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To: TimF who wrote (160355)	4/11/2005 1:51:07 AM
From: Orcastraiter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

OT Kinda....Wow...another right wing hate site: <<<<<< >>>>>> idiots.mine.nu What is the purpose of all this hate masterbation? Orca

To: TimF who wrote (160355)	4/11/2005 11:11:53 AM
From: sylvester80	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Maybe you can't count? Country Licensing of gun owners? Registration of firearms? Other Households with firearms (%) Gun Homicide (per 100,000) Gun Suicide (per 100,000) Total Intentional Gun Death Rate per 100,000 Japan Yes Yes Prohibits handguns with few exceptions 0.6 0.03 0.04 0.07 ................ ................ ................ Finland Yes Yes No prohibitions 50 0.87 5.78 6.65 USA in some states Handguns in some states Some weapons in some states 41 6.24 7.23 13.47 Versus Japan(the best of the western world from the list), the U.S. is this many times worse: 6.24/0.03 = 208x 7.23/0.04 = 180.75x 13.47/0.07= 192.43x Versus Finland(the 2nd worse of the western world from the list), the U.S. is this many times worse: 6.24/0.87 = 7.17x 7.23/5.78 = 1.25x 13.47/6.65= 2.03x No ifs or buts about it. The U.S. is murder capital of the western world by a factor of 2 to 200. guncontrol.ca