On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At the same time there is a very restrictive ban on firearms in Canada. Yet > in Canada there is nothing like the situation you have in Mexico. The > violence is more the result of the illegal drug trade than any gun control > legislation. That said I suspect that if there were no controls, most likely > it would be even more of a shooting gallery. > Which goes to the other issue, ending the idiotic and wasteful war on drugs. Not happening right now. > > A few other things to consider, Canada has a far lower homicide rate than > the US, even when accounting for the differences in population size and > demographics. Irrelevant, gun rights are specifically protected by the Constitution, as the Supreme Court just affirmed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:279804 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
