Not accurate statistics, but media tripe.  The man tries to distinguish
between self, property, and home, while gathering data from newspapers, the
poorest possible choice for this information.  He could have used Hot VWs
magazine and gotten just as meaningful a result.
Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Horace K. Sawyer <firestream@MINDSPRING.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, April 01, 1999 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: Guns and their utility

>>Protection of self                      0               0
>
>>
>>Conclusions: If you carry a gun it's not likely to save your life, but
>>there's a chance someone near and dear will shoot you with it.
>
>
>        That is scary.  One wonders how accurate statistics like these are.
>Domestic violence is a serious problem.  Thank the big man Above there is
>whole lot less violence in Vanagons.
>
>HKS
>