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.
-- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/
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