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Tim Lambert (deltoidblog AT gmail.com) is a computer scientist at the University of New South Wales.
July 18, 1995
Category: Kennesaw
On pages 136-138 of "Point Blank" Kleck discusses Kennesaw burglaries. He states that after Kennesaw passed a (purely symbolic) law requiring a gun in every household, residential burglaries fell by 89%. His explanation for this decrease is that publicity about...
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July 5, 1995
Category: dgu
The survey is confidential. The person surveyed cannot get into trouble for mentioning a defensive use with an illegal weapon. Nonetheless someone is less likely to report such a use, so the NCVS will likely underestimate such uses. However, this...
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