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To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (85456)2/16/2009 6:51:55 AM
From: saveslivesbyday  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 94695
 
GZ - quite a bit has been written about the correlation between gun ownership/availability and crime - especially homocides.

It's a mixed bag - I agree gun ownership doesn't correlate well with murder rates.

I also agree with those that believe its all about the underlying culture in the society - and lord knows the US glorifies a pretty violent culture.

As they say, ordinary people do not murder - murderers are a small minority of extreme antisocial aberrants who manage to obtain guns whatever the level of gun ownership in their society.



To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (85456)2/16/2009 12:07:59 PM
From: Webster Groves  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 94695
 
I was amused that you chose Dodge City 1880 to support your gun luv:

"The city passed an ordinance that guns could not be worn or carried north of the "deadline" which was the railroad tracks. The south side where "anything went" was wide open."

americanwest.com

The first gun control in the West was Dodge.

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