On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 13:42:52 GMT, Joe Kultgen
wrote:

His notion that "An armed society is a polite society" dates back to a
time when America was a predominately agrarian society and the practice
of being publicly armed was much more common. Despite all the tales of
the "wild west" the average person was much safer then. If you weren't
in a saloon arguing with some drunk cowpoke over a doxy, your chances of
getting shot were practically nil. A criminal who *survived* three bank
holdups was still the stuff of legends a hundred years later. People for
the most part were honest and non-violent because those around them were
armed and not going to tolerate criminal acts. The fastest, most
ruthless gun slinger, still had to make some concessions in his behavior.
No matter how smugly certain he was in his skills, he had to face the
fact that while he might be able to take *anybody*, not even the fastest
could take *everybody*.

Later,
Joe

And many a Fast Gun, met his end, by a bullet in the back, delivered
by a slow citizen.

If one looks at the death stats from even the wild and wooly cattle
towns of the 1880-90 period..per capita there were far less homicides
than todays cities with strong gun control laws. Both inside and
outside of the city limits, folks tended to be far politer and less
likely to shoot each other.

For those anti gun extremists reading this..Ill ask you a few
questions....

Japan has a very low homicide rate by any means, not just firearms.
How come Japanese Americans have a very very low homicide rate, even
when surrounded by all the firearms in
America?.....00000000000000000000

Why is it that the US homicide figures, when minority members killing
each other in the inner city are factored out..does the US with all of
its millions of privately owned firearms, have a homicide rate,
within a point or two of the homicide rate (per capita) of the UK,
with their gun ban?

A rate, using ANY weapon in either country.


Why does Japan, have a hugely higher suicide rate than the US, and no
guns to commit sideways with?

Something thats not politically correct..is the answer.

Culture and cultural values.

Its not the guns, its the Culture, Stupid!




Gunner


"Anyone who cannot cope with firearms is not fully human. At best he
is a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wear shoes, bathe and not
make messes in the house."
With appologies to RAH..