On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 19:36:32 +0800, Old Nick
wrote:

On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 23:48:14 GMT, (Richard
Lewis) wrote something
......and in reply I say!:


errr. I think Ed talked of looking at _populations_ and murders. It's
people that do the murders, not states...more people more murders.

It is interesting though that the murder rate appears not to be higher
per capita in the freer states.

Why would they be higher? An armed society is a polite society.
At least in the US. Historically.

Gunner

"No man shall be debarred the use of arms.
The laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm those only who are neither
inclined nor determined to commit crimes.
Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants.
They ought to be designated as laws not preventative but fearful of crimes,
produced by the tumultuous impression of a few isolated facts, and not by
thoughtful consideration of the inconveniences and advantages of a universal decree."
- Thomas Jefferson