From tribune.usask.ca!quartz.ucs.ualberta.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!vanbc.wimsey.com!scipio.cyberstore.ca!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!bmrl.med.uiuc.edu!gibson Sat Oct 15 16:15:59 1994 Path: tribune.usask.ca!quartz.ucs.ualberta.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!vanbc.wimsey.com!scipio.cyberstore.ca!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!bmrl.med.uiuc.edu!gibson From: gibson@bmrl.med.uiuc.edu (T. Mark Gibson) Newsgroups: talk.politics.guns,soc.culture.canada Subject: Re: cdn-firearms mailing list (info on Canadian laws) [weekly postin Date: 14 Oct 1994 05:42:24 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 71 Message-ID: <37l5o0$6b5@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> References: <37kqjl$7gt@network.ucsd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bmrl.med.uiuc.edu Xref: tribune.usask.ca talk.politics.guns:149801 soc.culture.canada:48696 root@pvanmeur.extern.ucsd.edu (Pim van Meurs) writes: >In , marc@tanda.on.ca (Marc Thibault) writes: >>bemfica@tuns.ca (Antonio Bemfica) writes: > >>> So if we make gun owning compulsory crime will be erradicated completely! > >> Check out the violent crime rate in Switzerland, where this is >> pretty much the case. >Really ? Hmmm Check out these data. Table 4.4 Attack, Injury, and Crime Completion Rates in Robbery, and Assault Incidents, by Self Protection Method, U.S. 1979-1985 ROBBERY Method of % Completed % Attacked % Injured Num Times Self Protection Used(a) Used gun 30.9 25.2 17.4 89,009 Used Knife 35.2 55.6 40.3 59,813 Used other weapon 28.9 41.5 22.0 104,700 Used physical force 50.1 75.6 50.8 1,653,880 Tried to get help or frighten offender 63.9 73.5 48.9 1,516,141 Threatened or reasoned with offender 53.7 48.1 30.7 955,398 Nonviolent resistance, including evasion 50.8 54.7 34.9 1,539,895 Other measures 48.5 47.3 26.5 284,423 Any self-protection 52.1 60.8 38.2 4,603,671 No self-protection 88.5 41.5 24.7 2,686,960 Total 65.4 53.7 33.2 7,290,631 ASSAULT Method of % Attacked % Injured Num Times Self Protection Used(a) Used gun 23.2 12.1 386,083 Used Knife 46.4 29.5 123,062 Used other weapon 41.4 25.1 454,570 Used physical force 82.8 52.1 6,638,823 Tried to get help or frighten offender 55.2 40.1 4,383,117 Threatened or reasoned with offender 40.0 24.7 5,743,008 Nonviolent resistance, including evasion 40.0 25.5 8,935,738 Other measures 36.1 20.7 1,451,103 Any self-protection 49.5 30.7 21,801,957 No self-protection 39.9 27.3 6,154,763 Total 47.3 29.9 27,956,719 (Source: _Point Blank_ by Gary Kleck, page 149.) [Any typos are mine --TMG] -- Mark Gibson | Tyrants prefer unarmed peasants. gibson@bmrl.med.uiuc.edu | The meek shall inherit the dearth. 1:233/16 (Politzania) | The Bill of Rights: Void Where Prohibited By Law. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These opinions and comments are mine. I speak only for me, not UIUC.