Now, now you seem unable to keep it to yourself... Well then
> He's probably on his way out of the thread, so I'll try to paraphrase > what he was saying; subject to his correction. Basically he's upset > because Australian law forces outlawed the law abiding people in AU from > being able to own firearms, while the criminals are still able to bring > them into the country (which they were always able to do anyway since > they *don't* and never did abide by the law). > > Therefore now the honest people are disarmed and the criminals are > running around with weapons. Which means that the honest people cannot > defend themselves. > Therefore there has been an increase in the crime > rate; not just there but in any country that implements this practice, > which happens to be a fine example of socialistic ideology. You got me interested, to my humble knowledge USA has some 12'000 gun-related deaths per year whereas all other countries have <1000 regardless of their size. _Especially_ the more 'socialistic' countries (Germany has some ~380/year AFAIK). Please point me to some source for your figures, I would especially be interested in some 'socialistic' countries like sweden and finland compared to some where school-children can buy guns (probably only USA). > The best book you can read on the subject is the following: > > The Bias Against Guns: Why Almost Everything You've Heard About Gun > Control Is Wrong by John R., Jr. Lott > > ISBN: 0895261146 > > Which is a book that examines hard statistics from countries that have > taken weapons out of the hands of the law abiding citizens. You can > pick it up on Amazon used for about 18 bucks. > > --LX Well then what does it say about Finland/Sweden/Germany compared to USA? Anything interesting? b.
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