Yeah, take away the guns and they will use other means to kill. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/12/04/homicides-statistics-canada- 2011.html
Seems that Canadians like knives now, and the recent statistics prove it. On 3/25/13 5:55 PM, "Larry C. Lyons" <[email protected]> wrote: > >At the same time you need to look at the Canadian firearm related >homicide rates >(http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2012001/article/11738-eng.htm). >For Canada, there were 158 homicides committed with a firearm in 2011, >13 fewer than the previous year. The 2011 rate of 0.46 firearm >homicides per 100,000 population was the lowest in almost 50 years. >Over all the rate for substitution methods of homicide over the same >50 year period have not shown a correlated increase. While there was >an increase in homicides by knives in 2011, overall there has not been >a statistically significant increase in other means of homicide from >1961 through 2011 as a function of the decrease in firearm related >homicides. Similar results have generally been found in Australia >since 1996 and in Britain since 1990. > >Moreover it is my impression (have not run the stats on this one yet) >whenever there is a tightening of the Canadian firearm control laws, >there has been a corresponding decrease in firearm related homicides. > >Its clear that National firearm control laws work, that is what the >Canadian data shows. So 2nd amendment worshipers, how many children >must be sacrificed on the altar of the Second Amendment? How many is >that total? Or can we break that down by year? How about publishing >the pictures of every child killed by a firearm weekly on the front >page of every newspaper and as the lead on every tv news show. >Seriously what will it take? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:362072 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
