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To: one_less who wrote (482353)	5/21/2009 11:28:16 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577566

Just a senseless jab at conservatives. A senseless jab? I don't agree. Conservatives work diligently to keep the US with some of the weakest gun control laws in the world. In fact, our gun control laws are weaker than Mexico's.

To: one_less who wrote (482353)	5/21/2009 1:44:33 PM
From: Steve Dietrich	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577566

We have high crime statistics in every category unrelated to guns. If you look at the stats, you can see that The United States, Canada, Great Britain, Austrailia, and New Zealand all have nearly identical assault rates. nationmaster.com But when you look at murder instead of assault, Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand and Austrailia still have similar rates to each other, but our murder rate is more than 3 times as high as theirs. nationmaster.com What do you make of that? SD