On 1/15/2013 2:34 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:51:36 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:


http://factcheck.org/2012/12/gun-rhetoric-vs-gun-facts/


This is probably the most valid statement in the whole article.

"researchers are left with statistical models, which are “very
fragile,” says Charles F. Wellford, who was chair of the committees
that authored a lengthy 2004 report on this topic by the National
Research Council of the National Academies. These models are subject
to what control variables researchers use"

Basically it means the statistics are so ambiguous that they may not
be relevant ... for either side.

I do see one statistic that we should pay more attention to,
particularly when you look at Zimmerman. Almost as many people are
killed by unarmed assailants every year than rifles and shotguns
(including all of those assault rifles) combined (FBI UCR murder by
weapon) 528 by long gun, 841 by bare hands.
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/murder%20weapon.htm

You can search 10shrtbl08 on the FBI web page to see it first hand in
an XLS file



It's a good thing Zimmerman had a gun. Otherwise he might have been killed.