Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihldt.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxn!houxm!ihnp4!ihldt!stewart From: stewart@ihldt.UUCP (R. J. Stewart) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: handgun control Message-ID: <2640@ihldt.UUCP> Date: Fri, 7-Dec-84 14:59:51 EST Article-I.D.: ihldt.2640 Posted: Fri Dec 7 14:59:51 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 8-Dec-84 05:35:29 EST References: <245@gargoyle.UChicago.UUCP> <585@godot.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 27 >>In 1980, handguns killed >>8 in GREAT BRITAIN >>... >>11,522 in the UNITED STATES > I have heard several people say that although the handgun death rate > dropped dramatically in Great Britain since gun control, the overall > murder rate did not drop at all. Is this statistic correct? At one time, I had a copy of an INTERPOL (a kind of Europe-wide FBI) report that showed that: - European countries differ widely in the degree to which they control citizen ownership of firearms, and - European countries differ widely in their murder rates, but - There was no apparent connection between the two. The conclusion was that the murder rate is determined more by the "temperament" of a country than by the availability of guns. There were no details on possible correlation with punishment of criminals. If I can find the report I'll post the reference. Bob Stewart ihldt!stewart