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To: Gordon A. Langston who wrote (5975)	2/16/2001 9:05:08 AM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 82486

It also shows that in the U.S., the murder rate is driven by cultural differences between ethnic groups, and not by mere access to firearms. This means that, even if firearms were banned in the U.S., there would not be a significant reduction in the murder rate. Aha! At last solution to the problem. Just purge the offending ethnic groups. Karen

To: Gordon A. Langston who wrote (5975)	2/16/2001 6:22:06 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

In Japan, the United Nations reports the murder rate is about 1 per 100,000. In the U.S., there are about 3.2 murders per 100,000 people each year by weapons other than firearms. This means that even if firearms in the U.S. could be magically eliminated, we would still have three times the murder rate of the Japanese. Not really. If fire arms were banned in the US (and the ban was 100% effective), some murders that are now commited with firearms would happen anyway so the the actual murder rate would be more then 3.2 times higher then the rate in Japan, perhaps much higher. Tim