--- William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Monday, August 11, 2003, at 02:11 am, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
>
> > --- William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> In fact the whole of Europe has much lower homicide
> >> rates than the USA,
> >> and much stricter gun control.
> >>
> >> --
> >> William T Goodall
> >
> > _But_, just to complicate things a bit (I'm an
> > agnostic in this particular debate) it has higher
> > levels of violent crime overall (a fairly recent
> > phenomenon), and a far more homogenous population,
> > with massive underreporting of crimes committed
> > against minorities (i.e. Arabs in France).
>
> It's a fact that Europe has lower homicide rates than the USA. If we
> accept that it actually is a more violent place overall then this is
> excellent evidence that gun control works to reduce homicide is it not?
>
> And I would rather be mugged or get some broken ribs or whatever than
> be shot dead.
Persony I would rather have the lowlifes shooting eachother more and me not
be the vitm of violent crime where the perp uses knives and clubs.
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