good question.... Since I don't have the article in front of I couldn't
answer it. Keep in mind though, that just because there is tight gun control
doesn't mean that criminals can't get guns. It just means that honest
citizens who follow the laws can't get them.
>From: Daniel Lancelot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: Will gun control work?
>Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 18:23:33 +0100
>
>Do any of the statistics distinguish between violent crime, and deaths from
>violent crime?
>
>I live in the UK, and although violent crime is indeed very high, esp in
>certain areas, It seems relatively rare for people to be killed.
>
>To me this is a big difference, an one which would appear to be almost
>direcctly related to gun availability...
>
>just a thought...
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: George Kaytor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: 15 May 2001 17:43
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: RE: Will gun control work?
>
>
>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
> >Web Applications Consultant
> >Macromedia Certified ColdFusion Developer
> >
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> >
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> >~despair.com
> >
> >
> >-----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.
> > >
> > >============================================================
> > > Russel Madere, Jr. Senior Web Developer
> > > ICQ: 5446158 http://www.TurboSquid.com
> > >
> > >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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