I am guessing they didn't mention how many crimes were thwarted by CCW holders.
I am guessing they didn't mention how many crimes were thwarted by CCW holders.
For today's dose of stupid I give you this...
ALICE program arms children with cans & books to fight off classroom intruders
http://whnt.com/2015/01/12/alice-pr...-cans-books-to-fight-off-classroom-intruders/
You’ve likely heard of students bringing canned food to school for food drives, but have you ever heard of bringing a canned food item to school for safety?
A letter sent to parents of students at one school in Chambers County requested just that — students were asked to arm themselves with an eight ounce canned food item.
Though it sounds odd, administrators believe the practice could catch potential intruders off guard, possibly even knocking him or her out until police arrive.
(More at above url)
Do Guns Protect Us? Violence Policy Center Says No
. . . But Lott's one-sided approach not only forces him to make arguments not supported by facts, but also to ignore data which, at the very least, throws the whole notion of CCW for personal defense up for grabs. I am referring here to the ongoing project of the Violence Policy Center to track killings by concealed-carry licensees, which shows that more than 600 people with CCW killed themselves or others since 2007. The study, of course, is based on media reports that have come to the attention of the VPC, so it is necessarily incomplete, and I suspect that in the suicide category, which comprises slightly less than one-third of the shootings, the real number is substantially higher than what is estimated to have really occurred. . . .
