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To: William Puget who wrote (214)	4/25/1999 6:28:00 PM
From: The Street	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 368

We have a Constitutional Right to bear arms-- you do not. Second-- we have a LOT MORE violent crime than you do and WE HAVE ABOUT 11 times more people than you do. So the real number is: US - .0036% CA - .0004% SO IT IS PRETTY CLOSE THERE ROCKET SCIENTIST! Your logic is flawed.... 23,400,000 in CA 280,000,000 in USA

To: William Puget who wrote (214)	4/27/1999 4:28:00 PM
From: George the Greek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 368

Good point, William, about the enormous discrepancy between the murder rates US vs Canada (also England, and probably anywhere else, for that matter). Interesting song by Cheryl Wheeler, to the point that, despite blame on a litany of "causes", like parents, music, trenchcoats (not in the song, it pre-dated Columbine Massacre), drugs, suburbia, and on and on, if the guns were taken away, there would be less violence. cdnow.com Played in the aftermath by Vin Scelsa on WNEW-FM in New York, who always does a fine job, with stimulating and eclectic music and programming on his weekend late night program Idiot's Delight George