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To: d[-_-]b who wrote (142302)	2/4/2002 3:14:53 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578590

Yeah, that English example is just amazing! news.bbc.co.uk While Britain has some of the toughest firearms laws in the world, the recent spate of gun murders in London has highlighted a disturbing growth in armed crime. The shooting of a young woman in London by a mobile phone thief has again raised the issue of escalating gun crime in the UK. There is an important statement here that you seem to be missing......the English are very disturbed by what is an incredibly common, every day occurrence here in the states that would not cause an American eyebrow to be lifted. I have already pointed out in previous posts how statistically insignificant the number of English crime offences are compared to the huge numbers here in the US. So there is no purpose in rehashing these numbers which only serve to make us look like barbarians. So let me ask you some basic questions. Why is it the NRA is against safeties on guns? Why is it the NRA will fight any legislation that even hints at restrictions placed on gun owners? Why does the NRA ignore the huge differences in the rates of gun violence in this country vs those of our peers, and instead tries to distort their numbers so they look nearly as bad as we do with all their gun control laws? Why does the NRA turn their collective back on all the gun deaths in this country? And please don't cite the second amendment.....its clear from your's and Tim's posts that this is an issue that causes the NRA to become emotionally overwrought...almost a call to arms, so to speak......but frankly, its a little overdone. ted