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To: Stormweaver who wrote (5011)	4/22/1999 11:21:00 AM
From: chaosad	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17770

Are you proposing confiscation of firearms?

To: Stormweaver who wrote (5011)	4/22/1999 8:12:00 PM
From: John Lacelle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

James, I once spent some time in Taiwan while working for the US Federal Government. While there, I discovered that Taiwan was a police state with absolute gun control. Furthermore, since it is an island nation, it shares no borders and has almost a fanatical sense of defense against Communism. Despite the ability to control guns through the government and the strict penalties against gun possesion, they are (and still are) in the midst of a major crime wave with guns being the primary weapon of choice. In fact, they executed 93 people in 1990 for gun crime. They are perplexed as to how this can occur. The fact that we must understand is that even with strict gun control, the criminals will still get them, some how, some way, and will use them on the innocent. Gun control is no panacea for violence. The solution must come some other way. -John