Interesting Gun Control Article

[dbitte]

Thought you may be interested in this article from the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy. I was mailed a copy of this issue and, upon reading the title of this article, was immediately suspect. However, I was pleasantly surprised to see such a prestigious journal actually defend gun ownership and cast skepticism on the effectiveness of gun control. I highly recommend reading this article and even keeping a printout handy for any confused friends.

http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Vol30_No2_KatesMauseronline.pdf

 

[eric.cartman]

very interesting read!

basically sums up what i've been saying for years

 

[Igloodude]

It looks thought-provoking and informative, though this in the second paragraph of the introduction made me cringe:

Since at least 1965, the false assertion that the United States has
the industrialized world’s highest murder rate has been an artifact
of politically motivated Soviet minimization designed to hide the
true homicide rates.

:banghead:

 

[10X]

I must say that was one of the most objective and intelligent writings I have ever seen on the subject. We need to make it more widly known.

 

[Car Knocker]

More discussion here:

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=273786

 

[Duncan223]

interesting

 

[svtruth]

Ironic,

one of the authors is named "Mauser".

 

[JLelli]

It looks thought-provoking and informative, though this in the second paragraph of the introduction made me cringe:


Quote:
Since at least 1965, the false assertion that the United States has
the industrialized world’s highest murder rate has been an artifact
of politically motivated Soviet minimization designed to hide the
true homicide rates.

Well, Russia's murder rate is several times higher than the United States.

 

[Igloodude]

Oh, I don't dispute that fact, I just think attributing a commonly-held falsehood to Soviet conspiracy is going to make people question the motivations of the authors and taint the rest of the report.

 

[NeoSpud]

Oh, I don't dispute that fact, I just think attributing a commonly-held falsehood to Soviet conspiracy is going to make people question the motivations of the authors and taint the rest of the report

Not really a conspiracy, just communism. They controlled what their media reported, why not control what crime statistics were reported?

The Harvard article does not suggest that the Soviets manipulated OUR data, only their own.

Or maybe I'm reading it all wrong

 

[Turkey Creek]

This is from Haavaaad?- Perhaps the pendulum has finally begun to swing back?