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Did Orlando gun training reduce rapes?

Which does not explain why there was no change in the suburbs, where there was just as much publicity. Frank Crary said: Presumably, the publicity was about women in Orlando carrying guns, not women in the suburbs of Orlando carrying...

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Did Orlando gun training reduce rapes?

Category: Orlando
Posted on: April 14, 1992 2:51 AM, by Tim Lambert

Which does not explain why there was no change in the suburbs, where there was just as much publicity.

Frank Crary said:

Presumably, the publicity was about women in Orlando carrying guns, not women in the suburbs of Orlando carrying them.

It seems likely that a significant number of women from the suburbs took the gun training program. I don't see why the publicity would not have mentioned this. Furthermore, the publicity is supposed to have worked by reminding criminals of their chances of getting shot. Should we assume that a rapist will not be able to make the connection that if he could get shot in Orlando city, then he could get shot in suburban Orlando.

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