From: bressler@iftccu.ca.boeing.com (Rick Bressler)
Subject: Re: Armed Citizen - April '93
Organization: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
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/ iftccu:talk.politics.guns / kendall@lds.loral.com (Colin Kendall 6842) /  9:23 am  Apr 13, 1993 /

In article <1993Apr5.164728.10847@dazixco.ingr.com> crphilli@hound.dazixca.ingr.com writes:
>>
>>THE ARMED CITIZEN
>>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>Mere presence of a firearm, without a shot being fired, prevents
>>crime in many instances, as shown by news reports sent to The
>>Armed Citizen.  
>
>Perhaps so, but note that of the accounts cited, there was only
>one in which no shot was fired. Of the other twelve, five
>described cases in which the assailant was wounded by a shot,
>and six described cases in which the assailant was killed by a
>shot.

Follow more than one months posting.  As more than one reader has noted, 
there IS some reporting bias here.  I have seen months where these 
numbers were reversed.  I don't keep a constant tally, but it seems 
this particular issue had more shots fired than any other I can remember.

Rick.
