Maybe they didn't ask anyone who lives in the UK? On Fri, 25 Dec 2009, Les Bell wrote:
> > Drsolly <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > As a long-time UK resident, I'm pretty sure that we've had gun control > laws since before I was born. > << > > Absolutely. And the idea that violent crime quadrupled because suddenly (in > the nineties) innocent citizenry were rendered defenseless, having had > their guns taken away, is likewise ludicrous. There were very few gun > owners in the first place and nobody* carried firearms in public, not even > the police. Ergo, there was no removal of a deterrent leading to an > increase in violent crime. > > I don't know where the NRA gets its data from. . . > > Best, > > --- Les Bell > [http://www.lesbell.com.au] > Tel: +61 2 9451 1144 > > * Well, not *quite* nobody, but vanishingly close to nobody. > > _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
