[at-l] Murders...just a question

[mfuller@somtel.com (Malcolm Fuller)]

> >Does anyone know any 'facts' about trail-related
> >deaths/murders by the numbers?  I mean, how many people a
> >year die on the AT? How many are murdered? How many are men?
> >Womyn? Anyone know?  (I know this is hard to be accurate
> >about...cuz, what exactly is 'trail-related'? How close to
> >the trail makes it 'trail-related'?)

> Roland Mueser's book deals with murder too (page 134) but
> he departs from his statistical approach on this subject. 
> He does mention some specific instances but apparently the 
> question of "how close to the trail..." short circuited any
> attempt to list statistics.  He does conclude that it is 
> relatively rare by any normal world comparison and that it
> is neither advisable or useful to carry a gun.

What does he know about carrying a gun as a private citizen?

-MF