Well, what it would mean is that there IS NOT a direct correlation between
the availablity of firearms and violence. It was suggested before that the
availability of firearms directly correlated into a higher violence ratio.
Looking at the Soviet Union and at Switzerland, we see that this is just not
the case.
-george
>From: "John Wilker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: Will gun control work?
>Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 09:10:42 -0700
>
>I'm sure that the violence in Russia had nothing to do with the fact that
>people were probably killing for bread, Doesn't sound like a highly
>scientific analysis.
>
>J.
>
>John Wilker
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: George Kaytor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 7:58 AM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: RE: Will gun control work?
>
>
>Not to beat a dead horse, but my local paper actually had an interesting
>article entitle debunking the gun control myth. It brought some very
>interesting points that refute the claims of gun control advocates.
>
>Claim #1) Gun Control reduces violent crime / behaviour.
>
>Refutes: Switzerland has almost universal gun ownership, teenagers are
>highly encouraged to practice target shooting, and Switzerland has one of
>the lowest violent crime rates in the world. On the other hand, In the
>eighties it was nearly impossible for a soviet citizen to get any type of
>firearm, yet the Soviet Union had one of the highest violent crime rates
>(higher then even the US).
>
>There were a ton more, but I probably ticked enough people off by just
>listing one :)
>
>-george
>
>
> >From: "Russel Madere" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: RE: Will gun control work?
> >Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 09:03:52 -0500
> >
> >But the intent was there. Until we learn how to control the intent and
>the
> >rage, nothing will stop us from killing each other. We sure didn't need
> >guns to do that 2000 years ago.
> >
> >As a case in point, there are places in Panama that I could go and get
>any
> >military weapon I wanted, not that I would. These could then be smuggled
> >into the country with cocaine, we are diung such a winderful job of
> >stopping
> >it, and I just bypassed any gun control law.
> >
> >Any crime commited with these weapons would not be solved with the help
>of
> >any registration program or stopped by any laws preventing the sale of
>any
> >firearm.
> >
> >If you think that is a far fetched idea, ask yourself how criminals are
> >getting military grade weapons manufactured after the import of them was
> >banned.
> >
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> >
> >Some days you eat the bear; some days the bear eats you.
> >============================================================
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Daniel Lancelot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 10:15
> > > To: CF-Community
> > > Subject: RE: Will gun control work?
> > >
> > >
> > > difference - no-one was killed - if he had had a gun???
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Russel Madere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: 07 May 2001 21:49
> > > To: CF-Community
> > > Subject: Will gun control work?
> > >
> > >
> > > I don't think so.
> > >
> > > Read this article....
> > >
> > > http://dailynews.netscape.com/mynsnews/story.tmpl?table=n&cat=5118
> > > 0&id=20010
> > > 5071400000118421
> > > ============================================================
> > > Russel Madere, Jr. Senior Web Developer
> > > ICQ: 5446158 http://www.TurboSquid.com
> > >
> > > Some days you eat the bear; some days the bear eats you.
> > > ============================================================
> > >
> >
>
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