Gun law notes

• Lott, J. R. (1998). More guns, less crime: Understanding crime and gun-control laws. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
• 75 to 86 million people own 200 to 240 million guns 
• about 30 people are killed accidentally by private citizens who think they are an intruder
• police kill 330 innocent people annually 
• a CBS affiliate reported that while riding in a car with his brother while stopped at a red light a man wielding a butcher knife and opened the passenger door and as he was lunging towards his brother was holding a handgun and ran off 
• In Canada and Britain where they have tough gun laws about half of all burglaries are "hot burglaries" ( burglaries in which the victim is in the house) In America its 13% 
•    In Israel there used to be mass shootings in 1997 but late terrorists substituted to bombings because citizens were carrying guns and started firing back 
• In 1995 there was 1400 reported accidental firearm deaths reported 30 were children 4 and under while 170 were between the ages of 5 to 14 in comparison to the 2900 children who die from motor vehicle accidents 950 who die from drowning, 1000 who die from fire and burns