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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (774506)	3/12/2014 5:34:03 PM
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"It matters not why," That is what you always dismiss. It matters more than anything. Fact: 270 million fire arms in America. Fact: Every Year guns are used over 80X more often to protect a life that to take one. Fact: 200,000 Times a year women use a gun to defend against SEXUAL ABUSE Kleck and Gertz, "Armed Resistance to Crime," at 185 Fact: A recent study published in the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy concluded that there is a negative correlation between gun ownership and violent crime in countries internationally (more guns = less crime). law.harvard.edu Fact: Nations with strict gun control laws have substantially higher murder rates than those who do not in general. In fact, the 9 European nations with the lowest gun ownership rate have a combined murder rate 3x that of the 9 European nations with the highest gun ownership rate!8 Fact: There are 2,034 Violent Crimes per 100K people in the UK vs 466 violent crimes per 100K people in the USA. Fact: Gun murders are committed most often by people who would have illegal guns.

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