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Tim Lambert (deltoidblog AT gmail.com) is a computer scientist at the University of New South Wales.
August 19, 1996
Category: More Guns Less Crime
[Originally posted to firearmsreg Aug 19 1996] Daniel Polsby writes: McDowall very freely interprets his five-county study as suggestive of causation. I tend to share the view that one should be slow to change public policy on the basis of...
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August 16, 1996
Category: More Guns Less Crime
[Originally posted to firearmsreg Aug 16 1996] Daniel Polsby writes: Mr. Lambert, and for that matter most others on this list, assume that firearms are used defensively when they are brandished. All of the endless back and forth about survey...
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August 15, 1996
Category: More Guns Less Crime
[Originally posted to firearmreg on Aug 15 1996] Daniel Polsby writes: Lott's results are highly plausible and internally consistent. Highly plausible? Lets look at Dade county: Lott reckons that the carry law caused a reduction of 8% in murders, 5%...
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August 12, 1996
Category: dgu
Dr. Paul H. Blackman writes: Yes, I'm sure [Kleck] would dispute Annest, because he would assume injuries not treated in emergency rooms, and he'd probably stick with an estimate starting around 150,000 -- unless I've misunderstood non-peer-reviewed conversations. So how...
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August 9, 1996
Category: dgu
Dr. Paul H. Blackman writes: The Annest et al. numbers are based on seeking medical treatment in emergency rooms. And the figure for gunshot wounds is roughly 100,000 (which Phil Cook upped to 150,000 for the June JAMA by counting...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 5:30 AM • • 0 TrackBacks
August 5, 1996
Category: NSW
Charles Scripter writes: BTW, I notice that your web page still seems to purport that your analysis was correct, even though your friends over in sci.stat.edu pointed out that it was not correct; That's an interesting interpretation of the discussion....
Posted by Tim Lambert at 2:11 AM • • 0 TrackBacks
August 3, 1996
Category: burglary
Mark Gibson writes: And Waller and Okihiro (1978, p. 31) reported that 44% of burglarized Toronto residences were occupied during the burglaries, with 21% of the burglaries resulting in confrontations between victim and offender. Waller and Okihiro did not have...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 12:38 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: international
Jim Zoes was kind enough to send me the data on English homicide rates that he obtained from the Home Office. I've typed it in and included it at the end of this message. The numbers are certainly higher than...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 11:56 AM • • 0 TrackBacks
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