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To: revision1 who wrote (126582)10/20/2000 3:04:34 AM
From: dougSF30  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1578705
 
revision1, you can always find silly studies. who funded that one?

And, hello, NORTHERN IRELAND??? Gee, I wonder what could cause a high murder rate there, despite generally low gun ownership???

Re: People kill people.

Yes, it's just that guns make killing people rather a lot easier, don't they?

Should we give people grenades? tanks? tactical nuclear weapons? If you answer "no", why not? And doesn't that same reasoning extend to lethal automatic weapons? guns in general? that is, is it really a "principle", or a matter of where you draw the line? If the latter, then you agree the 2nd amendment has limits? If so, perhaps those limits include sensible gun control?

Come on, folks, this isn't that hard...

Doug



To: revision1 who wrote (126582)10/20/2000 2:48:19 PM
From: tejek  Respond to of 1578705
 
More seriously, when the United States was included in the Killias study, a correlation between total homicide and gun ownership was found.

It would seem that this statement refutes the conclusion of the study....at least for the USA.

In the USA there is a correlation between homicide and guns.

Bottom line...we need to change our gun laws and get them out of the way.....the most civilized cultures operate in this fashion and I think that should be the goal.