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| (...) Where would I find that stat? Chris (22 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I've read (and I'll try to find out where) that a gun in the home is X number of times more statistically likely to kill or injure a member of the household than an intruder. I'll try to find a web reference. Dave! (22 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I've read (and I'll try to find out where) that a gun in the home is X number of times more statistically likely to kill or injure a member of the household than it is likely to kill or injure an intruder. I'll try to find a web reference. (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I hope for a good solid citation -- one that you would accept if our stances were reversed, not just some Newsweek opinion. The NRA tells us that those are made up by evil liberal-agendad politicians like Moynihan. Kleck and Kates (IIRC) (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Well, the NRA can hardly be taken as a bastion of objective reporting, so it's difficult to accept its pronouncements at face value. One could point out, for example, the NRA has perpetuated the lie that the 2nd Amendment says anything at all (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Well, the obvious source is by Kellerman and Reay: "Protection or Peril? An Analysis of Firearm Related Deaths in the Home." The New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 314, no. 24, June 1986, pp. 1557-60. Gun apologists cite poor methodology (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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