--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote:
>
>
> On Jul 4, 2009, at 3:06 PM, Nelson wrote:
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> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote:
> >>
> >> Probably the opposite of what you're thinking. In the US almost 10
> >> times the number of Americans that died in the last Gulf War die from
> >> handguns EVERY YEAR (approx. 30,000 people). We're a good example
> >> of a
> >> country with handgun laws which are too lax...
> >>
> >> On Jul 4, 2009, at 12:58 PM, shempmcgurk wrote:
> >>
> >>> I wonder if there is a correlation between gun control in the
> >>> countries below and the amount of violent crime they have; that is,
> >>> the stronger the gun control, the more violence...
> >>>
> > This brings to mind the two sides to quoting statistics.
> > Were those killed, criminals shot by law officers in line of duty
> > or people breaking into someones home where the homeowner refused to
> > be a victim.
> > This country is almost the last to have an armed citizenry and,
> > the powers that be are working hard to disarm us.
> > There are many who still believe in the first and second
> > amendments so I expect things will get eventful in the near future.
>
>
> IIRC I believe almost a third of the handgun deaths are from suicides.
>
On another slant, how many suicides are from guns as compared to cars,poisons
etc.
In these times people get "suicided" - assisted suicide with a gun.
Some issues have a lot of fog around them making it difficult to get a clear
view of the whole picture .
