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To: Zoltan! who wrote (24157)	8/9/1998 1:18:00 PM
From: Grainne	Respond to of 108807

Yes, Duncan, the United States does have the highest per capita rate of death by guns in the world. Does that surprise you? That is exactly the point of all the people who argue against the frontier philosophy of everyone being armed, in fact. You ask if anyone believes that, like it is new information to you. Can you provide reliable statistics which prove this is untrue? The statistics were released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and published in the International Journal of Epidemiology. While they were compiled in America, they were reported independently by each of the thirty-six countries on the list. So it is really difficult to argue that the statistics are corrupt or biased in any way, since they come from so many different nations, based on how many people died. The NRA has argued that they include not only intentional gun deaths, but all deaths caused by guns. I would argue, so what? All those people are quite dead, and many more of them in countries with a high rate of gun ownership. So it is still a causative factor. usatoday.com