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To: Noel de Leon who wrote (136781)	6/16/2004 8:42:28 AM
From: exdaytrader76	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

with guns there. 14.24 per 100,000 as compared to 4.34 per 100,000 in Canada. Which is over 3 times greater. There is obviously not enough concern to do something about this problem. There are so many variables that go into a murder, to blame guns is oversimplifying. If making guns illegal was the answer, Washington DC would already have been made the safest city in the US. Guns don't cause murder. Murder is more complex than that. On a PBS show, they interviewed young people doing long prison terms, many for murder. Some of the murders had been committed especially atrociously - killing a child, etc. But that was not the norm. Most people they talked to at least had a reason to murder their victim. Rape was mentioned a lot. "He raped me," from the women. And "He raped my wife/mother/sister" from the men. Furthermore, most of the murderers came from the poorest of homes, mostly inner-city, crack everywhere. Many of them were beaten and molested as kids. I do not wish to justify murder or excuse murderers, but making guns illegal is not the answer.