On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 14:43:50 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:


Gun owners aren't the ones shooting up the neighborhood. Look
at any stat sheet by any group who has looked into it and you'll
see that. Criminals are the ones doing it.


umm...

you have an odd definition of gun owner.
if they aren't gun owners, what are those criminals shooting?



I used to be anti-handgun until a friend had me look into it.
I did a 180 degree spin [joining Gary Kleck (a Florida criminology
professor) and Hans Toch (Professor at the School of Criminology,
NY State University Albany)] after reading stats from all sorts of
places, reading a good half-dozen books on the subject, and asking
the right questions. I dare you to do the same research.

Some good books:

"ARMED" by Gary Kleck & Don Yates
"More Guns, Less Crime" by John R. Lott


you're doing your cause more harm than good by citing kleck and lott.