[IdahoDoug]

Fred,

To get an impartial and statistically valid picture of the impact the presence of lawfully owned guns has on crime, purchase a book I've previously recommended on threads you've been on. It is called "More Guns, Less Crime" and analyzes the US's crime statistics and gun ownership and carry rules county by county. It was written by an economist, and in the process of researching it, he inadvertently uncovers gross fraud by government keepers (read Liberal anti-gun types) who intentionally used improper sampling techniques and other creative math to swamp us with anti gun results. It's quite convincing, and while somewhat dry is interesting to someone looking for the cold facts on this volatile issue. Since its publication, there have been zero "studies released" by the Libs on this topic because now they have a high profile watchdog who'll expose them on the news the next night. Boo hoo - game over....

DougM