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...numbers are based on a 1981 poll conducted by Peter D. Hart Research Associates. It asked 1,228 U.S. voters whether in the previous five years any member of their household had "used a handgun, even if it was not fired, for self-protection or for the protection of property." Roughly 4% (about 50 people) said they had done so. Projecting that percentage onto the number of U.S. households in the five years covered by the poll (1976-81), Kleck came up with the estimate that handguns had been used protectively 3,224,880 times, or 645,000 a year...
...analysis valid? "I certainly don't feel very comfortable with the way he's used the data," says Hart Research president Geoffrey Garin. While Kleck based his findings on the Hart survey, his analysis of the circumstances under which guns were used came from other studies. Protests Garin: "We don't know anything about the nature of the instances people were reporting." Says William Eastman, president of the California Chiefs of Police Association, about the Kleck conclusions: "It annoys the hell out of me. There's no basis for that data...
President: Colin F. Boyle '90 Business Manager: Henry Sicignano III '90 Editorial Staff: Jennifer M. Frey '90 Michael L. Gordon '91 Melissa R. Hart '91 Matthew M. Hoffman '91 Joseph R. Palmore '91 Michael D. Stankiewicz '90-'91 Lisa A. Taggart '91 Business Staff: Julie Y. Chen '91 Elizabeth S. Hilton '92 Timothy B. Paydos '92 Steven C. Zang '90 Photo Editor: Sandra Coudert...
President: Colin F. Boyle '90 Business Manager: Henry Sicignano III '90 Editorial Staff: Jennifer M. Frey '90 Michael L. Gordon '91 Melissa R. Hart '91 Matthew M. Hoffman '91 Joseph R. Palmore '91 Michael D. Stankiewicz '90-'91 Lisa A. Taggart '91 Business Staff: Julie Y. Chen '91 Elizabeth S. Hilton '92 Timothy B. Paydos '92 Steven C. Zang '90 Photo Editor: Sandra Coudert...
President: Colin F. Boyle '90 Business Manager: Henry Sicignano III '90 Editorial Staff: Jennifer M. Frey '90 Michael L. Gordon '91 Melissa R. Hart '91 Matthew M. Hoffman '91 Joseph R. Palmore '91 Michael d. Stankiewicz '90-'91 Lisa A. Taggart '91 Business Staff: Julie Y. Chen '91 Elizabeth s. Hilton '92 Timothy B. Paydos '92 Steven C. Zang '90 Photo Editor: Sandra Coudert...