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To: Lane3 who wrote (21518)6/20/2006 7:59:15 AM
From: Dale Baker  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 541602
 
The gun control debate is a lot like abortion; heavily charged with emotions and dependent very much on one's particular assumptions, and cherrypicked data.

My only observation is having lived in several different countries, those with low guns/high gun control were safer by several magnitudes than the high guns/low gun control countries.

But getting from high guns to low guns is uncharted territory. The best the US can do is to regulate the flow within the bounds of the Constitution.

My wishy-washy position, and I am sticking by it, LOL.



To: Lane3 who wrote (21518)6/20/2006 8:25:06 AM
From: JohnM  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 541602
 
I don't think getting rid of guns is remotely feasible, at least not for many generations.

That sounds like a political judgment rather than a policy judgment. If so, I agree, with a rather large amount of sadness.

But the way to decrease the availability of guns is not to quit talking about it but rather to point out what happens when their availability increases.


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