Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site abnji.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!mhuxv!abnji!jca From: jca@abnji.UUCP (james armstrong) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Don't restrict MY access to handguns just because Message-ID: <168@abnji.UUCP> Date: Wed, 9-Jan-85 16:26:49 EST Article-I.D.: abnji.168 Posted: Wed Jan 9 16:26:49 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 11-Jan-85 22:50:45 EST References:<1305@dciem.UUCP> <6788@brl-tgr.ARPA> <2130@nsc.UUCP>, <7183@watrose.UUCP> Organization: ATTIS, NJ Lines: 25 >In article <2130@nsc.UUCP> myunive@nsc.UUCP (Jay Zelitzky) writes: >> One thing that is interesting about guns and crime is that the >>crime rate does appear to be related to the number of people that have >>guns to defend themselves against criminals, the more extensive ownership >>of guns is the higher the crime rate. This can be particularly seen in >>the American south where ownership of guns is rampant and the crime rate is >>the highest in the country. The American South also has far and away the highest >>homicide rates in the U. S.. > > You seem to be implying that ownership of handguns leads to crime. >(If not, I apologise, however this delusion seems to be rampant in >supporters of handgun control). This is a completely unsupportable conclusion. >And is in fact, counter-intuitive. Actually, the way it sounded to me was that the availability of handguns leads to crime. Silly me to misunderstand! -- She dreams of 1969 Before the soldiers came When life was cheap on bread and wine And sharing meant no shame She is awakened by the screams Of rockets fired from nearby Yet still she wakes into a dream To beat the fear that she might die.