Newsgroups: talk.politics.guns
From: [t--o--h] at [shell.portal.com] (Todd Tolhurst)
Subject: Re: SB 1128: Another Liberal Victimless Crime Law
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 01:17:02 GMT

In article <[1993 Jul 28 232922 29303] at [ttinews.tti.com]> [h--lo--e] at [polymath.tti.com] (The Polymath) writes:
>In article <[d r sCAwBw 2 M 81] at [netcom.com]> [d r s] at [netcom.com] (Data Rentals and Sales) writes:
>}In article <[1993 Jul 28 214853 11793] at [CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU]> [a--y] at [SAIL.Stanford.EDU] (Andy Freeman) writes:
>
>}>  If they are deterred
>}>by the possibility, which comes from other people's ownership, he has
>}>benefitted.
>}
>}You don't seriously believe this has ever happened, do you?
>
>Miami, Florida.  Police trained over 2500 women in firearms and personal
>defense.  The program was widely publicized.  The rape rate dropped
>drastically.
>
>There are a lot more than 2500 women in Miami.  Are you suggesting only
>the armed ones benefitted?

   I think you're referring to a program conducted by the Orlando, Florida 
police department, not Miami.  Kleck discusses this in _Point Blank_.
Between October 1966 to March 1967 over 2500 women were trained to
use guns, and the program was highly publicized in the media.  While
national and state rape rates remained constant, Orlando's 1967 rape 
rate plummeted 88% compared to 1966.  Burglary also showed a substantial
decrease.
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