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From: jca@abnji.UUCP (james armstrong)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Don't restrict MY access to handguns just because
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Date: Wed, 9-Jan-85 16:26:49 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan  9 16:26:49 1985
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>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.