A Harvard University study you probably never heard of

rfawcs · Oct 14, 2015

..."Criminologists of all political persuasions, in over a dozen studies,” writes Bach, “estimate that firearms are used for protection against criminals several hundred thousand to 2.5 million times per year, often without a shot fired."...

http://www.beliefnet.com/News/Artic...Astonishing-Link.aspx?p=1#CZtrxm2XgWDkPsFV.99

BigSteve57 · Oct 15, 2015

Interesting read. Thanks for posting.

E-Shore-Shooter88 · Oct 15, 2015

Really good read, I've always thought the wonderful sound of racking a slide or pumping a shotgun was more than enough to let someone know they're in the wrong house.

wjackcooper · Oct 15, 2015

Here is a link to the study, I hope it works, if not try a cut and paste.

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

Regards
Jack

krucam · Oct 15, 2015

Reminder that the Kates/Mauser Harvard Gun Study came out in 2007, it is not new. The data still stands however. Just remember it is pre Heller, Newtown, VT, etc.

The correlations with the UK are good, wording is key. Violent Crime & Homicide should be the parameters for comparison. Don't get caught up in comparisons that only use "Shooting Deaths" or "Mass Muders" or the new "Mass Shootings" as the bar.

Max Power · Oct 15, 2015

Prof Gary Kleck at FSU has been researching and publishing on that since the late 1980s

http://rense.com/general76/univ.htm

trickg · Oct 15, 2015

E-Shore-Shooter88 said:
Really good read, I've always thought the wonderful sound of racking a slide or pumping a shotgun was more than enough to let someone know they're in the wrong house.

"...just walk out on the balcony here, walk out and put that double-barrel shotgun and fire two blasts outside the house...buy a shotgun...buy a shotgun..."

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