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Mike Marlow[_2_]

wrote:
On Thu, 27 Dec 2012 11:58:08 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote:

We haven't and we won't. Every single home in Switzerland has a
rifle and handgun and every citizen is trained in their use. What's
their gun crime rate? GUNS don't cause crime, they prevent it.

No it is not the GUNS that prevent crime. It is the education and
training that reduce crime. Those guns are properly stored too.

I just don't see where education and training does an awful lot to reduce
crime.

Yes, the fact that everybody knows every home is armed may act as a
deterrent to crimes against property - but those guns are NOT carried
and the general citizenry walking on the streets or driving in their
cars is NOT armed.

Nor are/were the guns used by the headline murderers that have been
referenced in this debate. That kind of dismisses your point on that front
Clare. As well, the general citizenry here in the US is not armed while
walking the streets or driving their car. Even amongst those who are gun
owners. So - what is the point you are trying to make?

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-Mike-