<bites tongue>
>From: Javier Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: Will gun control work?
>Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 10:13:45 +1000
>
>I agree, it's like saying that because people more often get infected with
>rabies from dogs - the dogs are more likely to have rabies... If we ignore
>the fact that dog bites are more comman then cat bites then it would seem
>logical.
>
>To compare the two must first be similar - was did Russia and Switzerland
>have the same political systems, as well as general wealth, no! Did Russia
>and Switzerland. Were both governments equally as stable, no! Does
>switzerland do anything else to prevent crime besides gun training - yes,
>did russia do similar preventative methods - no.
>
>Not only that, you've shot yourself in the foot by pointing out that
>american crime rates are pretty high on the world scale which has looser
>gun
>laws then most other western countries, such as Australia.
>
>Regards,
>Javier
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Wilker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, 16 May 2001 02:11
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: RE: Will gun control work?
> >
> >
> > 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.
> > >
> > >============================================================
> > > Russel Madere, Jr. Senior Web Developer
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> > >
> > >Some days you eat the bear; some days the bear eats you.
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> > >
> > >
> > > > -----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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