Probably would reduce the murder rate, but Americans were not given the right to bear arms in order to raise the murder rate. People are looking at only the short term advantages of gun control when they support banning gun ownership and not the long term consequences.
-- jon mailto:jonhall@;ozline.net Friday, November 1, 2002, 2:00:38 PM, you wrote: DH> Maybe guns don't cause the crimes, but don't they do make it easier for it DH> to turn violent? And I don't think the argument is that getting rid of guns DH> gets rid of crime in general ... the argument is getting rid of guns reduces DH> the 69 per 100,000 murder rate in DC. DH> Dan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
