Gun Control Misfires in Europe

WSJ.COM Opinion Journal ^ | 5/4/02 | John Lott

[TC Rider]

Gotta love John Lott. He brings clarity to all but the self-deluded.

[TC Rider]

Hate to post and run, but I'm going the Dixie Gun and Knife Classic at the State Fair grounds in Raleigh this morning. Theres a little lightweight 38 snubbie calling to me.

Don't be jealous my Glock, the snubbie is for my pocket, you're still my number one handgun.

[toddst]

Hate to post and run, but I'm going the Dixie Gun and Knife Classic at the State Fair grounds in Raleigh this morning. Theres a little lightweight 38 snubbie calling to me.

Hope you enjoy the gun show.

Even the lightweight revolvers aren't all that great as pocket guns - too thick. If carried, most end up in an uncomfortable inside pants holster.

Recommend looking at the Kel-Tec P-32. It's very lightweight, flat, small, accurate and very reliable. Much more likely to be carried due to low weight & small size. The small gun you actually have with you is worth way more than the bigger one left at home IMHO.

[Gritty]

John Lott excels in making more sense while Liberals wring their hands in bewilderment.

[Kermit]

Are people going to be saying about you; "he was a quiet type, stuck to himself and didn't bother anyone"? Has anyone mentioned that you talk to your pieces?;^)

[M Kehoe]

Has anyone mentioned that you talk to your pieces?;^)

Ut oh, I do too. Must be a character flaw.

5.56mm

[lepton]

despite the ban, "the underground supply of guns does not seem to have dried up at all."

Only a moron would think that one could erradicate a 700 year old technology with mere laws. There seem to be lots of ignorant morons around.

[lepton]

This is one of those very odd statistics. The trouble with these globally covered shootings is that by any measure they are freakish events. Building laws based on them is like requiring every house in the Midwest to be able to withstand an F5 tornado with no damage. Quoting the statistics like this is essentially just as meaningful.

Point is well taken, but Lott has also done peer-reviewed studies which show that public mass-shootings are rarer where the populace has free access to carried weapons. It seems that even the nuts would prefer to go down in a "blaze of glory" rather than just get popped right off the bat - uselessly and in obscurity.

[lepton]

I'll look for some more links, but here is an article Lott wrote that refers to it.

Here's an abstract and acrobat file of a related study.

[glc1173@aol.com]

Everything has misfired in Europe!

Listen to the BBC news nightly - and you will know that, in a region not bordering the Third World, illegal aliens are rampant and political will to confront them is absent among the "establishment." You will also know that Britain's National Health Service - the origin of socialized medicine - is in collapse, having chronic nurse shortages and even having to send patients abroad for surgery. You will know that non-gun extreme crime is rampant in France - where it's not unusual to lose five cars in five years to theft or torching by immigrant youth. You will also know that torching of transit buses by immigrant youth is rampant in France.

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