ALERT FROM JEWS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FIREARMS OWNERSHIP
America's Aggressive Civil Rights Organization
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August 26, 2003
ALERT: Call to Authors! (Write for publication)
Here's a chance for you to get involved with the battle on the
"public health / crime statistics" front of the gun rights war.
A recent study suggests that Florida's concealed carry law did
not reduce crime. Anti-self defense folks are claiming this
study invalidates John Lott's More Guns, Less Crime findings.
Is this study valid? Do the conclusions follow from the data?
Does the study itself or its conclusions actually support an
anti-self defense position? Does the study leave out important
factors?
These are fair questions, and if you can analyze the study and
write up your observations, JPFO would like to read them and
possibly publish them.
So here's one way to proceed:
1. Get a copy of the study from the journal and read it.
The authors are: Tomislav Kovandzic, of the University of
Alabama at Birmingham, and Thomas Marvell, of JUSTEC Research.
The journal is: Criminology & Public Policy, July 2003 Issue.
The title is: "Right-to-Carry Concealed Handguns: Crime Control
through Gun Decontrol?"
The authors examined what, if any, impact Florida's right-to-
carry law has had on the state's rate of violent crime. They
reportedly found that Florida's right-to-carry law appears to
have had no statistically significant impact on rates of violent
crime.
Click on:
http://www.criminologyandpublicpolicy.com/search/July2003Issue.php
home page: http://www.criminologyandpublicpolicy.com
2.Read the article, "Disarming The Data Doctors," which provides
several approaches for analyzing studies. Click on
http://www.jpfo.org/doctors-epidemic.htm
3. Read the two articles by Miguel A. Faria, M.D. entitled
"Public Health and Gun Control." Click on
http://www.aapsonline.org/press/medsentgun.htm
4. Read the article by Don B. Kates (and others), "Guns and
Public Health: Epidemic of Violence or Pandemic of Propaganda?"
Click on: http://www.guncite.com/journals/tennmed.html
5. Read the relevant parts of More Guns, Less Crime, by John R.
Lott, (2d edition 2000), especially the portions dealing with
methodolgy and answering the criticisms.
6. Read the article, "Guns in the Medical Literature - A Failure
of Peer Review," by Edgar A. Suter, M.D. Click on:
http://www.cely.com/firearms/medlit.html
7. Check other resources that you might find on the subject.
8. Write up a short report, 500 to 1500 words, that explains
your observations about the new study.
JPFO will post the best of the reports we receive on the
website, giving the authors full credit.
We'll publish one or several reports that in our view meet these
standards:
(a) Factually accurate
(b) Analytically sound
(c) Helpful to an average educated reader
(d) Unique, not duplicative of other submissions
(e) Clear and concise
We reserve the right to edit any published submission for length
and clarity of expression, in collaboration with the author.
Send submissions in MS Word or Corel WordPerfect format to
[email protected]. This story is breaking right now -- JPFO
members and supporters can take the lead in providing helpful
critiques of the new study.
The Liberty Crew
America's Aggressive Civil Rights Organization
(You are receiving this message because you requested JPFO Alerts
Subscribe/UnSubscribe instructions near the end of the message)
August 26, 2003
ALERT: Call to Authors! (Write for publication)
Here's a chance for you to get involved with the battle on the
"public health / crime statistics" front of the gun rights war.
A recent study suggests that Florida's concealed carry law did
not reduce crime. Anti-self defense folks are claiming this
study invalidates John Lott's More Guns, Less Crime findings.
Is this study valid? Do the conclusions follow from the data?
Does the study itself or its conclusions actually support an
anti-self defense position? Does the study leave out important
factors?
These are fair questions, and if you can analyze the study and
write up your observations, JPFO would like to read them and
possibly publish them.
So here's one way to proceed:
1. Get a copy of the study from the journal and read it.
The authors are: Tomislav Kovandzic, of the University of
Alabama at Birmingham, and Thomas Marvell, of JUSTEC Research.
The journal is: Criminology & Public Policy, July 2003 Issue.
The title is: "Right-to-Carry Concealed Handguns: Crime Control
through Gun Decontrol?"
The authors examined what, if any, impact Florida's right-to-
carry law has had on the state's rate of violent crime. They
reportedly found that Florida's right-to-carry law appears to
have had no statistically significant impact on rates of violent
crime.
Click on:
http://www.criminologyandpublicpolicy.com/search/July2003Issue.php
home page: http://www.criminologyandpublicpolicy.com
2.Read the article, "Disarming The Data Doctors," which provides
several approaches for analyzing studies. Click on
http://www.jpfo.org/doctors-epidemic.htm
3. Read the two articles by Miguel A. Faria, M.D. entitled
"Public Health and Gun Control." Click on
http://www.aapsonline.org/press/medsentgun.htm
4. Read the article by Don B. Kates (and others), "Guns and
Public Health: Epidemic of Violence or Pandemic of Propaganda?"
Click on: http://www.guncite.com/journals/tennmed.html
5. Read the relevant parts of More Guns, Less Crime, by John R.
Lott, (2d edition 2000), especially the portions dealing with
methodolgy and answering the criticisms.
6. Read the article, "Guns in the Medical Literature - A Failure
of Peer Review," by Edgar A. Suter, M.D. Click on:
http://www.cely.com/firearms/medlit.html
7. Check other resources that you might find on the subject.
8. Write up a short report, 500 to 1500 words, that explains
your observations about the new study.
JPFO will post the best of the reports we receive on the
website, giving the authors full credit.
We'll publish one or several reports that in our view meet these
standards:
(a) Factually accurate
(b) Analytically sound
(c) Helpful to an average educated reader
(d) Unique, not duplicative of other submissions
(e) Clear and concise
We reserve the right to edit any published submission for length
and clarity of expression, in collaboration with the author.
Send submissions in MS Word or Corel WordPerfect format to
[email protected]. This story is breaking right now -- JPFO
members and supporters can take the lead in providing helpful
critiques of the new study.
The Liberty Crew
We need to stop engaging the anti's with this BS and start screaming about our RIGHTS! I could care less about stats. My right. My Gun. No More Control of my freedom! 
