I can't find the original paper, which I respected a lot, because it was written by 3 university students who didn't seem to draw any strong conclusions (they seemed unbiased). But what I gleaned from it was in the last email I sent.
I did find some good stuff. I have no idea how unbiased these sources are, but it appears that "right to carry" laws
lower the number of gun-related crimes.
National Center for Policy Analysis
http://www.ncpa.org/pi/crime/pd010401a.html
John R Lott Jr,
(professor of criminal deterrence and law and economics at the University of Chicago Law School)
*http://www.johnrlott.com/
And I found this one quite humorous:
*http://www.attrition.org/technical/firearms/40_gun_control.html
Additionally, without the ability to "fight the power" at all levels, including the physical, power will be abused. I feel it is being abused today, and that I have no chance to rectify the situation.. because the rest of America either disagrees or doesn't care enough. Someone on this list has a sig I like: "/America's at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards. " - Claire Wolfe
//-Mike
PS: some sad news on the freedom front:
/The Sad Tale of a Security Whistleblower:/ http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/179
//Sherman Austin gets 1 year for hosting and linking to a site that describes how to make bombs://
http://www.raisethefist.com/index1.html// [this is his site]
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