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From: faustus@ucbcad.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Re: handgun control
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Date: Fri, 14-Dec-84 13:10:26 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 14 13:10:26 1984
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> > > There is a poster on my door.  It reads <....>
> > 
> > What a fascinating example of propaganda. What about the
> > countrys that have low handgun death statistics but
> > don't have handgun control? What about the overall crime
> > rates in these countrys, and the differences between them.
> > Are you over simplifying or did you just choose to ignore
> > any statistics that didn't support your opinion.
> > 
> Can YOU (Fader) list any countries that have no handgun control
> AND low handgun death statistics?? The fact is that a hell of a lot
> of people die of handgun shots in the US because there is a hell of a lot
> of handguns in the US. Anti-handgun regulation people cannot escape that.

That's not the point he was making. Does anybody have any statistics for,
say, knifing deaths in countries like Britain that have gun control? I 
suspect that it's higher per capita than in the US. It's much worse in
most cases to be stabbed than shot, so maybe giving the criminals guns
so that they don't have to use knives is a good idea...

	Wayne