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--- On Tue, 7/1/08, Ari Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Ari Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Dinner with John Charles Carter To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2008, 11:40 PM Just a querie, is it legal/illegal to carry a knife in USA? In New South Wales, where I live you must be 18+ to even buy a steak knife. Carrying a knife is NOT ALLOWED. Is a gun, with licence allowed, a knife not? Curiosity might kill me, but hey, thats what Humans are all about, Ari --- On Wed, 2/7/08, Sean Linkenback <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Sean Linkenback <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Dinner with John Charles Carter > To: [email protected] > Received: Wednesday, 2 July, 2008, 1:28 PM > I can certainly spin this positive: > > > > Isn't it great that most gun owners are so proficient > with their weapons > that most cases of home defense do not end in death, but > merely in the > retreat or apprehension of the criminal? > > There are nearly 300,000,000 guns in the USA, and only the > use of .0001% of > them resulted in a death. > > Thankfully, even 55% of that .0001% were successful > suicides, saving > taxpayers and insurers astronomical costs from treating > unsuccessful > attempts. > > > > * Studies have also shown that homes in which a > suicide occurred were > three to five times more likely to have a gun present than > households that > did not experience a suicide, even after accounting for > other risk factors. > > > > Studies have also shown that shark attacks are three to > five more likely to > occur where water is present than on land alone, even after > taking other > factors into consideration > > (and I'm not even a gun owner). > > > > > > > > _____ > > From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of > rodxmorgan > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 11:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOPO] Dinner with John Charles Carter > > > > > Perhaps he could spin this report into a tale of > patriotism... > > > ATLANTA: The Supreme Court's landmark ruling on gun > ownership last week > focused on citizens' ability to defend themselves from > intruders in their > homes. But research shows that surprisingly often, gun > owners use the > weapons on themselves. > > Suicides accounted for 55% of the nation's nearly > 31,000 firearm deaths in > 2005, the most recent year for which statistics are > available from the > centers for disease control and prevention. > > There was nothing unique about that year - gun-related > suicides have > outnumbered firearm homicides and accidents for 20 of the > last 25 years. In > 2005, homicides accounted for 40% of gun deaths. Accidents > accounted for 3%. > The remaining 2% included legal killings, such as when > police do the > shooting and cases that involve undetermined intent. > > Public-health researchers have concluded that in homes > where guns are > present, the likelihood that someone in the home will die > from suicide or > homicide is much greater. > > Studies have also shown that homes in which a suicide > occurred were three to > five times more likely to have a gun present than > households that did not > experience a suicide, even after accounting for other risk > factors. > > In a 5-4 decision, the high court struck down a handgun ban > enacted in the > District of Columbia in 1976 and rejected requirements that > firearms have > trigger locks or be kept disassembled. The ruling left > intact the district's > licensing restrictions for gun owners. > > One public-health study found that suicide and homicide > rates in the > district dropped after the ban was adopted. The district > has allowed > shotguns and rifles to be kept in homes if they are > registered, kept > unloaded and taken apart or equipped with trigger locks. > > The American Public Health Association, the American > Association of > Suicidology and two other groups filed a legal brief > supporting the > district's ban. More than 90 percent of suicide > attempts using guns are > successful, while the success rate for jumping from high > places was 34%. The > success rate for drug overdose was 2%, the brief said, > citing studies. > > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its > content. > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at > www.filmfan.com > > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for > its content. 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