1912@sun.uucp> <243@harvard.ARPA> Organization: Burroughs Corporation, Boulder Colo. Lines: 23 Xref: watmath net.politics:6812 net.rec:209 > > > Last year, Handguns killed > > > 10,728 in the united states > > > > Fact is, Handguns never kill anyone. > > People kill People, and they use a variety of tools to do so. > > -- > > {ucbvax,decvax,ihnp4}!sun!sunny > > The question raised by the numbers given in the original > letter, most of which you have left out, is whether these > People who kill People would have done so if they did > not have access to handguns. Studies say no; what do you say? > > David Albert -- ihnp4!ut-sally!harvard!albert (ARPAnet) The answer is not a strict 'yes' or 'no' to this. The studies that I read (some 3 years ago) show that in situations where a person has a knife instead of a gun, that person is only 1/5th as likely to kill someone. The study attempted to even out the differences so that the 20% figure was not for an apples-and-oranges type of comparison. Bob Devine