Death on the Border
On 12/28/2010 3:17 PM, PrecisionmachinisT wrote:
"Jim wrote in message ... I think if you were to check the gun laws in this country you would find that there are PLENTY of regulations regarding the sale of guns. Far more than we need. Obviously, you are of the opinion that laws stop criminals. Yet we still have one of the very highest homicide rates of any civilized country. Not really, only if you compare gun deaths to gun deaths. Other places just use other means. In Britain, they're after knives, since strict gun control left knives the only self defense option, except of course for criminals, who still have guns. David |
Death on the Border
On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:13:10 -0600, "David R. Birch"
wrote: On 12/28/2010 3:17 PM, PrecisionmachinisT wrote: "Jim wrote in message ... I think if you were to check the gun laws in this country you would find that there are PLENTY of regulations regarding the sale of guns. Far more than we need. Obviously, you are of the opinion that laws stop criminals. Yet we still have one of the very highest homicide rates of any civilized country. Not really, only if you compare gun deaths to gun deaths. Other places just use other means. In Britain, they're after knives, since strict gun control left knives the only self defense option, except of course for criminals, who still have guns. David http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._homicide_rate Rather fascinating reading, when one considers how many of those countries at the top have strict gun control..... It may be a hammer, a chunk of stone, a blade, a tire iron, a gallon of gas or a Kalishnakov....but it will still kill well. Gunner "Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea -- massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." --Gene Spafford, 1992 |
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