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Tim Lambert (deltoidblog AT gmail.com) is a computer scientist at the University of New South Wales.
February 27, 1997
Category: kates
If you just want to look at accidental death, I would note that most of the decrease in fatal gun accidents in the US occured before there was an increase in handgun ownership Table 2.1 of Kleck's "Point Blank" shows...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 10:00 AM • •
February 24, 1997
Category: handguns
HerrGlock writes: Oh hell, now I'm going to have to dig up that study. There's a study done that shows long guns are more likely to have an accidental/negligent shooting than are handguns. Something along the lines of 4 to...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 4:57 AM • •
Category: knives
Peter H. Proctor writes: 2) The main factor was apparently the substitution of handguns for long guns as home defense weapons. For penetrating trunchal wounds, the mortality rate for handguns is 15-20 %, roughly the same as for equivalent knife...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 1:26 AM • •
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