On Jan 4, 5:39*am, ESAD wrote:
On 1/3/13 10:03 PM, Tim wrote:









On Jan 3, 3:46 pm, ESAD wrote:
Whatever the merits of "Stand Your Ground" laws, they appear to increase
homicides by at least 7%, reports NPR. It cites a Texas A&M study of the
23 states that have enacted "Stand Your Ground" laws since 2005.
Researchers looked at the homicide rate in those states pre- and
post-law, as well as the rates of non-Stand Your Ground states. It
determined between 500 and 700 additional homicides take place annually
as a result. "These laws lower the cost of using lethal force," says
Mark Hoekstra, the economist behind the study. "Our study finds that, as
a result, you get more of it. Homicides go up by 7% to 9% in states that
pass the laws."

http://tinyurl.com/ah9gucl

I dont' agree with the assesment-

Chicago is a very "blue" city in a very 'blue' state, and it is no
"Stand your Ground" *City in a no "stand your ground" state...and that
city has some of the strictest gun laws of any place in the nation and
the gun crime beats out NYC, *Detroit, and just about every other
major metro area in our country.

Two homicides in the Chicago-land area on New Years eve and 5 already
this year

http://homicides.redeyechicago.com/date/2013/1/

Which has nothing to do with the Texas A&M study.

And the Texas A&M study has nothing to do with a boating news group

Neither does this for any matter-

http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/t...dle-of-the-gun