On Jan 10, 9:47*pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

People respect gun laws, like they respect laws that say
it's illegal to shoot at people. Laws against murder don't
seem to slow down the murder rate.

What slows down murder rate is more gun ownership. It seems
a paradox. There was a fellow who studied that. "Klek" was
his name. Kleck? Gary, was it? My memory is failing.

We've noticed. ~

As far as guns bringing down the murder rate, I don't think it's as
simple as that. There was one murder in my hometown (population
around 9,000) in something like the past forty years. The woman was
shot by, of course, her husband. I now live one town over and I can
honestly say I don't know who the closest person that owns a gun is.
I wouldn't be surprised if it were ten blocks away, and I wouldn't be
surprised if it were next door. It's not an issue and not a concern.
I'm far more concerned about someone being killed with a bottle and a
car than a gun. YMMV.

R