Your argument is exactly what I expected. The same argument was used when an Australian crazy killed 35 people some 15 years ago. If the populace had had guns the death toll would have been 1/10 what it was. The flipside is that the same day as the Norwegian crazy did his think an american family got into an argument at an ice rink. Result: 7 dead from gunshots. In Australia (or England) the result would have been black eyes and wounded pride. And that situation is played out thousands of times every year. USA gun death toll: 50,000. Australia (1/16th the population): 90.
The argument is not only simply but overwhelming. And I am just as sure you do not accept it - just like the rest of your country. So while you bemoan (rightly) the deaths of 4000 soldiers over the last 8 years, you say nothing of the 400,000 dead at home from guns. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: Friday, 29 July 2011 6:18 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] Unarmed Police So a man man comes onto an island and has a shooting spree for 90 minutes and nobody has a gun to shoot him. I guess those 90 people were safer without owning a gun. ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Hill <[email protected]> To: ProFox Email List <[email protected]> Cc: Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 4:25 AM Subject: Re: [OT] Unarmed Police On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 7:39 AM, Michael Madigan <[email protected]> wrote: > Why would you want unarmed police when the terrorists are armed to the teeth? Because a gun is no use against a bomb. Because sometimes police shoot innocent people. Because armed police promote encourage armed criminals. But, then again I live in a country where the populous don't have a fanatical obsession with firearms. Total firearm-related death rate per 100,000 per year: United States 15.22 England/Wales 0.46 (from wikipedia, so usual caveats apply) -- Paul [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
