Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihldt.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!ihldt!stewart From: stewart@ihldt.UUCP (R. J. Stewart) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Guns as Protection Message-ID: <2780@ihldt.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Mar-85 10:41:59 EST Article-I.D.: ihldt.2780 Posted: Wed Mar 6 10:41:59 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Mar-85 04:55:56 EST References: <> <352@gargoyle.UChicago.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 19 > I posted *my* source. Let me post another. A 1975 study of 1200 > robberies in Chicago showed that less than 1% of robbery victims were > able to use a weapon to resist their assailants. [Dr. Richard > Block, Center for Studies in Criminal Justice, University of > Chicago.] > > Jeff Shallit I was going to stay out of this, but I couldn't resist. Far from being an argument FOR gun control, this little bit of information should be used to support the "only outlaws will have guns" position. It's hardly surprising that victims in Chicago could not use weapons to defend themselves, since Chicago has a virtual gun ban (actually, it's a legal farce where guns have to be "registered", but they refuse to register any guns). Bob Stewart ihldt!stewart