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In article  mcculloch@mail.utexas.edu (Jim McCulloch) writes:
    >>------------------ Firearm owned by 3475 Independant Research
    >>by Law-abiding citizen Criminologist Gary Kleck
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    >Hmm. Let's see. The Austin metropolitan area, as of this
    >morning, contains about 1/254 of the US population. Mr. Hass
    >is therefore asking us to believe, based on "independent
    >research by criminologist Gary Kleck", that in the first
    >twelve hours of the new year here is Austin, approximately 14
    >crimes were averted by citizen ownership of firearms.
    >
    >It seems to me that this supposed statistic would test the
    >credulity even of the truest of true believers. But, alas, I
    >have to say I would put my money on the credulity of the true
    >believers, if past performance is any indication.
    >
    >I wonder what would happen if criminologist Gary Kleck were ...


Wonder all you want, but the FACT is you have NO factual basis for
a rebuttal.

Asserting that you don't LIKE the posted results in no way
rebuts (or confirms) the facts.

Snicker.


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