<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#222222">An excerpt from "Dangerous Gun Myths" in <i>The New York Times 2-2-13 </i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#222222"><i><br></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#222222"><i>"Just the facts, madam, just the facts"</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#222222"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#222222">But there is a more fundamental
problem with the idea that guns actually protect the hearth and home. Guns
rarely get used that way. In the 1990s, a team headed by Arthur Kellermann of
Emory University looked at all injuries involving guns kept in the home in
Memphis, Seattle and Galveston, Tex. They found that these weapons were fired
far more often in accidents, criminal assaults, homicides or suicide attempts
than in self-defense. <b>For every instance in which a gun in the home was shot in
self-defense, there were seven criminal assaults or homicides, four accidental
shootings, and 11 attempted or successful suicides.</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#222222">The cost-benefit balance of having a
gun in the home is especially negative for women, according to a 2011 review by
David Hemenway, director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center. Far
from making women safer, a gun in the home is “a particularly strong risk
factor” for female homicides and the intimidation of women.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#222222">In domestic violence situations, the
risk of homicide for women increased eightfold when the abuser had access to
firearms, according to a study published in The American Journal of Public
Health in 2003. Further, there was “no clear evidence” that victims’ access to
a gun reduced their risk of being killed. Another 2003 study, by Douglas Wiebe
of the University of Pennsylvania, found that females living with a gun in the
home were 2.7 times more likely to be murdered than females with no gun at
home.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#222222"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#222222">Regulating guns, on the other hand,
can reduce that risk. An analysis by Mayors Against Illegal Guns found that in
states that required a background check for every handgun sale, women were
killed by intimate partners at a much lower rate. Senator Patrick Leahy, the
Judiciary Committee chairman, has used this fact to press the case for
universal background checks, to make sure that domestic abusers legally
prohibited from having guns cannot get them.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#222222">As for the children whose safety Ms.
Trotter professes to be so concerned about, guns in the home greatly increase
the risk of youth suicides. That is why the American Academy of Pediatrics has
long urged parents to remove guns from their homes.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#222222">The idea that guns are essential to
home defense and women’s safety is a myth. It should not be allowed to block
the new gun controls that the country so obviously needs.</span></p><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Paul Rumelhart <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com" target="_blank">godshatter@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">A choice I'm willing and able to make for myself, at least for now.<br>
<br>Paul<br><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"> <div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"> <div dir="ltr">
<font face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Joe Campbell <<a href="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com" target="_blank">philosopher.joe@gmail.com</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Gary Crabtree <<a href="mailto:moscowlocksmith@gmail.com" target="_blank">moscowlocksmith@gmail.com</a>> <br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> vision 2020 <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a>> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, February 20, 2013 9:00 AM<div>
<div class="h5"><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] Hmmm . .
.<br> </div></div></font> </div><div><div class="h5"> <br>
<div><div><div>These are empirically claims. Could be that pulling out a gun increases your risk. It depends on a lot of factors.</div><div><br></div><div>The big question is: does the potential for help outweigh the risk of harm?</div>
<div><br></div><div>And I hate to tell you that in a region with a low incidence of gun violence, the answer is 'No.' Paul's weapons are more likely to cause him harm than they are to protect him.</div><div><br>
On Feb 20, 2013, at 8:05 AM, Gary Crabtree <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:moscowlocksmith@gmail.com" target="_blank">moscowlocksmith@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>Once "he" becomes aware of said gun it becomes a powerful deterrent to staying in your house much less helping himself to your belongings or continued good
health.</div><div> </div><div>g<br><br></div><div>
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 6:56 AM, Joe Campbell <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com" target="_blank">philosopher.joe@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid">
<div><div>This is what listening to pop music can do to you! </div><div><br></div><div>Paul: If he's in your house, then the gun was not a deterrent.</div><div><br>On Feb 20, 2013, at 6:12 AM, Sunil Ramalingam <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com" target="_blank">sunilramalingam@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
<div dir="ltr">
But not in a judgmental way. I'm too busy singing to put anybody down.<br><br>sr<br><br><div><div></div><hr>From: <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com" target="_blank">jampot@roadrunner.com</a><br>To: <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com" target="_blank">sunilramalingam@hotmail.com</a><br>
CC: <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Hmmm . . .<br>Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:02:11 -0800<br><br>
<div><font face="Calibri" size="3">Now you're just monkeeing around.</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri" size="3"></font> </div>
<div><font face="Calibri" size="3">g</font></div>
<div style="font:10pt/normal Tahoma;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">
<div><font face="Calibri" size="3"></font><br></div>
<div style="background:rgb(245,245,245)">
<div><b>From:</b> <a rel="nofollow" title="sunilramalingam@hotmail.com" href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com" target="_blank">Sunil Ramalingam</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 19, 2013 11:07 PM</div>
<div><b>Cc:</b> <a rel="nofollow" title="vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision 2020</a> </div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] Hmmm . . .</div></div></div>
<div><br></div>
<div dir="ltr">The premise of your post was that he was breaking into homes when
people were there. Now you're inventing his motive to kill you. No, if he saw
your face, he'd be a believer, not a killer.<br><br><br>Sunil<br><br>
<div>
<div></div>
<hr>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:56:57 -0800<br>From: <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com" target="_blank">godshatter@yahoo.com</a><br>To: <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com" target="_blank">sunilramalingam@hotmail.com</a><br>
CC:
<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>Subject: Re:
[Vision2020] Hmmm . . .<br><br>
<div><br>It didn't say he was. If he did, though,
I'd want to be able to protect myself if he ran across me in a home he thought
was empty and he got it through his head that I had to die because I'd seen his
face. Or maybe he's desperate, and now he's willing to try hitting a house
that is occupied but looks like he could rob it regardless.<br><br>It's a tool
of preparedness. I'd rather not assume that he's harmless if he's breaking
into houses and robbing them. If my assumption is wrong, I could
die. I'd rather not throw away my chance at survival because "OMG!
Guns are bad!"<br><br>It doesn't mean, by the way, that I'd just shoot this guy
for breaking into my house. But a loaded weapon is a good deterrent, and
if it turns out my life is at stake, I'd rather have a gun than a shoe I could
throw at him, or whatever I happened to have at hand.<br><br>This isn't rocket
science. Be prepared. It's the good old Boy Scout motto.
I also have a smoke detector and a fire extinguisher.<br><br>Don't let the "guns
are killing our kids!" narrative drive your views.<br><br>Paul<br><br>On
02/19/2013 10:43 PM, Sunil Ramalingam wrote:<br></div>
<blockquote>
<div dir="ltr">
<div dir="ltr">Paul,<br><br>Where does it say he's breaking into homes when
people are in? I had a lot of burglary cases, and my mistakenly charged
clients were usually alleged to have entered homes when no one was there. Lots
easier to leave with stuff that way, said the
authorities.<br><br>Sunil<br><br>
<div>
<hr>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:02:25 -0800<br>From: <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com" target="_blank">godshatter@yahoo.com</a><br>To: <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a><br>
CC: <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>
Subject: Re:
[Vision2020] Hmmm . . .<br><br>
<div><br>What's paranoid about locking up when you're
out and being ready to defend yourself when you're at home when there is a
known burglar in the area? Being prepared is not the same thing as being
paranoid. If someone is crazy enough to break into your home while you
are there, you can go ahead and classify that as a situation fraught with
danger, in which case having some means to protect yourself might be called
for. There are plenty of reasonable scenarios where a would-be burglar
happens upon a member of the household when he thought the place was empty
that could end up very badly for the person he stumbled upon. If the
burglar knew you were at home and invaded the home anyway, then you've
definitely got a problem if you are happily unarmed.<br><br>Better to have
that gun when you need it than not. If guns frighten you, which I find
hard to believe because of your military background, then at least pick up a
good aluminum baseball bat.<br><br>Do you think I'm paranoid because I keep a
set of jumper cables in my trunk in case my battery dies and I need a jump
from a kind stranger? Are you one of those people that joyously flit
from situation to situation relying on the gods to keep you out of
trouble?<br><br>Paul<br><br>On 02/19/2013 01:18 PM, Tom Hansen
wrote:<br></div>
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<div>Paranoia . . . self-destroya.<br><br>
<div>Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .</div>
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<div>"Moscow Cares"</div>
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<div>
<div>Tom "Proud to be a Filthy Liberal Scum" Hansen</div>
<div>Moscow, Idaho</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>"<span style="font-size:medium">There's room at the top they are
telling you still</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span></div><span style="font-size:medium">But first you must learn how to smile as you
kill </span><br style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-size:medium">If you want to be like the folks on the
hill."</span></div>
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