"Charles Gallo" wrote in message
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On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 15:11:26 GMT, Carl Byrns
wrote:

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Betcha a bagel he doesn't respond at all- that's his way of dealing
with anything he can't refute.

-Carl

He might not, but I will - 32% of the population, 31% of the murders -
a worst, a statistical wash, and best, a lower murder rate...

Exactly. Not at all what "Andrew Ford," whoever he may be, stated and
implied, which is that open-carry laws are somehow connected to much lower
rates of murder.

It's a wash. If you try to make something of that small fraction of a
percent difference, don't bother. The statistics mean nothing at those close
percentages. If California should go open-carry, for example, the stats
would look so horrible for open-carry that no state would ever allow it
again. g

Ed Huntress