----- Original Message ----- From: "Gonz" Subject: Re: PESO - American Fence
> >> >> Straw man argument, Peter. >> Gun crimes are more likely to end up with the victim being more seriously >> hurt or dead than other types of weapons crimes, and can be used at range >> where the victim has less chance of self defence. >> > True, but he's right about it being a symptom of something deeper. If > you put large amounts of guns in the hands of people in Japan, its not > going to have any where near the same effect as if you put them in the > hands of people in Rwanda or Nigeria. High violent crime rate usually > points to something deeper in the social fabric than just the > availability of weapons. You'll get no argument from me on that one, but it is also not germaine. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
