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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Frank Crary said:
[Kennesaw] was a response to Morton Grove's gun ban. Guess which "worked"
better?
If by "worked" you mean that crime rates were lower after the
relevant law than before, the answer is Morton Grove.
I'd like to see some data to back up this assertion: Specifically,
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other US city with a population of over 100,000. Kleck neglects to
tell us what the population of Orlando was, but by looking at the
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Kevin Langston said:
It really doesn't matter whether 0.2% or 20% of the women in a given area
carry a .38 caliber protector. What matters is that 50% of the potential
rapists/muggers/etc believe that a significant number of their potential
victims can immediately fend off their attack, thus…
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reason why criminals carry guns is self-defence, so a large number of
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