Reply #24: It's been trashed by practically every major criminologist who has looked at it.

[TheWraith]

Kellerman treated guns like you would treat germs, equating correlation with causation, and did not at all control for other relevant factors. When you can show me how you get a gunshot wound from a dirty doorknob, maybe that will become relevant. 86% of his examples were suicides, and no one has ever provided evidence that owning a gun makes one more likely to commit suicide.

And I DID give you a cite, in the form of Gary Kleck's work. If you want a specific example, try his 1991 book "Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America."

http://www.gunmyths.com/2009/04/05/myth-handguns-are-43...