Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Hi Bill:
I think it would be next to impossible to get rid of guns in the United
States now.
Japan and England both have never allowed guns to begin with, so
therefore they didn't have the problem of getting their citizens
approval to rid their country of them. Our country was founded on the
idea that the citizens should be allowed to have guns. The original
meaning being so that the government couldn't take over the country.
That idea now is ridiculous because if the government wanted to take
over the country there is no way we could stop it. However, people are
not going to let those guns go.
The crime rate in Japan is starting to pick up now though. The economy
is shot to hell and homelessness is now a part of the landscape. :(
Yoko was telling me that only a few years ago there was no such thing as
a homeless person in Japan. Now it is getting more and more common. So
the lack of guns doesn't necessarily mean that there would be no crime.
But I bet there are fewer murders and such.
Sue
>
> Hi Jackie,
>
> I agree in principle, but when you have such a disparity between the US
> and most other countries with respect to numbers of people who are
> injured or killed via gun shots I think it is imperative to look for as
> many ways as possible to reduce these numbers. I know one can make the
> same analogy with respect to automobiles but this becomes apples and
> oranges when one considers the cost/benefit and the need for an
> automobile vs the need to own a gun.
>
> Bill
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