From the study:
Whether causative or not, the consistent international pattern is that more guns equal less murder and other violent crime. Even if one is inclined to think that gun availability is an important factor, the available international data cannot be squared with the mantra that more guns equal more death and fewer guns equal less death. Rather, if firearms availability does matter, the data consistently show that the way it matters is that more guns equal less violent crime.
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The reports basic conclusion that:
"Rather, the murderers are a small minority of extreme antisocial aberrants who manage to obtain guns, whatever the level of gun ownership in their society."
That is a fact. All of the famous murders/shooters of the last 50 years, from JFK and on through MLK, RFK, Lennon, Reagan/Brady, Columbine, Virginia Tech, have in common the "isolated white male under 25 years old" profile. The exception to this is the case of James Earl Ray, the murderer of Rev. King. Ray was in prison during his 20's and 30's and was an escaped convict of 40 years old when Ray murdered King. Nevertheless, the history is there.
When one studies the actual cases of murders, it becomes apparent that these crimes of homicide have more to do with the gender, age and a history of mental problems accompanied by the deliberate indifference of institutions and authorities to these individuals. That is, until they start killing.
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September 6, 2007 11:30 AM
Posted on September 6, 2007 11:30
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Thank you for making the article available in PDF, but could you please provide the date of the article's publication in the Journal? It's necessary for citation, and I don't think I'm going to get it out of PubMed.
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..-- L. Neil Smith
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September 24, 2007 7:13 AM
Posted on September 24, 2007 07:13
@ L. Neil Smith
"Thank you for making the article available in PDF, but could you please provide the date of the article's publication in the Journal? It's necessary for citation, and I don't think I'm going to get it out of PubMed."
The publication info is Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Volume 30, Number 2, Spring 2007.
Here is the link to the list of articles: http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/articles.htm
... and the link to the article itself:
http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Vol30_No2_KatesMauseronline.pdf
Pass it around for as many people to see. I am bringing it to my "Science, Technology and Values" class tonight.
Regards,
Chris
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November 1, 2007 8:17 AM
Posted on November 1, 2007 08:17