Hi folks - this part of the debate (on both sides) is about national facts with no specific Minneapolis relevance. Please don't continue.
David Brauer List manager > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Neal Krasnoff > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 9:29 PM > To: 'Minneapolis Issues' > Subject: Re: [Mpls] Spring has sprung and so have the thugs > > On 4/21/04 11:38 AM, "Barbara Lickness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the fact > > that we have over 200,000,000 hand guns on the streets > > of the U.S. you create a fabulous opportunity and > > supermarket for rampant criminal activity. > > According to the National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative > Affairs, there are over 200 million privately owned firearms in the United > States. There are 60-65 million gun owners: of these, 30-35 million own > handguns. > > http://www.nraila.org/Issues/FactSheets/Read.aspx?ID=83 > > The Canada Firearms Centre states that, "In the U.S., there are > approximately 222 million firearms; 76 million of the firearms in > circulation are handguns". > > http://www.cfc-ccaf.gc.ca/en/research/other_docs/notes/canus/default.asp > > Neal Krasnoff > Loring Park > > > REMINDERS: > 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before > continuing it on the list. > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > > For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
